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California history. things dried up there. we have baron, burned mountain sides and now heavy amounts of rain are forecast for southern california. and that means landslides and mudslides are going to be a s t threat going forward. here is our latest satellite loop. and you can see this just constant stream of moisture that is funneling into the southern sections of california. hasnt quite rained just yet, but it is coming. that low is still churning across the pacific ocean. we have flash flood...

All eyes on the caribbean this morning tracking tropical storm nate, already its killed 20 people in central america and prompted states of emergency along the east coast. >> lets bring in derek van dam for the very latest. >> good morning. we have the latest 5:00 a.m. advisory from the national hurricane center. kurmts sustained winds from tropical storm nate still at 45 miles per hour. . so no official strengthening although the latest satellite loop showing some organization. now its got the ...

Left-hand corner of puerto rico. >> massive dam. >> that is a massive dam. they had to start evacuating people from that area. we did that again last week when the original rains brought this problem to the dam, but now theyre reevacuating people because of the threat of more flooding and collapse of the dam. the spokesperson for puerto ricos governor said on the recommendation of fema, authorities evacuated a few hundred residents from the areas adjacent to the dam, flash flood warnings in effe...

Flash flooding to ocur later on today. were already seeing a couple of pictures of flash flooding. this is a 5 1/2-hour satellite loop. the shore came onshore about 6:00 this morning. it moved right to the south of palomas delmar, to the south of san juan, and now its moving offshore. if you were on the north side of this eye, this is called the dirty side, because you not only had the 145-mile-per-hour wind, but you had the forward motion that you have to add to it. this is the cleaner side, yo...

Listen to your locals. this storm has potential to devastate our state and you have to take this very seriously. >> thats florida governor rick scott there basically saying, hey, this is the real deal. irma is coming and people need to get ready or get out. especially if you are in that target zone. take a look at the satellite loop here. the image of where irma is now. people who live in the florida keys are getting ready to leave. people who are visiting the florida keys have been told already...

Hope that -- the hope would be this thing would dissipate and go out into the atlantic. we have to prepare for the worst. >> floridas governor rick scott declaring a state of emergency in all of his states, 67 counties, ahead of hurricane irma. now barreling toward the caribbean as a category 5 hurricane with winds up to 175 miles an hour. tomorrow morning a mandatory evacuation of the florida keys will begin for tourists. government officials say another evacuation for residents is l k likely t...

You can see where the flooding was, some of the waters have gone down a little bit, you can see debris all over the neighborhood. just neighborhood after neighborhood after neighborhood like this. again, still raining when this video was taken a short time ago, listen. neighbors coming out to assist there. this is the latest loop from the satellite that nasa has sent us, the satellite loop goes back about 24 hours and you can see that circulation in this storm, its overland now. you can see a li...

Across the central atlantic. this is tropical depression four. a lot of things working against the strengthening of this tropical depression, that being the upper level wind shear and also saharan dust coming off of north central africa. you see that on our dust monitor thats streaming right into the location where our particular tropical depression is located. this is the satellite loop. you see how poorly organized this particular system is. only winds at about 30 miles per hour. the national ...

It seems as if every year were talking about the flooding that happens here. the waters there are trapping people in their houses, surrounding their homesteads. 20,000 people impacted by this. military boats and helicopters sent to help rescue operations that are currently underway. and guess what, there is more rain that is coming. and think about the health hazard associated with the water once it finally does recede. so this is not a single day event, this will last for several days if not we...

Of stuff. it doesnt get easier. losing your home, especially on christmas, my god, you can only think about what those people are going through right now. >> cnn producer joel labi, thank you. lets go back to derek van dam, give us context on whats happening in that part of the world. the temperatures and winds dont help. >> joel said it, were right smack dab in the middle fl fire season in south australia. there was some relief that moved through. there have been reports of roughly between 10...