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. Weve got a cnn team at this hour tracking hilary. Meteorologist derek van dam is closely following the path Aina Tasha Chen has a look at storm preps in los angeles. Derek, lets start with you at the cnn weather center. I cant believe were talking about a hurricane and preparations for it in los angeles
People on Catalina Island off the coast near l. A. Are evacuating to long beach as officials urge visitors and residents to leave. In San Bernardino county, the Sheriffs Department has issued an Evacuation Warning for parts of that area. Lets go straight to derek. What can you tell us about hilary . Picking up speed in slowing down . Picking up speed. That is important because if youre just tuning in, maybe perhaps intermittently from the west coast or Southern California, you may have thought, hey, maybe this is a sunday night into Monday Morning time frame. Right now is your last few moments to do your final preparations to secure your property, that time of thing. This is more of a sunday during the daytime frame. Thats when we anticipate the greatest impacts. It will last through Monday Morning but the greatest impact is throughout the day on sunday. 110 Miles Per Hour winds. There is a lot that can be infederal from this satellite image. This is helping weaken the storm and the tr
We are back live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. We are tracking hurricane hilary. The system just weakened to a category 2 storm with winds of 110 miles per hour. The historic and potentially catastrophic storm is barrelling toward the southwestern United States, triggering the first ever Tropical Storm warning for millions of people in Southern California. The San Bernardino county Sheriffs Department just issued an Evacuation Warning for some areas in that part of Southern California. Thats just east of los angeles in the mountain and foothill areas. Hilary could bring a years worth of rain in a single day to parts of california, arizona, and nevada. Lets go straight to the cnn weather center, Meteorologist Derek Van Dam has been following the hurricanes path. I suppose its good news that the hurricane is weakening at some point, but that doesnt necessarily mean that people in that part of the country can let down their guards or folks in mexico as well. We should
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