Crossing the highway in rhode island. The images showing extensive damage and comes as hurricane hilary, now a monster category 4 storm, barrels towards mexico and the west coast. The National Hurricane Center Warning of lifethreatening floods and issuing the first ever Tropical Storm watch on record for Southern California. We have the new track. Also tonight, the wildfire devastation in maui. Mauis top emergency official abruptly resigning a day after he defended the decision not to sound emergency sirens as the fire spread. Our team in maui. President bidens historic summit at camp david with the leaders of japan and south korea on the agenda confronting threats from china and north korea. Donald trump deciding to skip next weeks first gop president ial debate, and new reporting tonight, when will he surrender on new charges in georgia . Nbc news reports aboard an f16 fighter jet, the u. S. Approving the shipment of them to ukraine, but how long will it take to train ukraines pilots
Few hours is expected to reach Southern California is a Tropical Storm with a potential for widespread flooding. People in the path of the storm are doing their best to prepare. Filling up sandbags and evacuating from Catalina Island. Area firefighters are headed to the desert with the boats ahead of what is likely to be record rainfall. It is pretty much ready to go. Going through and taking the equipment to confirm we have everything and nothing is broken and we are operational ready. Pamela price. Her supporters say, she deserves a chance. To do her job. Good morning it is sunday, august 20th, i am devin fehely. Lets start with a check of the weather with darren peck. Before we get to the details of hurricane hillary in Southern California there are some aspects for home. We will get some rain. Nothing like Southern California but as we look ahead, later tonight and early tomorrow this is primarily monday morning, scattered showers come across the bay and there is a chance that will
Baja and on the pacific coast. Some Service Members were out patrolling those beaches, making sure swimmers stay out of the high surf. You can see it there. Mexican Officials Say they are tracking the storm carefully, especially in areas at risk for flooding and landslides. Officials in Southern California are warning residents to brace for heavy rain. Flash flooding and strong wind gusts down in Orange County. Crews were already out preparing the beach for a possible storm surge, building a berm to protect oceanfront property. People are getting ready with sandbags and extra supplies if theres a storm surge, which sometimes happens with Something Like this, then, you know, were just praying for the best because it can be pretty bad this afternoon , Los Angeles County officials urged people to get ready for what they called a difficult and unique weather event. Get ready , sign up for alerts, make a plan. So if you if you have the ability to understand where you would go, if you are ev
Janai good morning, america. In the bullseye. Hilary ready to wreak havoc. The first ever Tropical Storm warning for california expected to dump the desert with a years worth of rain in just a day triggering lifethreatening flash flooding. Will wildfire danger. Evacuation orders expanded around spokane, washington. A fire exploding inside, and nearly 20,000 residents also fleeing their homes in canadas Northwest Territories with more than 200 fires burning sending the smoke south. Gio survival stories. How maui residents rushing to escape the flames helped friends and neighbors get to safety. Plus, intensifying efforts on the ground. Teams of First Responders and search dogs combing through the destruction. Janai no show . Reports that donald trump will skip the upcoming gop debate as the deadline moves for his surrender in georgia and his rivals take aim. Will historic summit. President biden hosting the leaders of japan and south korea. The agreements that expand security and economi
Historic summit at camp david with the leaders of japan and south korea. On the agenda, confronting threats from china and north korea. Donald trump deciding to skip next weeks first gop president ial debate, and new reporting tonight, when will he surrender on new charges in georgia . Nbc news reports aboard an f16 fighter jet, the u. S. Today approving the shipment of f16s to ukraine, but how long will it take to train ukraines pilots to fly them . And after losing her restaurant in the fires, the top chef still cooking with compassion for maui. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt good evening, and welcome. Normally this time of year, people in the south and the east are keeping an eye open for potential hurricane threats. Tonight, however, in a historic weather twist, americans on the west coast are on alert with an eye on Hurricane Hilary as it races northward off the Baja Peninsula Parts of california are under the first Tropical Storm watch ever issued for that st