Hurricane Hilary 2023 tracker, path: Category 4 storm likely to hit California, heavy rainfall alert issued

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Hurricane Hilary grew to category 4 and is expected to hit California on Sunday, authorities have put parts of Southern California under a tropical storm watch and have issued the alert. The forecasters have warned of heavy rainfall leading to extensive flooding.

The National Hurricane Center has said that Hurricane Hilary was 360 miles south-southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on Friday. They also said that it was advancing toward the Pacific with maximum sustained winds of 145

According to the Federal Weather Office, Hurricane Hilary may be the first tropical storm to make landfall in southern California since 1939. Last year Tropical Trom Key hit the Southern coast of California, but it did not make landfall.

It has been forecast that Hurricane Hilary may retain category 4 when it hits the Baja California of Mexico peninsula on Saturday. Some experts have said that Hilary may grow to Category 5 before losing strength. North Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have said that Hurricane Hilary is most likely to make landfall in Mexico before crossing to California, but if it does not make landfall in Mexico and bring showers to California, it will be the first tropical storm to do so in the state in 84 years.

Hilary is expected to weaken before reaching Southern California and parts of the south-west, but it is certain to bring heavy rainfall and cause flooding irrespective of its strength. The rainfall may be so heavy that Southern California and Nevada may get 3-5 inches of rain and in some places, it may be as much as 10 inches. Places across western Arizona and southwest Utah