
As Kay's remnants pull away from the California coast, lingering rain aids in the battle against raging wildfires
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After a record-breaking heat wave scorched the West, California firefighters battling destructive flames fueled by the blistering hot temperatures got help from a post-tropical cyclone's lingering showers Saturday.
In the Golden State, residents saw both record rainfall and record heat in the same week, as what used to be Tropical Storm Kay made a rare close pass to California following a prolonged heat wave.
San Diego received 0.61 inches of rain Friday, breaking a previous daily rainfall record of 0.09 inches set in 1976. More than 5 inches of rain was recorded over two days in San Diego County's Mount Laguna, according to the National Weather Service.
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