Tropical Storm Hilary is no longer a hurricane but it's still packing what forecasters call “life-threatening” rain as it speeds up Mexico's Baja coast toward Southern California
Tropical Storm Hilary was accelerating northward off Mexico’s Baja coast on Sunday, no longer a hurricane but still packing what forecasters called “life-threatening” rain likely to unleashAs of 8 a.m. Pacific time, Hilary was located about 220 miles south-southeast of San Diego, the National Hurricane Center reported. Hilary had maximum sustained winds of 70 mph and was moving northwest at 25 mph , remaining just off the Pacific coast.
“Rainfall flooding has been the biggest killer in tropical storms and hurricanes in the United States in the past 10 years and you don’t want to become a statistic,” Brennan said in an online briefing from Miami. Brennan said rainfall could reach between 3 and 6 inches in many areas, with some higher amounts in isolated spots. Forecasters warned it could dump up to 10 inches — a year’s worth of rain for some areas.
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