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Sports teams in Los Angeles are scrambling to be ready for this weekend's games after Tropical Storm Hilary forced many to alter their schedule - and left Dodger Stadium surrounded by water.

Remarkable aerial footage showed the iconic home of the LA Dodgers - which has stood for more than six decades - engulfed in a sea of water after the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years.

Panicking Californians were trapped in cars and climbed trees in a bid to escape dangerous floodwaters and mudslides as Hilary brought down bridges and powerlines.

Cars were left stranded on flooded roads as the storm brought havoc across the state, leaving 25million people under flood warnings and prompting fears of devastating destruction.

The state has seen record levels of downpours with mountain and desert areas predicted to get five to 10ins of rain on Monday - as much as the deserts typically see in a year.