LOS ANGELES, Aug 21, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Heavy rains lashed California on Sunday as Tropical Storm Hilary raced in from Mexico, bringing warnings of potentially life-threatening flooding in the typically arid southwestern United States. As of Sunday afternoon Hilary's core was in California packing maximum sustained winds of 60 miles (95 kilometers) per hour, after barreling up Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said of this tropical weather event which was very rare for southern California. Hilary earlier reached Category 4 -- the second-most powerful on the five-step Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale -- but was downgraded to a tropical storm as it headed towards the densely populated Mexican border city of Tijuana. "Hurricane Hilary is going to be a serious impact and threat to southern California," she said on CNN. In San Diego, people filled sandbags to prepare for possible flooding, while lifeguards warned people to stay out of the sea.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha August 21, 2023 03:18 UTC