World. Im Kim Brunhuber on cnn newsroom. This is a very, very dangerous and significant storm. Southern california braces for catastrophic flooding as Hurricane Hilary is expected to make impact as a rare Tropical Storm. The first such storm in the state in decades. Searchers still are looking for victims of the wildfires on maui. Wildfires sweeping through british coullcolombia. There is extensive damage in colona. Announcer live in cnn news center, this is cnn newsroom with Kim Brunhuber. A large portion of Southern California is under a State Of Emergency and bracing for the impact of Hurricane Hilary. Historic storm is now a category 1 strength with maximum winds of around 85 miles an hour. Its expected to make landfall in the coming hours on mexicos baja, california, peninsula. Forecasters warn it will bring catastrophic and life threatening flooding. Californias governor has w warned. Please listen to emergency personnel. Take serious flash floods, lightning, possibility of torna
very dynamic and very fluid in real time. now the big question for washington remains what it can do, if anything, to blunt the future impact of these extreme weather events. cnn reporting president biden was briefed the day the storm hit hawaii that it was coming. a senior white house official said they knew there would be high winds, they didn t know it would cause such devastating wildfires. two wildfires are burning in spokane county, washington. the gray fire in the area of medical lake has burned 9500 acres, two buildings, at least one person has been killed. a second fire is continuing be to grow. officials say the cause of the oregon road fire is under investigation. more than 8,000 acres are involved and many buildings have burned. according to the fire chief, the fire isn t contained. across canada s northwest
systems themself. so this could shut down operations affect electrical grids. it s much more serious, not snooping around to find trade secrets. it was trying to look to do damage. shepard: i wonder, with what we do find out, how many things we don t find out about and how serious and widespread it is. that s a good question and a big question for washington, which is quite concerned about critical infrastructure in the u.s. how do you cause companies to share information to make sure everybody knows the dimension of the problem. most if not all the grids are getting attacked on a daily basis, sometimes hundreds of times. iran is looking for ways to project its power at a time the economic sanction are having an impact. shepard: how are u.s. officials reacting if. they re not saying how they know it s iran but they re