We begin this hour with an historic Hurricane Barreling toward the u. S. Hilary is now a category 3 hurricane with top winds of more than 100 miles per hour. This is new video of the storm pummeling mexico as it inches closer to the u. S. The powerful system could bring a years worth of rain in one day to parts of the southwest along with potentially catastrophic and lifethreatening flooding. Right now parts of Southern California are under a Tropical Storm warning for the first time in history. Officials and residents there are preparing with sandbags and the California National guard is standing by ready to help. A State Emergency Official tells cnn its an all hands on deck situation. Weve got a cnn team at this hour tracking hilary. Meteorologist derek van dam is closely following the path Aina Tasha Chen has a look at storm preps in los angeles. Derek, lets start with you at the cnn weather center. I cant believe were talking about a hurricane and preparations for it in los angeles
it s now too late. hello, everyone. this is outnumbered. i m kayleigh mcenany here with my cohosts, emily compagno and harris faulkner. also joining us, fox news meteorologist amy freeze, and todd piro. we are tracking hurricane speed 11 to make them x11 paid its tracking winds with a just shy of a category 510 hurricane, making it one of the most powerful storms to hit this country. it s expected to make landfall in the next few hours and forecasters are warning a life threatening storm surge, devastating wind damage, and massive flooding. there are more than a quarter of a million now in florida without power. the international airport has stopped passenger frights. let s go to nicole valdes, the hurricane headquarters. nicole? good afternoon. winds are strengthening. we are seeing more rainfall. you mentioned this, conditions are quickly deteriorating across the tampa bay area. i want to show you a quick image as we look over the bay. you will see the ripples in the wa
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. here s the director talking about how unique the situation is. we did have a decaying tropical storm kay last september that caused extensive damage particularly in santa barbara county. this storm, hurricane hilary, is anticipated to be stronger than that. you would have to go back to 1939 since southern california last saw a true tropical storm affect populations that dropped almost 8 inches of rain on mount
a category 4 hit before in the form of hurricane charley. a lot of people making that comparison. but this is also a slower moving storm. right, and that s why think the concern for rain comes in. the more rainfall we ll see over a period of time. we ll see these continues demott conditions continue. yes, the comparison is definitely going to be made as we have watched at that track shift over the last several days, and it s tough or emergency officials to give people an idea of where they will see that direct hit. you mention that, because of how large and how massive hurricane ian is, it truly does not matter if your community and your city is directly hit, if it sees that eye and that landfall. clearly we are talking about such a widespread impact with this storm, which is why we have been so focused on getting those evacuations going days ahead of this thing. thankfully it seems like many in the tampa bay area have listened.
so everything is a little bit delayed maybe since you last saw the tracks. i want to make sure everyone is aware of the timing. the models have been trending further to the west. that s why we see the track shift as well. it s incredible when you see that map of florida and you see how much will be covered by the hurricane at some point. safety is a top concern in miami. specifically talking to one respondent s exhibit there who decided to hunker down. joining us, the miami dade police department, major. thank you for joining us. we were just talking to one of your residents in miami beach who decided to stay in his apartment, hunker down, sort of ride out this storm. pretty concerning. i m sure you have other residents in your area as well who decide to do the same. how are you dealing with that? well, yes, we did have a lot