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
a category 3 as it hammers mexico with strong winds and high waves. forecasters warn it could dump more than a year s 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 year s 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. we ve seen that forward movement pick up. it s starting to speed up. that s important for the timing of a lot of the rain showers. we re already starting to see rain push into southern