Hurricane Hilary affects businesses in Mexico and causes cancellation of events in the US.

Hurricane Hilary, category 3, advances this Saturday towards the center of the Baja California peninsula, in the northwest of Mexicowhere it is expected to cause heavy rains and flooding, as well as in parts of southern California, in USA.

The Mexican meteorological authorities forecast heavy rain with electric shocks and risk of flooding in a large part of the country and asked the population to take extreme precautions in the face of high waves and the risk of overflowing rivers and streams.

He hurricane It had maximum sustained winds of 185 km/h and was located 570 km from Punta Eugenia, a town in the center of the Baja California peninsula, reported the National Hurricane Center (NHC).

The speed of its winds makes it a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Despite being downgraded from category 4, it is feared that the hurricane will cause heavy rains and flooding with significant risks for the population.

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Since Friday, Several businesses in the tourist resort of Los Cabos, a destination located in Baja California Sur and frequented by international tourists, placed sandbags in the face of rising waves and stored furniture and belongings.

“Last night we took all the measures. The infrastructure is fine and we are only looking out for the workers, waiting for the weather and that everyone is well,” Omar Olvera, a 34-year-old worker at a restaurant located on the beach protected by sandbags, told AFP on Saturday. prevent it from flooding with rising waves.

In the town of Todos Santos, located on the west coast of the peninsula, there were few people on the street, while in Cerritos, a nearby beach, access to the sea was closed due to intense waves, AFP confirmed.

“Last night we did feel quite a bit of air, it wasn’t as strong as we expected but it still causes some fear,” said Marco Segura, a 57-year-old worker in Cerritos.

“We have to continue, the hurricane does not have to stop us, recover everything that left us, everything that we lack and then move on,” he added.

He Mexican government deployed almost 19,000 military in the states most affected by the rains to help the population.

The state Federal Electricity Commission deployed 800 workers, 64 emergency plants and hundreds of vehicles and cranes to deal with eventual power outages in Baja California and Baja California Sur.

Impact over the weekend

It is expected that Hilary will move near the west coast of the Baja California peninsula over the weekend to arrive in southern California, United States, Sunday afternoonsaid the NHC.

“Weakening is expected to begin this Saturday, but Hilary will still be a hurricane when it approaches the west coast of Baja California tonight and Sunday morning,” he added.

The NHC added that Hilary will weaken as it moves into cold waters of the Pacific Ocean and reaches southern California as a tropical storm.

For its part, the government of Baja California, a border state with the United States and where the city of Tijuana is located, set up temporary shelters and reported that rains are already being recorded on its territory.

Mexico It is hit by hurricanes every year, both on its Pacific and Atlantic coasts, usually between May and November.

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south of California continues this Saturday with preparations for the impact of hilarya category 3 hurricane that on Sunday he will arrive at this part of USA as tropical stormwhich has led to cancellations of sporting events and put local airports on alert.

Hilary, which today presents maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour, will reach the Mexican coasts of lower california and will continue during the afternoon and night of that day heading northwest towards southern California, according to a bulletin from the US National Hurricane Center (NHC),

The meteorological center warns of the latent threat until Monday of “catastrophic flooding” in both regions, while the authorities of southern California counties such as The Angels and Orange continue to distribute sandbags and urge the population to take precautions in the case.

“It’s another example of climate change. So We have to be prepared for climatic events that we are not used to. Stay safe,” asked Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.

Local meteorological services have warned that Hilary can produce rainfall accumulations of up to 5 centimeters in coastal areas and up to 20 centimeters in mountainous and desert areas of San Diego County

(With information from EFE)