Hurricane Hilary rises to category 4: how to follow its path through Mexico

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The National Meteorological Service (SMN) reported that during the first hours of last Friday Hurricane Hilary rose to category 4. According to the agency, after being downgraded to a tropical storm, the phenomenon made landfall on the Baja California Sur peninsula causing heavy rains. , floods and some landslides. The authorities issued a declaration of emergency and disaster in areas of that state, Baja California and Sonora.

In a statement, the social prevention authorities reported that after the metr Phone Number List ological event more than 2,728 members of the Mexican Armed Forces are serving the towns of Bahía Tortuga, Loreto, Punta Abreojos, Guerrero Negro, San Ignacio, Vizcaíno, Santa Rosalía and Mulegé.

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The passage of Hurricane Hilary in Mexico
Hilary will cause intense rains in Colima, Jalisco, Michoacán and Nayarit. Guerrero and Sinaloa will be affected by very heavy rainfall, while Baja California Sur, Mexico City, southern Durango, State of Mexico, Guanajuato, Morelos and southern Zacatecas will register some showers.

The SMN predicts wind gusts of 80 to 100 km/h and waves of 5 to 7 meters high on the coasts of Baja California Sur; gales of 60 to 80 km/h and waves of 3 to 5 meters high on the coast of Nayarit, Jalisco and Colima; as well as winds of 40 to 60 km/h and waves of 2 to 4 meters high on the coasts of Sinaloa and Michoacán. Durango, Zacatecas and Aguascalientes will experience winds of 40 to 60 km/h.

How to follow the path of Hurricane Hilary?
The meteorological authorities invited the population to stay informed and follow both the trajectory and development of the hurricane to take the relevant prevention, protection and response measures. Some digital tools allow you to monitor the progress of the cyclone in real time from any device connected to the network.

CONAGUA Climate
Through the SMN, the official site of the National Water Commission (Conagua) offers an animated view of Hilary's progress. Updated communications and prevention measures issued by the authorities are also published on the website . The resource also offers a series of satellite images about the progress of this and other meteorological phenomena. To consult them, simply enter the Conagua site , click on the Satellite Images option , located in the right menu. In the drop-down section you must select the Mexico option so that the images are displayed on the screen.

EOSDIS Worldview
It is an interactive map with satellite images supported by information from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that provides information on the precise magnitude and location of ongoing cyclones. The tool allows you to create a timeline animation to know the evolution and trajectory of Hurricane Hilary from its formation to the moment of the consultation in real time.



The service enabled an exclusive label for Hurricane Hilary that concentrates the most important and current information about the phenomenon. To access this summary it is necessary to enter the NASA interactive portal , click on the site menu and locate the Events option . Within the drop-down window you must choose the Several Storms section and click on the Hurricane Hilary option.

Hilary Nasa
Information about Hurricane Hilary published by NASA. COURTESY NASA
Zoom Earth
The portal concentrates a large number of weather maps and offers a live hurricane tracker that determines the exact position of weather phenomena and their path. It also provides forecasts on the evolution of events around the magnitude, displacement, pressure and winds caused by cyclones.