The hurricane Hilary It was downgraded this Sunday to a tropical storm as it approaches the coasts of the Baja California peninsula, in northwestern Mexico, to later head towards the southwestern United States.
As it passed through Mexico, the intense rains caused by Hilary they left a dead and damage to infrastructure in the southern area of the Baja California peninsula.
At 17:00 GMT on Sunday, Hilary had maximum sustained winds of 110 km/h and was located 350 km southwest of San Diego, California, in the United States, reported the National Hurricane Center (NHC) of that country.
Mexico’s meteorological service said earlier that Hilary was moving near the coast in the vicinity of the municipality of San Quintín, in the state of Baja California, a region bordering the United States and where the busy city of Tijuana is located.
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On Saturday, Hilary upgraded from a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson to category 1. Despite this, it caused heavy rains in the Baja California peninsula and in much of Mexico, including Mexico City, with flooded streets and falling trees.
The Mexican meteorological authorities forecast heavy rains for this Sunday for the Baja California peninsula and other areas of the country, mainly the northern states of Sonora and Chihuahua, as well as Sinaloa and Nayarit in the northwest.
They also warned of strong gusts of wind in those areas, as well as the risk of landslides and the increase in the flow of rivers and streams.
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