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We begin this hour with an historic Hurricane Barreling toward the u. S. Hilary is now a category 3 hurricane with top winds of more than 100 miles per hour. This is new video of the storm pummeling mexico as it inches closer to the u. S. The powerful system could bring a years worth of rain in one day to parts of the southwest along with potentially catastrophic and lifethreatening flooding. Right now parts of Southern California are under a Tropical Storm warning for the first time in history. Officials and residents there are preparing with sandbags and the California National guard is standing by ready to help. A State Emergency Official tells cnn its an all hands on deck situation. ....
Experienced this level of heightened flood threat. jim. all right, derek van dam, a lot to keep an eye on. we know you ll stay on top of it. thank you very much. if hilary hits southern california as a tropical storm, it will be the first time that has happened in more than 80 years. the sheriff in san bernardino county issued an evacuation warning for several communities. officials are preparing for life-th life-threatening conditions and urging millions of residents to heed their warnings. make no mistake, this is a very, very dangerous and significant storm. cnn s natasha chen in los angeles for us. i can t believe we re talking about this. and talking about l.a. i mean, it s just so strange to think about this and i hope because it is so bizarre and unusual and historic that people are going to take this seriously, these officials just wrapped up this news conference. what are they saying? reporter: yeah, jim, i ....