Bringing in rain, flooding rock
slides to parts to San Diego.
People being asked to stay
indoors as the strong rain
and wind move through. These
aerial images that just coming
into our newsroom showing floodg
already happening in Los Angele,
the county and city receiving
a large number of 911 calls.
They say they've already had to rescue
people and they're urging everyone to stay
out of the dangerous and flooded roads.
Residents in Southern Californiw
also dealing with a 5.1 magnitue
earthquake and several aftersho.
It happened right before 3:00 ts
afternoon near Ohio in Ventura County.
So far, there are no reports
of damage or injuries.
Good evening. I'm Luke Clary. Ad
I'm Alicia Machado.
Thank you for joining us.
We are tracking Hillary tonight.
The tropical storm, it just entg
Southern California right now
and parts of California, Nevadad
Arizona could get more than a ys
worth of rain in just 48 hours.
We have live team coverage tonit
with the ABC10 crews across the state.
Andy Judson live from Palm Spris
monitoring flooding conditions.
Abby Black from our sister station in San
Diego also tracking the storm for us.
Our Genie Nguyen is at Sacramento Airport
with flight delays and cancellations.
But we begin with Chief
Meteorologist Monica Woods,
who is tracking the storm close.
We've been talking about this for the
last few days and this is it, Monica,
right? So we're just getting the update
right now and this is the curret
track and where the position is.
It has crossed over the border
as you can see right now to
still Tropical Storm Hillary.
It's going to continue to
lose strength for tonight,
but some of the main key points
that we need to let you know ab.
Right now tropical storm moving
its way northward.
So it has moved over the
border into California,
Southern California seeing the t
of it tonight with the flood risk high,
seeing multiple areas dealing
with those high waters.
Also Northern California we see
that wind shift tonight as well
as rain developing for Monday.
So we're just now starting to
see some of the accumulated
effects in Southern California,
most of the rain bands still
South of our area.
Here's the wide picture right n,
a lot of rain moving through the day in
San Diego moving towards the Los Angeles.
And you can see as we zoom
in a little bit closer,
almost that significant rain fre
area right here as that eye stas
to move its way inland Here,
the outer bands producing A
tremendous amount of rain over 2
1/2 inches so far for Palm Spri,
about two inches so far for
Lancaster and Los Angeles,
an inch and a quarter.
Most of the weather alerts that
we're looking at right now
tropical storm warning still in
effect for Southern California,
but the flood warnings are
expanding and they've been steay
expanding throughout the aftern.
Flood watch continues all throughout Nevada,
parts of Arizona and a highwind
warning in effect as well.
So again,
we're going to continue to
track the progress of Hillary
as it makes its way inland,
tracking its way northward as we head
throughout tonight and into tomorrow.
So we will start to see the main effects
overnight tonight through tomor.
More on that coming up guys,
A lot to keep an eye on.
We'll check back in with you so.
And although Hillary was downgrd
to a tropical storm this mornin,
millions of Americans are
expected to be impacted.
ABC's Matt Rivers has been
tracking it for us from San Dieo
as Tropical Storm Hillary
bears down on Southern Californ.
Millions of people in the storm's path
are facing potentially catastroc
and life threatening conditions.
This storm is expected to have
significant impacts within the a
which will include flash floodi,
coastal flooding, as well as erosion,
dangerous rip currents and high seas.
California now under a state of emergency.
Hillary, the first tropical stom
to hit the state since 1997. Our
message today is clear. Stay sa,
stay home and stay informed.
This is an unprecedented
weather event. Residents
have been preparing for the sto.
You know the world is crazy and you know
you just got to plan ahead gathg
sandbags and stocking up on supplies.
I really want to make sure that our customers
are prepared for prolonged outa.
We're hoping we can get to everything and
get all customers back on very quickly.
But I just want to make sure that the
customers are prepared. Evacuatn
orders issued for parts of San
Bernardino County officials telg
residents across the entire regn
to be prepared for more evacuat.
If us an officer is knocking your door,
please answer that door.
Listen intently to their instructions
and follow those instructions.
They are there for you and your safety.
Hillary is expected to continue
weakening as it moves into
Death Valley Sunday evening,
dumping as much as three to six
inches of rain on the area. And
we know according to climate
change projections, despite how
rare tropical systems like this
one are in Southern California,
these projections showing that there could
be more extreme rainfall from tropical
systems like this one in this part of
the country by the end of the century.
Matt Rivers, ABC News in San Di.
Now, while the tropical storm is
focused on Southern California,
the impacts are expected to
be felt across most of the
southwestern part of the countr.
Yeah, an ABC 10s. Andy Judson is
live right now in Palm Springs.
And Andy, you've been there
watching this incoming storm
now for the last several hours.
You're in an area that's expecto
be right in Hillary's path as w.
Can you tell us what you're seeg
right now? It looks like the wid
is really starting to pick up.
