Hurricane Hilary Could Create a New Lake in Desert
Forecasts for Hurricane Hilary predict that the storm will bring a deluge of rain to the desert, threatening to create a new lake in the hottest pl...
Forecasts for Hurricane Hilary predict that the storm will bring a deluge of rain to the desert, threatening to create a new lake in the hottest place on Earth. As a tropical storm, Hilary formed early on Wednesday and intensified into a hurricane by Thursday morning. It strengthened to a Category 4 early Friday morning with sustained wind speeds at 140 miles per hour. Winds are expected to weaken before hitting Baja California, Mexico, by this weekend. Forecast models show the storm hitting inland California as a tropical storm overnight Sunday and into Monday.