热带风暴警告对南加州超过4200万美国人有效,因为希拉里预计是自1997年诺拉以来袭击该地区的第一场此类风暴。
希拉里曾是4级飓风,在接近西海岸时减弱。
周六晚些时候,降雨将开始到达加利福尼亚和亚利桑那的南部地区,并持续到周一。
从南加利福尼亚和亚利桑那到俄勒冈和爱达荷,洪水监测已经生效。
希拉里搬到南加州
希拉里仍是热带风暴,截至太平洋时间周日下午5点,最大持续风速已降至每小时50英里。希拉里的中心现在已经正式移入南加州,位于棕榈泉西南偏南约25英里处。它目前正以每小时23英里的速度向北移动。
洛杉矶联合学区宣布学校周一停课
洛杉矶联合学区(LAUSD)是美国第二大学区,该学区的负责人在周日的新闻发布会上表示,由于热带风暴希拉里正在向该地区移动,该学区的学校将于周一关闭。
LAUSD有565,479名学生。负责人Alberto M. Carvalho预计学校将于周二开学。
圣地亚哥联合学区也宣布学校周一停课。
大雨持续,南加州发生5.1级地震
据美联社报道,当南部地区与暴雨作斗争,并继续为穿过加利福尼亚的风暴中心做准备时,发生了5.1级地震美国地质学会。地震的中心在欧康附近,随后发生了几次较小的余震。
所有西南航空公司和边境航空公司的航班暂停从加州安大略机场起飞
安大略国际机场在社交媒体上表示,由于热带风暴希拉里已开始影响西海岸,安大略国际机场已暂停所有西南航空公司和边疆航空公司的航班,从周日中午一直到周一。
据报道,西南航空公司已经取消了715个航班,是美国所有航空公司中取消航班最多的FlightAware.
根据FlightAware的数据,Frontier取消了71个航班。
Tropical Storm Hilary live updates: LAUSD schools closed Monday
Tropical storm warnings are in effect for more than 42 million Americans in Southern California, as Hilary is expected to be the first storm of its kind to hit the region since Nora in 1997.
Once a Category 4 hurricane, Hilary weakened as it approached the West Coast.
Rain will start to reach the southern regions of California and Arizona later Saturday and continue into Monday.
Flood watches are in effect from Southern California and Arizona to Oregon and Idaho.
Hilary moves into Southern California
Hilary is continuing as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds now down to 50 mph as of 5 p.m. PT Sunday. The center of Hilary has now officially moved into Southern California and is located about 25 miles south, southwest of Palm Springs. It is currently moving north at 23 mph.
Los Angeles Unified School District announces school closures for Monday
Schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second largest school district in the country, will be closed on Monday as Tropical Storm Hilary makes its way to the area, the district's superintendent said at a press conference on Sunday.
LAUSD serves 565,479 students. Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho expects schools to be open on Tuesday.
The San Diego Unified School District also announced school closures for Monday.
5.1 Earthquake rocks Southern California as heavy rains continue to fall
As the Southland battles heavy rain and continues preparations for the heart of the storm to make its way up through California, there was a 5.1 earthquake, per theU.S. Geological Society. The earthquake was centered near Ojai, and was followed by several smaller aftershocks.
All Southwest and Frontier airline flights suspended out of Ontario, California, airport
Ontario International Airport has suspended all Southwest Airlines and Frontier Airlines flights from Sunday at noon until Monday as Tropical Storm Hilary has begun to impact the West Coast, the airport said on social media.
Southwest Airlines has canceled 715 flights, the most flights of all U.S. airlines, according toFlightAware.
Frontier canceled 71 flights, according to FlightAware data.