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ba baja california, mexico. one man was swept away in his car. david, what are you learning? reporter: yeah, fred, mexico now in the literal eye of the storm after hilary has made landfall in northwest mexico. the unlucky town, 65 mile-an-hour winds coming in off the ocean. it s moved quickly up the peninsula towards california. there was that death earlier in a coastal city a bit further down the peninsula. this was a man who was caught in his car as rain had been pummelling the area for hours. four inches of rain fell in an hour. it s about four times of daily
exactly where stephanie elam has been but the deserts further east of here, all of that water has to go somewhere so it ends up coming into mission valley and heading out to the river. the drainage systems appear to be working very, very well here in san diego, but the concern of course is that how much water can the city take on immediately at once. so that s why you re seeing this preparation. the rain here may look like ordinary rain to you at home, but this is august. this is an area that doesn t typically get this kind of rain. so for so much of it to come down so quickly is a concern by the city. also car accidents. what people are doing. if they re paying attention to these road closures. so the preparation, fredricka, has continued here in san diego. you just saw that press conference, saying the beaches are closed, parks are closed, the navy has already moved ten ships out of the bay here. they want people to heed the warnings over the next 4 hours.
for much of l.a. yesterday. l.a. visions say they are prepared for this unprecedented weather. this is an unprecedented weather event, something that we are not used to experiencing in los angeles. it is summertime. we get little rain during the winter so especially an event like this is something that we are fully prepared for but we are definitely not used to. this is unique for us, where we actually have a few days to prepare. that s exactly what we ve done within the city. we consolidated our resource, working very, very closely with our regional and state partners, but this is an actual time where we had time to prepare. we ve been messaging it the right way and leaning forward with our staffing and augmentation so we re feeling good we re ready and prepared for the storm that has already hit us. further south in san diego officials have closed several roads in the area and airlines
have cancelled more than 200 flights from san diego u international airport. where is the storm? it will be crossing over to california within just the next couple of hours. this is moving very quickly at 25 miles per hour. it s still a tropical storm and still will be a tropical storm as it enters california. it s good winds of 65 miles per hour, gusts of 85. we have had some very impressive rainfall totals already across san diego county, almost four inches of rain and then in san bernardino county, we ve had three inches, l.a. county with reports of one to two inches of rain. we have seen flash flood warnings that do include los angeles proper. now this is calling for anywhere from half an inch to an inch of rain per hour as the heavy bands come on shore. so san diego as well getting some very heavy rain right now and points to the east of san