Hurricane Hillary is likely to cause catastrophic flooding in California and parts of the US.
AFP According to reports, Hurricane Hillary hit northwestern Mexico on Sunday and is moving rapidly toward California, prompting warnings of possible severe flooding in the southwestern United States. Hurricane Hillary caused landslides in northern Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula. The US National Hurricane Center said maximum sustained winds of 65 miles (100 kilometers) per hour were sustained.
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Severe flood warning for California and parts of the US
At the same time, he warned that by Monday, destructive and deadly flooding is likely in parts of Baja California and the southwestern US.
At least one death has been reported in northwestern Mexico
Authorities reported at least one death in northwestern Mexico, where Hillary brought heavy rain and strong winds. At its peak, Hillary reached Category 4 on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, but weakened into a hurricane as it moved north.
Despite this, US Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Dean Cresswell urged the public to take the threats seriously. “Hurricane Hillary is going to be a serious impact and threat to Southern California,” he told CNN.
The Mexican government has deployed 19,000 troops to the affected states
The Mexican government deployed about 19,000 troops to the states hardest hit by the storm, while the utility Federal Utility sent 800 workers and hundreds of vehicles to respond to any outages. US President Joe Biden was in a rented house for business with his family. Lake Tahoe, on the California-Nevada border, was briefed by senior staff on Saturday about storm preparations, the White House said.
Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer games were replaced
The US Sunday’s Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer games in the region have been rescheduled. Mexico experiences hurricanes on both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts every year. However, hurricanes do occasionally affect California. Scientists have warned that storms are becoming more powerful as the world warms with climate change.