We begin this hour with an historic Hurricane Barreling toward the u. S. Hilary is now a category 3 hurricane with top winds of more than 100 miles per hour. This is new video of the storm pummeling mexico as it inches closer to the u. S. The powerful system could bring a years worth of rain in one day to parts of the southwest along with potentially catastrophic and lifethreatening flooding. Right now parts of Southern California are under a Tropical Storm warning for the first time in history. Officials and residents there are preparing with sandbags and the California National guard is standing by ready to help. A State Emergency Official tells cnn its an all hands on deck situation. Weve got a cnn team at this hour tracking hilary. Meteorologist derek van dam is closely following the path Aina Tasha Chen has a look at storm preps in los angeles. Derek, lets start with you at the cnn weather center. I cant believe were talking about a hurricane and preparations for it in los angeles
People on Catalina Island off the coast near l. A. Are evacuating to long beach as officials urge visitors and residents to leave. In San Bernardino county, the Sheriffs Department has issued an Evacuation Warning for parts of that area. Lets go straight to derek. What can you tell us about hilary . Picking up speed in slowing down . Picking up speed. That is important because if youre just tuning in, maybe perhaps intermittently from the west coast or Southern California, you may have thought, hey, maybe this is a sunday night into Monday Morning time frame. Right now is your last few moments to do your final preparations to secure your property, that time of thing. This is more of a sunday during the daytime frame. Thats when we anticipate the greatest impacts. It will last through Monday Morning but the greatest impact is throughout the day on sunday. 110 Miles Per Hour winds. There is a lot that can be infederal from this satellite image. This is helping weaken the storm and the tr
Ahead on cnn newsroom, much of Southern California now under a Storm Warning never seen before. Well tell you what the region could see. In hawaii, the latest on Rec Recoveriests and the search for those still missing. And cnn learns when donald trump is expected to sure rending himself to a jail here in tlapt. Details and the legal negotiations going on right now behind the scenes. Reporter live in cnn center this is cnn newsroom, we begin this hour in the Southwestern United States where people are bracing for catastrophic flooding. Hurricane hilary could dump more than a year worth rain of in a few days. Its likely to make landfall in mexico but its moving fast and could arrive in california as a Tropical Storm, the first such storm to do so in decades. Its been 84 years since one came ashore, so its a Once In A Lifetime event that were going to be experiencing. Preparations are already under wa the federal Emergency Management agency is sending personnel and supplieso Southern Cali
That trump is expected to surrender on thursday or friday. He and 18 codefendants are charged with plotting to subvert the 2020 Election Results in georgia. Local officials have said they will treat the former president like any other defendant. Sources tell cnn that trumps team has been in contact with the District Attorneys Office about the conditions and logistics for his surrender. Cnns ryan young has our report. Reporter we continue to try and get a sense of whats next as we continue to watch developments. Thats after trump and 18 others were indicted on monday. From a security standpoint, we know theres been heightened watch and security outside the courthouse and the jail. In fact, you can no longer just drive up to the jail where the former president is expected to turn himself in. Two deputies sit at the end of the driveway, limiting access. Weve also learned the Secret Service has visited the Fulton County jail to work with Sheriffs Department officials to get an valuation of
Hello, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Im fredericka witfield. A Major Hurricane is barreling toward the southwestern u. S. Hurricane hilary has weakened to a category 3 as it hammers mexico with strong winds and high waves. Forecasters warn it could dump more than a years worth of rain across california, nevada and arizona in a short amount of time. The threat is so severe in the golden state that a Tropical Storm warning has been issued for the First Time Ever there. Cnn meteorologist Allison Chinchar is tracking the conditions. A years worth of rain in a short amount of time, how are they going to handle that . That is the big concern, because especially in the desert areas that ground is not able to absorb it very quickly, so a lot of it becomes runoff, leading to localized flash flooding. Sustained winds 125 Miles Per Hour gusting up to 155. Weve seen that Forward Movement pick up. Its starting to speed up. Thats important for the timing of a lot of the rain showers. W