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
winds and with an electric system that has not taken these precautions, not taken the part of what is important that the california utilities have done is to just install weather stations on their poles so that they know very accurately what the wind speed is, and they know when it s safe to leave the system on and when it s really not safe to leave it on anymore and you need to turn the power off. unfortunately hawaiian electric didn t take that step. we don t know yet if it would have prevented what happened but there s a lot of evidence that it might have been really helpful in terms of avoiding some of the losses. listen, with more extreme weather becoming the new normal hopefully this will inspire other states to change their practices, really appreciate your expertise. my michael, thank you so much. my pleasure. kansas and illinois s men s basketball teams will be playing in a charity exhibition game to benefit maui relief efforts. the schools announced they will play on