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Rachel is coming: San Diego under a rare tropical storm watch with Sunday the day of impact

Only the second tropical storm watch ever issued for San Diego County, after Hurricane Hilary in 2023, brings a forecast of 6-to-9-foot surf, 7-foot-plus tides, flooding rain, and gusts to 60 mph, mostly on Sunday.

Olive Bramwell · Oct. 10

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