Hurricane Hilary has gained strength in the Pacific Ocean, escalating to a Category 4 hurricane. For the first time in Southern California, certain areas in the region have been placed under a tropical storm watch.
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Hurricane Hilary is now near approaching the land.
Hurricane Hilary is currently located 360 miles south southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and is expected to hit the region as a tropical storm.
Hurricane Hilary is anticipated to bring heavy rainfall and may cause flooding. Hurricane Hilary has sustained winds of 145 miles per hour.
The Hurricane Center anticipates that Hurricane Hilary will remain as a hurricane while approaching Mexico’s Baja California peninsula before it weakens to a tropical storm.
Since the year 1939, Hurricane Hilary would be the first ever tropical storm to make landfall in California.
According to LA Times, many events in the Los Angeles this weekend have been rescheduled, like a Major League Soccer match and other Major League Baseball games, as Hurricane Hilary approaches.
As Hurricane Hilary arrives, parts of Southern California and Southern Nevada will have similar rainfall totals through Tuesday morning, which could cause catastrophic flooding. While some dry regions on Nevada could have one to two years’ worth of rain in just one day, LA Times added.
Southern California residents are rapidly preparing sandbags and fill generators before the arrival of Hurricane Hilary as emergency officials prepared evacuation centers.
Some expressed particular unease about the impact of Hurricane Hilary on mountain and desert regions.
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