(El Centro Emergency Operations Center)...It was deactivated at noon Monday.

The City had activated the EOC at 6 pm Friday when the then Hurricane Hilary was classified as a Category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds around the eye at 130 miles per hour. At that time catastrophic damage was predicted for Imperial County. By Sunday Hilary was downgraded to a Tropical Cyclone, but still with heavy rain and strong winds. El Centro Mayor Martha Cardenas-Singh said the city staff did an amazing job of preparing, monitoring and responding through the entire storm. The Mayor said staff had an Incident Action Plan ready, and deployed it. She said she believes their stead-fast actions saved property and possibly lives in the city. Precautionary measures were taken before the storm hit, and the city was monitored as the storm went through. Two emergency shelters were in place. The first, at the community center was activated Saturday and housed about 30 residents. The second shelter, at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Sports Pavilion was not need and was not activated. Damages were reported, but with no injuries