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>> trace: william, thank you >> well, meantime southern california is now bracing for a whole lot of rain, high winds and the potential of dangerous flooding as tropical storm watch has now been issued in southern california for the first time ever. back now to marianne rafferty, shes live with what we can expect in the wake of hurricane hillary. >> reporter: yeah, well, this is amazing the last time a tropical storm hit southern california, 1939. and it killed nearly a hundred people so residen...

Catastrophic" flooding, although forecasters think the storm will lose some wind speed as it reaches southern california. there — preparations are also under way, including work to shore up hillsides. officials are worried about landslides and major flooding. the last tropical storm to hit california was in 1939 — over 80 years ago. this map shows the predicted path the storm may take. president biden spoke about the preparations under way. i also want to note that my team is closely monitor...

California is bracing for a once in a lifetime landfall from what is now category four hurricane hilary. for the first time in history, tropical storm warnings are up from near los angeles to the u.s. mexico border. hurricane hilary its packing maximum sustained winds of 130 miles per hour, and expected to roar ashore, along the northwestern coast of baja, as a tropical storm tomorrow. unleashing a years worth of rain in just a matter of hours. the last time a tropical storm made landfall in sou...

Are worries about landslides. the last tropical storm to hit california was 1939, more than eight decades ago. this map shows the predicted path the storm could take. we will now cross live to our correspondent. peter, first of all, what is the latest in terms of tracking the hurricane? the hurricane — tracking the hurricane? the hurricane over _ tracking the hurricane? the hurricane over the - tracking the hurricane? tue: hurricane over the last tracking the hurricane? tte: hurricane over the...

There — preparations are also under way, including work to shore up hillsides. officials are worried about landslides and major flooding. the last tropical storm to hit california was in 1939 — over 80 years ago. this map shows the predicted path the storm may take. president biden spoke about the preparations under way. i also want to note that my team is closely monitoring hurricane hilary, which has the potential to bring significant rain and flooding to southern california. fema has prep...

Black warning flags are flying and police have been closing roads. across the region locals have been preparing for the hurricane, as here in the resort of cabo san lucas. there are warnings of "potentially catastrophic" flooding, although forecasters think the storm will lose some wind speed as it reaches southern california. there — preparations are also under way, including work to shore up hillsides. officials are worried about landslides and major flooding. the last tropical storm to hit ...

Canceled so a lot of plans are shifting here, especially as people are watching that radar and that track shift as well, which derek just explained. the department of water resources in california talked about how the flood operations state and federal are all working together and people may see dam operations, the spillways open up and release water tomorrow. that is part of normal procedure. heres the director talking about how unique the situation is. >> we did have a decaying tropical storm ...

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A tropical storm made landfall in 1939 so why is one issued because of Hurricane Hilary the first tropical storm watch ever for California? Our expert explains.

>> yeah, you have to go back to 1939, the last time we had a tropical storm made landfall in southern california this is significant and people are going to be caught off guard with this system. were closely monitoring it, but this storm intensified by 75 miles per hour just in the past 24 hours. it is a cat 4, winds right now at 145 miles per hour. when will we feel the impacts? the baja peninsula here, this is part of mexico, of course, theyll feel impacts by saturday morning. but as early as ...