For the first time ever, a tropical storm warning was issued by the National Weather Service Friday night for many of the communities in Southern California.
Most cities in Los Angeles were under the tropical storm warning, including Malibu, Pacific Balisades, Beverly Hills, Compton, Culver City, Downey, Hollywood, Palos Verdes, LAX, Long Beach, Redondo Beach, Santa Monica, Torrance and Norwalk.
The NWS added the warning extended to Orange County Coastal Areas, Orange County Inland Areas and the Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills. strengthened to a category 4 hurricane Thursday. The hurricane is expected to hit Southern California with heavy rainfall as early as this weekend after it makes its way up Mexico's Baja California peninsula.
Hurricane Hilary: What can Los Angeles, Orange County and the Inland Empire expect from the Category 4 storm? Forecasters said the storm is expected to produce 3 to 6 inches of rainfall, with maximum amounts of 10 inches, across portions of Baja California through Sunday night, with the possibility of flash flooding.
There will likely be"damaging wind gusts," especially at higher elevations, in the area, and swells along the coast, Greg Postel, a hurricane and storm specialist at the Weather Channel,
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