and helping us to spread the word for people to prepare themselves. we ve had all city departments from the fire department to the health department to public works preparing our infrastructure and preparing to help residents of pasadena and coordinating with other communities as well. we are anticipating quite a bit of rain. we are also concerned about our urban forest and trees falling over and affecting power lines. that is a major concern at the moment. just checking with my control room are we looking at live images right now from kabc in los angeles, it looks like part of the freeway you may not be able to see it on your screen is experiencing some flooding. i suppose you re getting prepared for these kinds of conditions to worsen overnight. what is the message to people trying to get out on the roads? the message to people is stay off the roads. we are concerned not only about
all we know about it. jen, correct me if i am mistaken, control room you can chime in my ear. text alerts went out to people in southern california is that correct? to tell them that this earthquake has occurred? that is pretty standard out there as we know. correct. yes. exactly. what is the latest you can tell us about with hillary. a few moments ago you were watching the same images we were looking at from kabc in los angeles. some of the coastal flooding near the santa monica pier. that is just an early taste, right? of what is coming into southern california over the next several hours? yeah. we really are seeing the worst of hillary as we speak. the rain will come down as the heaviest bands of the storm continue to push into southern california. so, we have seen rainfall rates of half an inch to an inch an hour. this is an area of the country you know that is not used to
tropical storm hillary on the left side of your screen. as that chopper shot from kabc widens there you can see what this rainfall is doing to southern california as it picks up, moves into the region, and this is going to continue to worsen over the next few hours. we ll stay on top of that and bring you the latest as it comes in. stay tuned. in the meantime, this is what hilary unleashed on mexico s baja california. if you haven t seen this yet take a look at this. one person in this coastal town was killed when their vehicle was swept away. more than 9 million people including those in downtown los angeles are under a flash flood warning. along the coast large swells being generated by hilary are likely to create life threatening surf and rip current conditions so everybody in the area, please be careful. in the meantime, tomorrow the president will travel to hawaii and get a first-hand look at the damage from the deadly wildfires in maui. search to find and identify victims of the
worse. so we are encouraging people to stay home, to stay off of the roads and then also what worries me is, again, angelenos are not used to this, might be a little bit of denial. that is why we are being aggressive in terms of our preparation and our communication because it is an unprecedented weather event. and chief, we were just showing footage a few moments ago from a kabc, our affiliate there in los angeles of flooded freeway. right now you are looking at other footage of folks filling sandbags. but, i mean, i guess the point has to be made, again, to motorists whatever trip you are taking right now is probably not that important where you might be going out on a freeway where it might be flooding what can you tell us about that, chief, and i supposed issue for you might be if you your people are trying to respond to an emergency and they can not get to it, people are taking unnecessary trips that is a problem, too? correct. and flooding is a big issue.
we are following tropical storm hilary s path of destruction as it makes its way into the southwestern united states. just a few moments ago we were showing footage of flooded roadways in southern california and l.a. take a look at this, the latest stuff in from kabc. it appears to be one of these coastal areas in l.a. and so much water, storm water coming through this one section of beach that is washing a lot of the beach away as the shot pulls outlook ath this through the commercial break, it looks like it is happening again as we are on the air live right now. you can see that storm water rushing through a section of beach there in los angeles in the l.a. area. there you see the path of