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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andrea Blanco

Hurricane Hilary could create new lake in world’s hottest place as it bears down on California

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Hurricane Hilary is expected to bring heavy rain to Southern California as it grows into Category 4 off Mexico’s Baja California.

Hilary will plow into the Mexican peninsula sometime on Sunday, amid concerns of “life-threatening and potentially catastrophic” floods. The US National Hurricane Center has issued a tropical storm watch from the Golden State’s Pacific coast to interior mountains and deserts — the first in Southern California in 84 years.

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