- Title: Southern Californians prepare for the worst as Hilary approaches
- Date: 20th August 2023
- Summary: NIAMEY, NIGER (AUGUST 20, 2023) (REUTERS) PROTESTER WAVING RUSSIAN FLAG AT BACK OF LARGE CROWD OF PROTESTERS PROTESTERS CHEERING CROWD OF PROTESTERS PROTESTER HOLDING SIGN READING (French): "NIGER WILL BE THE TOMB OF ECOWAS / DOWN WITH FRNCE AND ECOWAS / LONG LIVE NIGER" PROTESTERS BURNING FRENCH FLAG PROTESTERS ON ROOF OF BUILDING PROTESTERS ON TOP OF MONUMENT FYING RUSSI
- Embargoed: 3rd September 2023 06:50
- Keywords: California Empty market shelves Hilary Hurricane Long Beach Malibu Sandbags Tropical Storm
- Location: MALIBU, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- City: MALIBU, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- Country: US
- Topics: Environment,North America,Weather
- Reuters ID: LVA001566120082023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Coastal communities in southern California are hoping for the best but preparing for the worst, as Hurricane Hilary hurtled towards Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Saturday (August 19).
From making sandbags in Long Beach to empty shelves at a supermarket in Malibu, SoCal residents were preparing early for the first such storm to menace southern California since 1939.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said the hurricane was weakening on its path to the west-central coast of the peninsula on Saturday evening. It predicted it would lose more strength and turn into a tropical storm as it heads towards southern California on Sunday (August 20).
Rainfall of 3 to 6 inches, with isolated amounts of 10 inches, was expected across portions of southern California and southern Nevada as well, the NHC added.
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