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
up from mexico. perilous conditions. david, thank you. so the white house is also keeping a close eye on hurricane hilary today. he plans to travel to examine the deadly wildfire. fema s administrator, kayla, was on cnn this morning. what did she say about preparations? reporter: well, she had a lot of advice for residents in the path of hurricane hilary. and, fred, we just learned that president biden was briefed moments ago once again by fema administrator deane criswell.
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