Category 3 storm, winds one hundred 25 miles an hour. Those winds will die down as a boost to the north, that water is colder, warm water pool these storms, that is what ultimately lets these storms become more powerful. We expect this to weaken but that will bring a ton of moisture. When you talk about earlier landfall what you are looking at is sunday morning. Winds 80 miles an hour. Thats a landfall in the baja peninsula. Still running into Southern California. More so Sunday Evening into overnight monday. Those initial bands of rain are going to be there you will see a lot of rain, the center of the storm moving in. In this area you are going to see rain much earlier than you initially thought. Sunday evening, the center of circulation moving into Southern California. The leading edge is going to be here and we are looking at a big area with Tropical Storm warning, first time this has ever been issued in Southern California. This is a rare event. We havent seen a Tropical Storm in
You back here for abc7 tonight, Hurricane Hilary Taking Aim at Southern California. Forecast to be the first Tropical Storm to move across the state in more than 25 years. The major hurricane now a category 2 with winds up to 110 Miles Per Hour. The storm first expected to make landfall in mexico tomorrow. Parts of california bracing for extreme rainfall and lifethreatening Flash Flooding. Search and rescue teams on alert. San Bernardino County now issuing an Evacuation Warning to residents ahead of the storm. The National Weather Service Warns some areas could see a years worth of rain in less than 48 hours. Zohreen shah in Southern California. The deadly Wildfire Emergency in washington state. Three large fires burning Out Of Control across thousands of acres. Homes destroyed. An entire city forced to evacuate. An fbi manhunt under way at this hour for a Fugitive Member of the proud boys. Authorities say he disappeared just days before his sentencing for the january attack on the cap
Weaken into a Tropical Storm when it makes landfall in california tomorrow but still, officials are Warning Millions of people the storms path do not take it lightly. Arthel preparations are already underway in the region. Normally dry areas that could see several inches of rain. California is not used to Tropical Storms. The last one to hit the state was in 1939. The l. A. County Sheriffs Department is doing all it can to get people ready. Together it we are working to perform and prepare the community with this impending or pending storm. We hope the storm does not cause any damage. And more importantly there is no loss of life. But we will prepare for worstcase scenario. Father mother meteorologist adam klotz is adam, we are always hoping its not as bad as originally predicted, hows it looking now . The goodness as this continues to weaken as it is running into colder water braid this is exactly what we expect that this was never going to be one of the really powerful windstorms mor
The accidents from hydroplaning. Last time we got some big rain, the 78 got closed down. People are afraid to come out, you know . Thats not usual californians. Will Diss Disneyland Resorts is planning to close early today while Universal Studios says theyll monitor the situation closely. Lets turn to chief meteorologist Rick Reichmuth. Are. Rick thats probably a good call with disney, to be honest. Its going to be really windy. Right here is kind of the center of the storm, but you see a lot of energy to the knot of it. Sill to the south of it. Were going to have a lot of moisture for the next 34 days, so well keep rain in the forecast for quite a while. As you just mentioned, Tropical Storm warning in effect for los angeles, that has never happened before. And this is one of the wind gust forecasts. Take a look at this. Youve got some winds that are probably 6080 miles an hour across the mountains to the east of san diego area. This is to start the day today. I by this afternoon, rea
residents are urged to stay inside. our team is on the ground, crews mobilize before sunrise and senior meteorologist is here tracking ian in new york city. todd: phil keating, where we begin our coverage in st. petersburg, we got the latest update the hurricane has been downgraded to a tropical storm, what are you seeing right now? good morning, had u.s. coast guard helicopter land across the water at tampa general, now flying off, they have a real busy day doing search and rescue operations all day, still unknown whether they have numerous people that need to be rescued or whether the day will actually be better than they feared. here in tampa right now issue most people are still sleeping after a night of heavy pounding rain and wind, but for the most part, the bulk of the storm right now, not raining here issue mostly moved east by now, slamming around orlando and the east coast along i-95 corridor and the winds here, you can see, not too blustery, only maybe in the 2