Hurricane Hilary strengthened into a major storm Thursday evening off Mexico's Pacific coast and it could bring heavy rain to the southwestern U.S. by the weekend.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Hilary's maximum sustained winds had risen to 120 mph, making it a Category 3 hurricane.
The hurricane center said that as Hilary moves onto or brushes the Baja pensinsula, it could possibly survive briefly as a tropical storm or tropical depression and cross the U.S. border. The area potentially affected by heavy rainfall could stretch from Bakersfield, California, to Yuma, Arizona, as well as some parts of southern Nevada.
While the odds are against Hilary making landfall in California as a tropical storm, there is a high chance of major rain and flooding, UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said in an online briefing Wednesday.
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