The tropical storm has quickly intensified into a hurricane and is expected to hit Baja California this weekend.
Hurricane Hilary is tracking up the West Coast, and the National Hurricane Center expects that Mexico's Baja California Peninsula will feel the strongest impacts from the storm by this weekend.
A Category 2 hurricane has wind speeds of 96 to 110 miles per hour and is considered"extremely dangerous." People walk along the coast in Acapulco, Mexico, on Wednesday following the passage of Tropical Storm Hilary. The storm has since been upgraded to a hurricane and is now heading toward Baja California.The NHC has also said that it is too soon to determine the location or magnitude of wind impacts but that Baja California and the Southwestern U.S. should monitor the storm's progress.
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