SAN FRANCISCO-- The National Hurricane Center informs ABC News that Hilary made landfall over the northern Baja California Peninsula in Mexico as a tropical storm as is on the method to Southern California. Maximum sustained winds are now down to 65 mph.
As Tropical Hilary heads to the area, a 5.1 earthquake struck the area Sunday afternoon, according to the USGS.
It was updated from a 5.0. The quake occurred just after 2:40 p.m. near Ojai on the Sisar fault in Ventura County, the USGS said.
Hilary is no longer a cyclone, however it is still bring so much rain that forecasters said "" life-threatening and catastrophic"" flooding is most likely across a broad region of the southwestern U.S.
LIVE: Tracking Hilary'& #x 27; s current course as it moves toward CA. The Mexican cities of Ensenada and Tijuana remained straight in the hurricane'& #x 27; s course, and meteorologists warned that despite weakening, the storm remained treacherous.
There will be a risk of flooding rains across Southern California from Sunday through Tuesday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center released a tropical storm watch on Friday, the first time that has actually ever been done.
CYCLONE HILARY
Cyclone Hilary has been downgraded to a hurricane typhoon from a Category 1 Sunday early morning as evacuations in at-risk areas continue to be provided, according to the Associated Press.
Tropical storm warnings are in result for more than 42 million Americans in Southern California, as Hilary is anticipated to be the first storm of its kind to hit the area considering that Nora in 1997.
Rain began to reach the southern areas of California and Arizona later on Saturday and continues into Monday.
Flood warnings and watches are in result from Southern California and Arizona to Oregon and Idaho.
FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LA AREA
The National Weather Service released a Flash Flood Warning consisting of
Los Angeles, until 7:45 p.m. PDT.
A Flash Flood Warning was simply issued for parts of
Los Angeles, including Downtown
Los Angeles,
Long Beach,
Glendale and parts of Ventura County through the evening hours.
California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for much of Southern California on Saturday ahead of Hurricane Hilary making landfall, ABC News reported.
"" California has thousands of people on the ground working together with regional and federal workers to support neighborhoods in Hurricane Hilary'& #x 27; s path with resources, devices and know-how,"" the guv stated in a declaration.
There are currently "" more than 7,500 boots on the ground released"" to assist local communities the guv'& #x 27; s statement continued.
The impacts of the storm are anticipated to begin Saturday evening lasting through Monday, according to the declaration.
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Los Angeles scrambled to get the homeless off the streets, established shelters and prepare for evacuations.
More than 7,500 people-- from first-responders to support staff-- are prepared to go.
That includes numerous California National Guardsmen and females.
Cal Fire is on standby too with numerous engines in position.
It will have teams all set for any possible swift water saves and prepared to browse urban areas.
If you'& #x 27; re taking a trip, United Airlines issued an alert saying flights could be impacted Sunday till Monday.
Big league Baseball games in Southern California-- have actually been delayed.
The rain might produce flooding and slides particularly in areas with burn scars.
On Saturday, Hurricane Hilary "" has actually sped up a bit, along with a small shift eastward in its track,"" as it acquired speed, moving toward Baja California, according to the National Weather Service Saturday early morning. "" This leads to Sunday early morning through Sunday evening being the time frame of a lot of effect, in addition to slightly weaker winds."".
It is then expected to continue northward up the peninsula, raising fears that its heavy rains could cause hazardous flooding in the border city of Tijuana, where numerous homes in the city of 1.9 million cling precariously to steep hillsides.
Hilary will rapidly deteriorate as it goes into cooler ocean waters and interacts with the mountain surface of Baja California Sunday.
The present track has Hilary moving into Southern California late Sunday into Monday as a hurricane. Potentially devastating and lethal flooding is possible. For the first time ever, Tropical Storm Warnings have actually gone up for Southern California.
No hurricane has actually made landfall in Southern California given that Sept. 25, 1939, according to the National Weather Service.
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OCEAN TEMPERATURES
Hurricanes require ocean temperatures above 80 degrees to endure. Hilary is presently being in 85-degree water and will remain in those warm waters through Saturday. As Hilary moves more detailed to Baja California, ocean temperature levels will quickly cool into the 70s and ultimately the 60s along the California coast.
That temperature drop might not seem like a lot but ocean temperatures in the 70s will essentially kill Hilary and water in the 60s will never support a tropical system. Thus, we see an extremely quick weakening as the system approaches the California-Mexico border.
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HEAVY RAIN THREAT IN SOCAL
The moisture from Hilary will bring the possibility of excessive flooding in Southern California.
The National Weather Service issued a flood watch that will be in result starting at 11am tomorrow through Monday evening across
San Diego and
Los Angeles counties. Rainfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches, with isolated amounts of 10 inches, are anticipated across parts of southern California and southern Nevada, which would lead to substantial and unusual effects. Elsewhere across parts of the Western United States, rainfall overalls of 1 to 3 inches are expected.
Rough surf and strong winds will also affect Southern California.
CENTRAL VALLEY IMPACTS
Rainfall is expected in parts of the Central Valley Sunday night into Monday early morning.
Many parts of the Central Valley experienced a precursor to Hilary'& #x 27; s arrival when rain and thunderstorms got here Saturday night, knocking out power and trees throughout cities like
Fresno and Clovis.
High winds are something to think about as wind speeds are expected to be over 20 mph throughout the Valley.
Central Valley homeowners coming from and heading to Southern California ought to anticipate rough driving conditions through the Grapevine at I-5.
The Grapevine is expected to have 2-4 inches of rains and end up to 20-30 mph, with gusts as much as 45 mph.
BAY AREA IMPACTS
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The present track of Hilary keeps the bulk of the wetness in Southern California and the Sierra but, we still have a possibility of seeing separated showers here Sunday and a possibility of showers Monday. Remnants of Hilary will bring greater humidity and tropical cloud cover in between Sunday and early next week.
We will keep track of the track of this storm and any small shifts would mean an increased opportunity of rain here. That is something we will tweak in the coming days.
ABC News and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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