California braces as Tropical Storm Hilary makes landfall in Mexico

A satellite image shows Tropical Storm Hilary off Mexico’s Pacific coast (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration via AP)

Tropical Storm Hilary made landfall along Mexico’s Baja California coast on Sunday, no longer a hurricane but still packing what forecasters called “life-threatening” rain likely to unleash flooding across a broad region of the western US.

Hilary hit the coast in a sparsely populated area about 150 miles (250 kilometers) south of the city of Ensenada, Mexico.

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