World. Im Kim Brunhuber on cnn newsroom. This is a very, very dangerous and significant storm. Southern california braces for catastrophic flooding as Hurricane Hilary is expected to make impact as a rare Tropical Storm. The first such storm in the state in decades. Searchers still are looking for victims of the wildfires on maui. Wildfires sweeping through british coullcolombia. There is extensive damage in colona. Announcer live in cnn news center, this is cnn newsroom with Kim Brunhuber. A large portion of Southern California is under a State Of Emergency and bracing for the impact of Hurricane Hilary. Historic storm is now a category 1 strength with maximum winds of around 85 miles an hour. Its expected to make landfall in the coming hours on mexicos baja, california, peninsula. Forecasters warn it will bring catastrophic and life threatening flooding. Californias governor has w warned. Please listen to emergency personnel. Take serious flash floods, lightning, possibility of torna
the hamas run health ministry is that the air strike hit a densely populated residential block in central gaza. several buildings in very close proximity to one another. one man who had lost his daughter, his grandchildren and his son in law had said that his family was ordered to evacuate from gaza city because of the israeli military operation. he said, we came to central gaza only to die. he said, there s just no safe place. there are two big challenges ahead after this. one is that the palestinian red crescent said because of the air strike has caused the main road connecting these refugee camps to shut down. that s going to make it very difficult for rescue teams, for ambulances to get through. but also remember that most hospitals in gaza are struggling, whether it s fuel or lack of supplies or water. so as this rescue operation struggles, so will the medical situation. the world health organization has described the situation at gaza s largest hospital, as absolut
to one another. the death toll is likely to rise. because of the large number of families living in that block, but also because many, many people are still stuck under the rubble. one man who had lost his daughter, his grandchildren and his son in law had said that his family was ordered to evacuate from gaza city because of the israeli military operation. he said, we came to central gaza only to die. he said, there s just no safe place. there are two big challenges ahead after this. one is that the palestinian red crescent said that the air strike has caused the main road connecting these refugee camps, to shut down. that s going to make it very difficult for rescue teams, for ambulances to get through. but also remember that the hospitals in gaza are struggling, whether it s fuel or lack of supplies or water. so as this rescue operation scrambles on, it s also going to be difficult for the medical staff. the world health organization has described the situation at gaza s
And in other news, life on the moon. 0r, kind of in a moon of saturn. Possibly. But should we even be looking for Extra Terrestrials . Hello. Gbu as B Massive 0rd Nance air blast, or moab. Its a huge bomb. And it was dropped in afghanistan earlier today, aimed at the tunnels used by the Afghan Branch of so called Islamic State. The americans have never used a conventional weapon this powerful in combat, and given everything that has been happening in us foreign policy, it is no wonder that everybody is trying to work out what it means. Now, dont fall for some of the hyperbole its huge, but it would take more than a thousand of these to make one hiroshima. But does it tell us something about the willingness of the us military to flex its muscle in the world . Im joined by our diplomatic editor mark urban. As a bomb, is this a big threshold through which the world has passed today . Im not sure. The rafs grand slam that was dropped in world war ii was just slightly below this in size. Th
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