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A weakening Hurricane Hilary headed for Mexico’s Baja California on Saturday as the U.S. National Hurricane Center predicted “catastrophic ... flooding.”

Hurricane Hilary, a category 3 on a scale of 5, was approaching the Baja California peninsula in northwestern Mexico on Saturday. It could be accompanied by heavy rainfall and flooding in this part of Mexico as well as in the southern state of California, in the United States. Hilary is moving northwest and the center of the storm is expected to reach Southern California overnight Sunday, according to the NHC. Mexico is hit by tropical cyclones every year on its Pacific and Atlantic coasts, usually between May and November.

Hilary is expected to plow into Mexico’s Baja peninsula on Saturday night before entering the history books as the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years.

Hurricane Hilary roared toward Mexico's Baja California peninsula late Saturday as a downgraded but still dangerous Category 2 hurricane that's likely to bring "catastrophic" flooding to the region and cross into the southwest U.S. as a tropical storm.

As Hurricane Hilary heads for Mexico’s Baja California, the U.S. National Hurricane Center is predicting “catastrophic and life-threatening flooding” for the peninsula and for the southwestern United States, where it