worst in decades as local officials warn people that the time to leave is now. the hurricane could make landfall as a strong category 3 storm. of course we re tracking all the latest. and a funeral today for the man who led a failed revolt against vladimir putin. mercenary chief yevgeny prigozhin buried in a st. petersburg cemetery. but this won t lay to rest the questions surrounding his death. and stronger than fentanyl. a potent new opioid potentially even more deadly. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central . florida s west coast is now bracing for impact. right now hurricane idalia is quickly gaining strength over the gulf of mexico. expected to rapidly intensify into an extremely dangerous category 3 storm before hitting florida s big bend region early tomorrow morning. you can see here the first signs of impact in the u.s. on the coast. taking pictures. idalia s gusty winds whipping up waves at th
traveling northward tropical storm hilary crossed border from baja california this afternoon, leaving at least one death and wide widespread damage, we check in with fox weather meteorologist marissa torres. we have all of tropical storm hilary within the state of california. this includes the center, first time since 1997. we re talking about is incredibly rare. it is not unprecedented. i want to highlight the flash flood concerns we have coming from southern california to the l.a. area. imperial county today orange county, l.a. county now further to the north san bernardino also included. hearing about some arrest water rescues in l.a. county, the roads are floods or will be in the flash flood son scenario, the rain big story, with a lot of moisture, areas are not used to dealing with up to 5 inches of rain, you and hurricane force winds out in back mountain california, 8484 miles per hour. but you see wins above 70 to 84. the highest you go in elevation, you are going
traveling northward tropical storm hilary crossed border from baja california this afternoon, leaving at least one death and wide sphr widespread damage, we check in with fox weather meteorologist marissa torres. we have all of tropical storm hilary within the state of california. this includes the center, first time since 1997. we re talking about is incredibly rare. it is not unprecedented. i want to highlight the flash flood concerns we have coming from southern california to the l.a. area. imperial county today orange county, l.a. county now further to the north san bernardino also included. hearing about some arrest water rescues in l.a. county, the roads are floods or will be in the flash flood son scenario, the rain big story, with a lot of moisture, areas are not used to dealing with up to 5 inches of rain, you and hurricane force winds out in back mountain california, 8484 mormiles per hour. but you see wins above 70 to 84. the highest you go in elevation, you ar
america. the impact far from over, the first tropical storm to hit california since 1939, when joe biden started his senate career, forecasters warned there could be catastrophic and life-threatening flooding. we have people that are not experienced with this sport of weather phenomenon, i can t emphasize enough, we have portions of southern california under a high-risk, a high-risk of flooding. these situations account for the huge, huge amount of the drownings and deaths that we see associated with tropical storms. not a day at the beach, stay out of the water, a 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit southern california about 90 minutes ago. and there are reports of shaking and quaking in los angeles, jonathan hunt is live in santa monica. reporter: kennedy we felt that earthquake here pch in santa monica it happened the epicenter about 60 miles north of us, we could feel it here. icing on the cake, as tropical storm hilary comes through. we re in about 10th hour of rain. loo
2023 ending with a record monthly number of migrant encounters at our southern border. more than 286,000 with one more day to go. and as migrants continue rushing in more democrats from sanctuary cities like new york and chicago, are speaking out. they re going to have to fork out more money for those here illegally. kelly. illinois governor pritzker s office says the money for those hotel rooms will come from additional $160 million set aside in the 2024 budget. this, as more migrants are arriving to the city daily. via train, plane and bus. chicago s mayor saying they can t do this without extra funding from the federal government, take a listen. as buses continue to arrive in the city of chicago and all over the country, the type of chaos that s been administered has left many of our local economies under tremendous amount of duress. we cannot do this alone. we need more support from the federal government. the windy city has received over 30,000 migrants from texa