Response. And Hurrican Hilary is getting stronger. And timing is everything for team trump. His lawyers proposing new trial dates and negotiating when he will sur render in georgia. We begin with the maui official who defended the decision not to activate the Warning Sirens. He is now stepping down. He cited Health Reasons for his resignation. It comes with the death toll at 111 people and more than 1,000 still unaccounted for. Randi kaye has more on the fallout. So many of the residents felt like we had no warning. Reporter hawaii has one of the largest Public Safety outdoor siren Warning Systems in the world. Sirens that were silent as wildfires raged. The question is, why. First it was this it would not have saved those people on the mountain side. Do you regret not sounding the sirens . I do not. Sirens as i mentioned earlier is used primarily for tsunamis. Reporter that is what the head of mauis Emergency Management agency said wednesday. But even before that Press Conference ende
it approaches southern california and extreme northwestern sections of the baja peninsula. perhaps slight strengthening within the next 12 hours. but as it keeps the colder waerks water, it will start to weaken. but the update has a tropical storm entering the border of the canada and mexico region. and that will be significant depending on if it moves east of the track or if it stays offshore, it could be a major wind and rain event for southern california. and into the southwestern u.s. but this is a game of miles. this will determine who receives the most flooding. we ll monitor the track. does the storm system stay offshore or does it move inland. kind of shredding the system before it reaches let s say san diego or los angeles. but one thing is for sure, we anticipate flash flooding risks and potential for high elevation wind gusts that could top 60 miles per hour. we have a weekend ahead of us here. i can tell. hopefully people heed the
hilary could bring heavy rain and strong winds to california and the southwest this weekend. so let s track it all with derek van dam. when will folks begin to feel the impact from the storm? depends on where you are located in the western baja peninsula, probably the next 12 to 24 hours. in southern california, saturday night as early as saturday night and certainly into sunday and monday. here it is, hurricane hilary latest 5:00 a.m. eastern standard time advisory from the national hurricane center, ups those sustained winds to 145 miles per hour. that make this is a powerful category 4 atlantic hurricane, of course it is in the pacific. steering winds have a major fang t factor on where the system goes and you can see the potential to impact the southwestern portion of the u.s. how much is still to be seen. we have a lot of cool water ahead of this tropical system, so we do anticipate a significantly weakened storm as