Yagi, which killed 16 people in the Philippines, made landfall on the southern Chinese island of Hainan on Friday as the biggest storm in Asia so far this year.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ordered "augmented cooling centers" to open throughout the city as high temperatures near 100 degrees are expected by Thursday.
The rare, late-summer snow made for dazzling imagery, but it also served as a point of contrast for parts of the country that continue to bake in the season’s dogged heat waves.
The natural La Niña climate pattern, which scientists expect to take hold this fall, is closely associated with hurricanes. Meanwhile, ocean temperatures remain elevated.