Hurricane Hilary headed for Mexico's Baja California on Saturday as the US National Hurricane Centre predicted "catastrophic and life-threatening flooding" for the peninsula and for the southwestern US, where it was forecast to cross the border as a tropical storm on Sunday.Officials issued an evacuation advisory for the tourist destination of Santa Catalina Island, 37km off the southern California coast, while authorities in Los Angeles scrambled to get the homeless off the streets and into shelters.Hilary remained a Major Category Three hurricane, set to plow into Mexico's Baja peninsula on Saturday night before rushing north and entering the history books as the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years.
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