Yeah, it definitely is.
Luke, let me tell you,
we've been here since last night and we've
really started to see the storm come in.
We've seen a lot of different
rain and weather come.
This is the most intense it's been so far.
The wind is so strong and the rain is so
strong that it really feels like little
needles almost hitting you a little bit.
And now we're on Vista Chino Rd.
in Palm Springs and the rain has just been
so intense that it's caused a number of Rd.
closures and we're currently
under a flash flood warning.
It was actually just extended
until 7:00 PM tonight.
So that gives you an idea
of how intense is it.
See, this road is closed.
You can see all up there,
the police officers on hand,
they actually drilled those
signs that they don't fall over.
And then This is why we're
on the flash flood warning.
You can see over here this is
the flooding that's happening.
The water is just coming in.
It's so strong,
it's so fast and it's going
right into the roadway here.
This is a perfect exam.
Why we say turn around,
don't drown your car is not abot
because this shows all the water
that's coming out from the deset
into the roadway and that's basically
because it's stand here at the desert.
So the water doesn't have
anywhere else to go.
It doesn't soak in like in
Northern California you can see
how it says that wind is right.
So that's that's why the flash d
organs had been continuing to happen.
And you know work is experiencig
it as it comes.
We're think I did in the thick
of it right now.
We expect to continue to see
Hillary hitting it was a hurric.
Now it's turned to tropical sto.
But let me tell you, while we're out here,
it feels strong no matter what it is.
So we'll continue to keep
you updated out here.
Paul's right,
except for now.
I'll send it back to you Luke
and Alicia in the studio.
Yeah. Thank you, Andy.
A significant rain event for the state.
Andy, thank you for that report.
And it's not only in Southern
California that's feeling the
impacts of this storm. Yeah,
travelers here in our area found themselves
stuck with delayed or canceled flights
out of Sacramento International Airport.
And that's where we find
ABC 10s and Genie to win.
She has more on how travelers
have been handling some last
minute travel changes. Jeannie,
Alicia, and Luke,
you know a majority of the fligs
out of SMF here that were cance.
We're headed towards Southern California
and regions like LA and San Die.
And some of the people and the
travelers that we spoke with say
they were pretty surprised to se
that their flights were impacted
because of a potential hurrican,
not even available to believe.
It was Chuck Pope's hope to fly
back home to Las Vegas today.
But Tropical Storm Hillary had other plans.
His flight has been canceled twice today,
absolutely frustrated from the e
of weather in Vegas. We haven't
had rain in over 200 days becaue
the storm's path would eventually hit Vegas.
Pope is not surprised about the
canceled flights out of Sacrame.
The good news? He figured out a backup plan.
I'm going to rent a car
and I'm going to drive.
For many Californians,
the potential for a hurricane ts
weekend was a wild possibility.
It was especially shocking for
LA resident Robert Ackerman.
That's surprising. Not somethinI
really ever expected to hear ab.
Knowing that he would be travelg
during the height of the storm,
Ackerman says he tried to think ahead,
but it ended up not even making a difference.
It was, you know, worried that
my flight would be canceled.
I actually rescheduled it once,
but it turned out that the storm
accelerated and what I reschedud
it for is actually a worse time.
While his flight to LA wasn't canceled,
it did get delayed. And that's
only the 1st hurdle, Ackerman s.
The next thing he has to worry t
is what to do once he gets back home.
I'm just going to hunker down
and see if there's somewhere I
can get some food and you know,
hopefully it'll be fine.
And because Southern Californias
a main concern for first respon,
a crew from the Lathrop Manteca
Fire District is now in Kern Co.
The 13 person crew got there yesterday
and the division chief tells ABC10 they're
prepared for anything when needed. Kern
County is really centrally positioned
where we can we can head South,
we can head to the West,
we can head east. And
as many travelers brace for the storm, many
say they're staying positive and hopeful,
so I'm not too worried
about anything catastrophic
now. Many of the flights impactd
today were from Southwest Airli.
A spokesperson did tell us thaty
the team is continuing to monitr
this storm and they're going to
adjust the flight schedule as needed,
all while allowing passengers
to rebook their flights.
Guys back to you.
You need a wind reporting live for us
from Sacramento International Airport.
Hoping everyone there is
able to make it home safe
and all travel is discouraged rt
now to and from Southern Califo.
One of the main ways to get
there is I5 over the Grapevine.
That area has seen continuous
rain in the last few hours.
A time lapse video shows the
rain just pouring down there.
The area also seeing very strong winds.
Again, we want to let you know,
travel to Southern California
is not recommended at this time,
and many schools across the San
Diego area will be closed tomor.
San Diego Unified School Distri,
Postponed.
The first day of school in San Diego State,
has moved to virtual classes for Monday.
Classes are expected to resume on Tuesday.
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