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
people have left, the evacuation is successful. the weather has helped keep the wildfire at this point in time away from that city. much work continues. they do not expect those residents back any time soon. they did get a little bit of help from the weather. cooler conditions and the wind conditions are much better as well. then there is the situationcolu. it s already consumed by fire. people have had to scramble to get out of harm s way. people did have a bit of a reprieve with the wind. smoke is still there. it means the water bombers despite the smoke are up in the air. trying to keep homes and critical infrastructure safe from fire.