Hilary downgraded to a tropical storm after impacting this Sunday morning as a category 1 hurricane in the state of Baja California, Mexico, as reported by the Mexican National Meteorological Service (SMN).
“Hilary is now a tropical storm and is located very close to Cabo San Quintin, BC, Its extensive cloud bands maintain the probability of very heavy rains at intense points in the Baja California Peninsula and the northwest of the country, very strong gusts of wind in those regions and high waves in coastal areas,” he said in his 9 o’clock report: 00 local time the National Meteorological Service of Mexico.
According to the agency dependent on the National Water Commission (Conagua), Hilary made landfall upon impact in Punta Eugenia, Baja California, as category 1.
“At approximately 4:30 a.m. Central Mexico time (10:30 GMT), the center of the hurricane passed over the Punta Eugenia coastline.Baja California Sur, and later crossed the Natividad and Cedros Islands, “says the agency.
The cyclone, which formed last Wednesday as a tropical storm, It is now heading towards California, United Stateswith a speed of more than 30 kilometers per hour, sustained winds of 130 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 155 kilometers per hour, according to the SMN.
“Prevention zone is modified due to tropical storm effects from Puerto San Andresito, BCSto the northern border with the United States and from Loreto, BCS, to Guaymas, Sonora,” reports the Mexican organization.
Given the gusts of wind and heavy rains, the Mexican authorities ask the population to maintain preventive measures and locate themselves in safe areas.
“Extreme precautions to the general population in the areas of the states mentioned by rainswind and waves (including maritime navigation) and comply with the recommendations issued by the authorities of the National Civil Protection System, in each entity ”, they warn.
The meteorological phenomenon claimed its first victim on Saturday due to the fact that a man who was traveling in a vehicle with his family, in the municipality of Mulegé, Baja California Sur, died when he was dragged away by the current of a stream.
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