Ahead on cnn newsroom, much of Southern California now under a Storm Warning never seen before. Well tell you what the region could see. In hawaii, the latest on Rec Recoveriests and the search for those still missing. And cnn learns when donald trump is expected to sure rending himself to a jail here in tlapt. Details and the legal negotiations going on right now behind the scenes. Reporter live in cnn center this is cnn newsroom, we begin this hour in the Southwestern United States where people are bracing for catastrophic flooding. Hurricane hilary could dump more than a year worth rain of in a few days. Its likely to make landfall in mexico but its moving fast and could arrive in california as a Tropical Storm, the first such storm to do so in decades. Its been 84 years since one came ashore, so its a Once In A Lifetime event that were going to be experiencing. Preparations are already under wa the federal Emergency Management agency is sending personnel and supplieso Southern Cali
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3-year-old woman ran a stoplight that was out of service, and snow is falling in places still struggling to get back online. some parts of maine have been without electricity since sunday. they re expecting three to seven inches of snow today alone. and h. we want people to snap safely but it s ureport. some utility companies are saying they could be waiting even longer to seive the lights go on. the bad news is, instead of tomorrow or this weekend, some restoration times have been extended into next week due to extensive system damage crews are finding in the field. down trees and snapped limbs are the biggest problems and with more more snow falling it s worse. you have a short in a house, you have to go from plug to plug to plug, but out here they have