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A hurricane called "Hilary" has alerted the west coast of the United States and Mexico. California is the state most at risk.
Experts say the hurricane has weakened as soon as it hit the coast overnight, but it is still considered life-threatening as the wind speed reached 140 km per hour.
One person died after crossing a stream in Mexico's Baja California, officials said. He was traveling in a car with his 3 children and his wife, but everyone else was able to escape.
This is the first tropical storm to hit the US state in more than 80 years.
"Hilary appears to be weakening quickly ," a hurricane specialist told the Associated Press news agency.
However, he pointed out that California and Nevada are at risk of dangerous to catastrophic flooding. Nearly 26 million people in the southwestern US have been warned to watch out for a flash flood.
Even American President Joe Biden himself demanded maximum commitment of state structures while calling on citizens to prepare for the storm.
Local authorities are providing sandbags to residents looking to protect their properties against flooding.
Hurricanes and tropical storms are common in Mexico. But the last time a tropical storm hit the southern California desert was in 1939.
Experts say abnormal weather events are being influenced by human-caused climate change.
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