Weather of Arabia - Sinan Khalaf - The weather forecast team at the "Arab Regional Weather Center" monitors around the clock the developments and developments of Hurricane Hillary in the Pacific Ocean, which today threatens the southern coasts of the US state of California with strong winds and heavy rains, and it is the first hurricane to hit the region since the year September 25, 1939.
The latest weather observations show a significant decline in the strength of Hurricane Hillary and its transition from the fourth category to the first category, but despite this decline, Hurricane Hillary is still of high destructive power, accompanied by strong winds exceeding the barrier of 140 km / h, and large amounts of rain, Satellite images indicate that Hurricane Hillary will continue to move to the north-northwest directly towards the US state of California.
Arab weather specialists suggest that an additional decline in the strength of Hurricane Hillary will occur during the coming hours, to reach the level of a tropical storm, accompanied by large and massive amounts of rain, capable of causing a wave of floods, in addition to huge waves that threaten the current residential neighborhoods along the shores of Southern California.
The authorities in the states of Nevada, Arizona and California also announced the readiness of security and ambulance personnel, fire and rescue teams, sanitation and electricity teams, and a large number of volunteers to confront this powerful hurricane, and called on everyone to stay away from the beaches.
Nearly 200 flights scheduled for Sunday at San Diego International Airport and another 184 for Monday were canceled, according to the FlightAware website.
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