2023-08-20 07:02:57
California and the southwest of USA are preparing for dangerous floods To the extent that hurricane Hilary moves north along the Pacific coast of Mexico with heavy rains, strong winds and dangerous tides.
Hilary’s maximum winds have gradually decreased to 110 miles (177 kilometers) per hour from 130 mph previously, causing her to move into a category 2 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale. The National Hurricane Center forecasts that the storm will head toward a point of impact on the Baja California from Mexico this Sunday. Winds are expected to weaken as it makes landfall, but the storm will bring heavy rains to a large area.
Hillary could be “wettest tropical cyclone in state history“And residents should prepare as it moves north,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said.
“Catastrophic and life-threatening floods likely in Mexico’s Baja California and the southwestern United States through Monday,” the hurricane center said.
Hillary, a rare storm off the US West Coast, will likely bring the amount of rain equivalent to a year across the region, causing flooding, landslides and power outages, and affecting ground and air transport. In the last 10 years, floods caused by rains have been the leading cause of death due to hurricanes and tropical storms in the United States.
rescheduled games
the railway company Amtrak has canceled some services between San Diego and Los Angeles, according to its official website. Likewise, Major League Baseball Baseball have rescheduled Sunday’s games in San Diego and Los Angeles to Saturday.
A large area is likely to receive up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) of rain, with some isolated areas receiving 10 inches or more, especially in the mountains.
Torrential rains that began in northern Mexico will spread into southern California and the southwestern United States on Saturday, though Hilary’s eye is still far from land. In the United States, flood warnings extend as far north as Idaho and as far east as Utah. There is a 40% chance of flash flooding in Southern California and Nevada, including Los Angeles, San Diego and Las Vegas.
“California will begin to see heavy rain develop today before the system arrives,” he said. Zack Taylor, a forecaster at the Main Branch of the United States Weather Prediction Center. “Tomorrow night will be the peak of heavy rains as the center of the storm come closer to southern California.”
“This is going to seriously affect the Mexican peninsula of Baja California,” he said. Daniel Swain, a climatologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, in a video briefing. “Ensenada and Tijuana will be hit hard by this storm,” he added.
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