Hurricane Hilary is expected to hit Baja California Friday night before moving inland to California. Some desert areas will be inundated with rain.
As a tropical storm, Hilary formed early on Wednesday and intensified into a hurricane by Thursday morning. The storm is classified as Category 1, with current wind speeds at 75 miles per hour, but further intensification is expected.
No tropical storm has made landfall in California with hurricane-force winds in recorded history. However, heavy rainfall is expected to cause flash flooding and possible landslides despite the hurricane's strength once it lands in the state later this weekend. Some desert areas, such as Palm Springs, California, could see 12 times or more of their monthly average rainfall over the span of two days.
Wind turbines operate at a wind farm in Palm Springs, California, on February 22, 2023. Palm Springs could get 20 times its monthly rainfall over the weekend from Hurricane Hilary.Rainfall impacts are forecast to peak on Sunday and Monday in the southwestern United States. The NHC reported that much of the region could see between 3 and 6 inches, with isolated amounts reaching 10 inches in parts of Baja California.that Palm Springs is forecast to receive anywhere from 2 to 4 inches.
Douty said many of the desert areas expected to receive significant rain aren't densely populated. Palm Springs is home to just over 45,000 people, according to 2020 census data.
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