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
Racing through the western province of british columbia. a local fire chief says things are finally looking better around the city of west colona. he said no more homes have been lost the last day or so and it s now possible to start talking about recovery. about 500 firefighters have been battling the mcdougal creek fire from the ground and the air. prime minister justin trudeau says he is sending canadian armed forces to the region to assist. coming up next, donald trump is expected to be booked this week at a jail in georgia after a historic fourth indictment. our cnn political analyst weighs in on what trump s legal troubles could mean for the 2024 race. ecuador s election is heading for a runoff. we will profile the final candidates after sunday s vote and explain why the south american nation is facing an escalating crisis. back with that and more in just a moment.
World. i m 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. it s expected to make landfall in the coming hours on mexico s
Territories residents are on the run from more than 200 wildfires. in the last 48 hours thousands have fled the capitol. meanwhile, ministers and k key officials have met to discuss the wildfires raging across the nation. canada continues to grapple with an incredibly challenging and historic wildfire season. and this weekend is no different. i want you to take a look at a map here just to understand the two communities now most at risk. that is yellow knife in the northwest territories and colona and west colona british columbia. yellow knife had to be completely evacuated. nearly 20,000 people. that town is a ghost town. it had threatened to consume parts of that city. now authorities saying most
Risk. and that is yellowknife in the northwest territories and clone that and west clone that, british columbia. yellowknife, that capital city had to be completely evacuated. nearly 20,000 people. the town is a ghost town. it had threatened to definitely consume parts of that city, but now authorities are saying most people have left, the evacuation was successful. in the meantime, the weather has helped keep the wildfire at this point in time away from that city. they still say much work continues. they do not expect those residents back any time soon. and they did get a little bit of help from the weather. cooler conditions and the wind conditions are better as well. then the situation throughout british columbia. it s most acute in colona and west colona. at least dozens of structures, possibly more, already consumed by fire. earlier in the week, people that