Images from the Los Angeles/Long Beach area as Southern California braces for the arrival of Hurricane Hilary. Hilary is expected to weaken into a tropical storm by the time it makes landfall on Sunday.
In an orderly queue, residents patiently wait with their shovels and sand bags at Wildwood Park in Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, San Bernardino, Ca. (Watchara Phomicinda/The Orange County Register via AP) 
Rebecca Glaser, left, and her son Jaden Fitzpatrick, 16, prepare to load sandbags at Wildwood Park in San Bernardino, Ca., on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, as residents make preparations for the arrival of Hurricane Hilary. (Watchara Phomicinda/The Orange County Register via AP) 
In preparation for the approaching Hurricane Hilary, residents of San Bernardino, Ca., fill sandbags at Wildwood Park on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, with a line forming as they wait their turn. (Watchara Phomicinda/The Orange County Register via AP) 
Sitting on the ground, Norma Panilla attentively fills sandbags at Wildwood Park in San Bernardino, Ca., on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, as she readies her home for potential floodwaters in anticipation of Hurricane Hilary’s impending arrival. (Watchara Phomicinda/The Orange County Register via AP) 
Ronald Thompkins, 60, loads sandbags onto a truck in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Hilary in San Bernardino, Ca., on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, while residents queue at Wildwood Park to fill sandbags for the impending storm. (Watchara Phomicinda/The Orange County Register via AP) 
Jaden Fitzpatrick, 16, loads sandbags into their SUV at Wildwood Park in San Bernardino, Ca., on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, in preparation for the impending arrival of Hurricane Hillary. (Watchara Phomicinda/The Orange County Register via AP) 
Long Beach Lifeguards fill up sandbags for residents ahead of Hurricane Hilary in Long Beach, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. Hurricane Hilary roared toward Mexico’s Baja California peninsula late Saturday as a downgraded but still dangerous Category 2 hurricane that’s likely to bring “catastrophic” flooding to the region and cross into the southwest U.S. as a tropical storm. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) 
Long Beach residents pull wagons with sandbags ahead of Hurricane Hilary in Long Beach, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. Hurricane Hilary roared toward Mexico’s Baja California peninsula late Saturday as a downgraded but still dangerous Category 2 hurricane that’s likely to bring “catastrophic” flooding to the region and cross into the southwest U.S. as a tropical storm. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) 
Residents wait in line to fill up their sandbags ahead of Hurricane Hilary, in Long Beach, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) 
Long Beach lifeguards fill up sandbags for residents ahead of Hurricane Hilary, in Long Beach, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) 
Long Beach lifeguards fill up sandbags for residents ahead of Hurricane Hilary, in Long Beach, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) 
Cots are installed in a gym turned into a temporary shelter before the arrival of Hurricane Hilary, in Ensenada, Mexico, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Cossio) 
From left; David Rivera makes sandbags with his sons, Zack, 10, center, and Vincent, 18, at Wildwood Park in San Bernardino, Ca., on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, as residents gear up for the arrival of Hurricane Hilary. (Watchara Phomicinda/The Orange County Register via AP) 
Madeline Noble, 9, sits in the back of her dad’s pickup truck as she assists with sandbags at Wildwood Park in San Bernardino, Ca., on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, as residents prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Hilary. (Watchara Phomicinda/The Orange County Register via AP) 
The governor signed the emergency proclamation in San Diego on August 19, 2023 while visiting with California National Guard troops. (Gov. Gavin Newsom) 
Long Beach residents are seen filling sandbags on August 19, 2023 as coastal communities in SoCal are bracing for potential flooding from Hurricane Hilary. (KTLA) 
Long Beach residents are seen filling sandbags on August 19, 2023 as coastal communities in SoCal are bracing for potential flooding from Hurricane Hilary. (KTLA)
Forecasters say the storm is expected to enter the history books as the first tropical storm to hit southern California in 84 years, bringing high winds, flash floods, mudslides, isolated tornadoes and widespread power outages.
