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Deadly flash flood warnings remain in effect as Hurricane Hilary moves into California.

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Torrential rains lashed California on Sunday as the storm entered the U.S. through Mexico, prompting officials to prepare for the southern part of the state, amid dire flood warnings from local officials a day earlier citing powerful Hurricane Hilary. A serious threat is expected.

Known as the worst storm in more than a decade, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said: “After Hilary’s center barreled over Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula, sustained winds of 60 mph [95 km] per hour was near Southern California with sustained winds of

Hilary has also been described as an extremely rare weather event for Southern California.

“On the forecast track, the center of Hilary will move into Southern California in the next few hours,” he said.

In a warning, the NHC said: “Destructive and life-threatening flooding is expected in parts of Baja California and the southwestern United States through Monday.”

Hilary had previously reached Category 4 – the second most powerful on the five-step Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale – but was downgraded to a tropical storm as it made landfall in the densely populated Mexican border city of Tijuana. moved towards

Despite the vulnerability, US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Danny Croswell urged people to take the risks seriously.

“Hurricane Hilary is going to be a serious impact and threat to Southern California,” he told JEE News.

“A rare tropical storm warning was in effect from the California/Mexico border to Point Mugo in Ventura County, as well as Catalina Island,” according to the NHC.

California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for much of the southern part of the state. “Stay safe, California,” he wrote on social media as he approached Hilary.

Newsom’s office said authorities had opened five storm shelters and deployed more than 7,500 personnel, including several hundred National Guard troops as well as swift water rescue teams.

In San Diego, people filled sandbags to prepare for possible flooding, while lifeguards warned people to stay out of the ocean.

Dangerous and destructive floods
Mexico’s civil protection agency said one person was killed when a vehicle swept away in Baja California, warning of landslides and road closures.

The Mexican military opened 35 shelters sheltering 1,725 people affected by the storm.

Hilary was expected to dump up to 10 inches (25 cm) of rain over parts of California and Nevada, making it “risky for catastrophic flooding,” according to the NHC.

“Heavy rainfall and possible flooding were also expected in parts of Oregon and Idaho,” it said.

“Storms were possible in southeastern California, western Arizona, southern Nevada and far southwestern Utah,” it added.

Nancy Ward, director of emergency services for the California governor’s office, said Hilary could be one of the worst storms to hit the state in more than a decade.

“Make no mistake,” he told a press conference on Saturday. “This is a very, very dangerous and significant storm.”

Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer have scheduled games in the US region on Sunday.

The Mexican government deployed about 19,000 troops to the states hardest hit by the storm, while the federal electric utility sent 800 workers and hundreds of vehicles to deal with any outages.

Hurricanes hit both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of Mexico every year. Although tornadoes sometimes affect California, it’s rare for them to hit the state with much intensity.

Scientists have warned that storms are becoming more powerful as the world warms with climate change.

“We also have to look at what climate change is doing to these extreme weather events,” Criswell, the FEMA administrator, told JEE News on Sunday. “What risk is going to look like in the future.”

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