The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Hilary has been downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane as it heads toward Mexico's Baja California peninsula
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“Hilary appears to be weakening quickly,” John Cangialosi, a senior hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center, wrote in a Saturday update posted online. “The eye is filling and the cloud tops in the eyewall and rainbands have been warming during the past several hours.” Courtney Carpenter, a National Weather Service warning coordination meteorologist, said experts forecast flash floods, mudslides, isolated tornadoes and wind damage to Southern California.Hilary on Friday had rapidly strengthened, becoming an exceedingly dangerous Category 4 Major hurricane for a time with top sustained winds of 145 mph at its peak.
The U.S. National Park Service closed California's Joshua Tree National Park and Mojave National Preserve to keep visitors from becoming stranded amid flooding. Cities across the region, including in Nevada and Arizona, offered sandbags to safeguard properties against floodwaters.
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