You from the nbc news center here in los angeles. Welcome everyone to alex witt reports. We begin with the Breaking News, Tropical Storm hilary has begun lashing the pacific coast. Live pictures from san diego in the direct path of the storm we are heavy rain is beginning to fall in parts of california, and now under a State Of Emergency. Moving to las vegas, preparations for the orders are underway there. Storm drains are being tested, and potential for historic flooding there. Heavy rain could reach up to ten inches in some areas hit by the storms. So the impact could be catastrophic. The next two days will be crucial. Will hilary move north through california today and then into Northern Nevada by monday morning. A short time ago, the category one hurricane was downgraded to a Tropical Storm. But it is the first to hit california since 1939. Officials are warning, take this seriously. There would be Power Outages, make no mistake. There will be Power Outages across Southern Californ
the fact that they weren t concerned at first, but as the news gets worse and worse, the national news, the local news, i don t want my house to be overflowing, swimming pool and authorities have not allocated the necessary resources here in california. the governor declaring that state of emergency, local governments in san diego county and l.a. county also declaring a local emergency to make resources available, ready to go once the bulk of that storm hits southern california. alex? okay, guad, thank you for keeping a very close eye on things in san diego, south of where i am right now. let s go to and msnbc meteorologist michelle grossman who s tracking this storm for us. first question, how worried should people in the path of this storm the? hi there, alex. we have a potentially life-threatening situation. and it will be catastrophic in some spots. we are looking at up to ten inches of. rain it will be three inches per hour in some spots. we re gonna start to see the rain