This Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023 11:38 a.m. EDT satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Hilary, right, off Mexico’s Pacific coast. Hurricane Hilary headed for Mexico's Baja California on Saturday as the U.S. National Hurricane Center predicted “catastrophic and life-threatening flooding” for the peninsula and for the southwestern United States, where it was forecast to cross the border as a tropical storm on Sunday. (NOAA via AP)
Tropical Weather Hilary
(Miami, FL) — Hurricane Hilary is moving steadily towards the Southern California coastline as a dangerous Category 3 storm,with winds as high as 115 miles per hour.
The storm is likely to cause major flooding over the region beginning Sunday night through Monday. Tropical Storm warnings –the first ever– have been posted from San Diego to Los Angeles. Hurricane warnings have been issued in parts of Mexico.
