Hurricane Hilary continues to downgrade from a major Category 3 storm to a Category 1 storm as it nears Mexico's Baja California Peninsula and threatens Southern California. It is still likely to bring catastrophic damage and life-threatening flooding to the region, the National Weather Service warned. The National Weather Service satellite shows a real-time visual of the storm, revealing its outer bands impacting the peninsula. The California National Guard is also taking strategic measures in anticipation of the hurricane's arrival. As featured on Tropical Storm Hilary menaces Mexico's Baja coast, southwest US packing deadly rainfall Tropical Storm Hilary is no longer a hurricane but it's still packing what forecasters call “life-threatening” rain as it speeds up Mexico's Baja coast toward Southern California.

Source: Daily Sun August 20, 2023 17:45 UTC