Hurricane Hilary has been downgraded to a Category 2 storm but is still expected to wreak catastrophic damage as it barrels toward California.
Hurricane Hilary was downgraded to a Category 2 storm — but is still expected to wreak catastrophic damage as she barrels toward Mexico and southern California.
The history-making storm weakened from its Major Category 3 status at midday Saturday, hours before it is expected to slam Mexico’s Baja California coast.
“Hilary appears to be weakening quickly,” John Cangialosi, a senior hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center, wrote in a Saturday update posted online.
“The eye is filling and the cloud tops in the eyewall and rainbands have been warming during the past several hours.
