Hilary Is Now a Category 4 Hurricane
Hurricane Hilary, a large and powerful Category 4 storm, was on Friday morning barreling toward the Baja California Peninsula and the Southwestern United States, where it may cause “significant and rare impacts,” meteorologists said.The system, the eighth named storm of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season this year, had sustained winds near 145 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center. Tropical disturbances that have sustained winds of 39 m.p.h. earn a name. Once winds reach 74 m.p.h., a storm becomes a hurricane, and, at 111 m.p.h., it becomes a major hurricane.Hilary formed as a tropical storm off the coast…
