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Theres severe flooding but take a look at santa monica at the beach and pier there. that is where -- some folks expecting the worst a state of emergency in los angeles now in place. the national hurricane center issuing the areas first tropical storm warning in history, and in a moment well hear from an official from the hurricane center. los angeles mayor karen bass urging residents to be prepared and stay home. >> were asking people to stay home to be safe, that if they are outside for any rea...

Definitely not used too. >> wright, chief crowley. apel in the los angeles area and southern california are not accustomed to this kind of emergency preparedness. wildfires, yes. and you have had your bouts with flash flooding on several occasions, but what is different here in terms of your preparedness, your departments preparedness, and how you get the message out to the communities? >> this is a really unique situation for us from the california. we usually react in an earthquake as well as ...

Us-mexico border cleared up into portions of death valley. huge amount of rain could fall and some of these spots and across the desert. eight -- 12 inches of rain could lead to some flash flooding. meantime southern california it not used to this much rain in the month of august. one site that is used to quite a bit of rain is washington state. meantime they are dry. portions of eastern washington are seen dry conditions and fire burns their scorching nearly 10,000 acres near the town of spokan...

The city of palm springs telling me theyve already closed several major arteries. in and out of palm springs that typically are some of the worst actors during any kind of rain event. to not only have people not drive through them weve got barricades in place and in some cases even police officers stationed at each end of those closures to tell people they are really not going to be safe driving through that road. but, of course, as you talk about people that were preparing now, of course, we ar...

Those, but again, the story here is that flash flooding, streets becoming rivers. it was just very devastating. >> looking at that and looking at the structure in the videos, these are not tall buildings. to go even rooftop, you know, for a lot of people that still doesnt remove them from peril. >> yeah. we will learn in the next 24 hours how badly it was and how many buildings, thats a very good point, how many buildings collapsed under the weight of the storm. rafael romo, thank you very much....

Areas near burn scars, which have been damaged by wildfires, are especially susceptible to flash flooding and debris flows as Hilary moves in.

Tropical storm conditions, including rain and gusty wind, were expected to begin Sunday afternoon in parts of the Southwest.

Well, we know there will be a storm surge, mudslides, a lot of different hazards that can happen and we want to make sure individuals and communities are ready for whatever may come. mike: for folks looking at the maps on the screen who may live on the path in the storm may be quickly approaching, is your message to hunker down and write it down at this point? >> we want people to follow the instruction for local officials. for some it may be staying home and staying safe as reported earlier but...

[inaudible conversations] [silence] arthel: thats great not sure if i lost your audio here but ill try to ask another question because you mentioned that the rapid rain builds up the flash-flooding. and what ways other ways would you say nevada is vulnerable to the high winds but mainly to the flash-flooding? >> i think our biggest risk is beginning to be that flash-flooding. the winds arent anything not normal for us. the speeds that theyre predicting -- but we do have -- because of the tropica...

In palm springs california. but first to fox news chief correspondent jonathon hunt hes live in santa monica, so hows it looking on the ground? we saw it from above earlier. reporter: yeah, good afternoon to you arthel. it is raining hard now, and it is going to get much harder as we go through the next few hours. wegetting the first bands of serious rain here in santa monica, and everybody from south san diego on the border there with mexico all the way north to santa barbara has been prepping ...