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As we come on the air tonight,
Governor Gavin Newsom has declared
a state of emergency. Right now,
all eyes are on Hurricane Hillary,
and we are tracking this storm's
every movement as San Diego
gets ready for the worst.
Good evening and thank you for joining us.
I'm Kirsten Holmes.
And I'm Steve Price.
The storm is expected to hit
as a tropical storm tomorrow,
bringing several inches of
rain and powerful winds.
But we're already starting to
see the effects of the storm
in parts of the East County.
Check out This video sent to
us by viewers shows lightning
lighting up the sky in that area.
Conditions expected to get worse
overnight and into the morning.
Tonight we have team coverage
for you all across our county.
Reseda de la Fey live in Mission
Beach with how residents are
preparing for power outages.
Regina Yurita live in the South
Bay with concerns over shelters,
but we're going to begin tonight with
CBS8 Meteorologist Evan Neurone in
for Sean tonight with what we should
expect for the rest of the night.
Evan.
Yeah, we have good news and bad news.
Good news is that of course this
storm is gaining speed in terms of
how fast it's traveling up the coast.
That is good news because it
means it will likely pass through
quicker and not stall all overhead.
The bad news is it is still expected
to hit San Diego as a tropical storm,
which will still pack wind gusts
up to 7080 mph at times.
We're watching that storm currently
as a category two as it encounters
cooler ocean water.
It will drop to a category one
hurricane and then it will drop to
a tropical storm by the time we get
to about 11:00 AM early tomorrow.
Now look at that landfall could be
right in between Ensenada and San Diego.
Some models keep that landfall in San
Diego as a tropical storm and then
becoming a post tropical cyclone by the
time we get into Sunday late night hours.
Now, just because landfall could come
between about 4:00 and 5:00 PM tomorrow
does not mean that that storm hasn't
already started to show its strength to us.
We have some showers popping
up across the eastern slopes of
the mountains and the deserts.
That's the light green toward the
eastern half of the map here.
A little bit of a wider picture shows
you how much rain is just building
across areas to the east and to the
South of us that are going to continue
in our area.
As far as watches,
warnings and advisories go,
tropical storm watch,
flood watch,
highwind warning.
And that tropical storm watch
has actually been upgraded now
to a tropical storm warning.
So we have a lot more to come in
the forecast where we're going to
be talking about how much rain,
how intense that wind is going to be.
It'll be in just a few minutes.
Stephen, Kirsten, Evan, Thank you.
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New tonight, San Diego County
is getting ready for heavy rain
as Hurricane Hillary inches
closer to Southern California.
Showers are starting as early
as tonight in some areas.
CBS8's Rosita de la Faye joins us
now live from Mission Beach with
more on how people in that area
are preparing and what SDG and E
is now suggesting to do. Rocio.
Well, that's right, SCG and E has
already started to reach out to
customers and urging them to prepare
for potential prolonged outages that
could be ours or that could be days.
Again, it all depends on the
impact that Hillary has in our
region out here in Mission Beach.
We all know this is an area
that is prone to flooding.
I spoke to people who are preparing
for the possible impact that
the storm could bring here.
One local and a tourist I spoke
to say they are having a really
hard time even believing that we
are preparing for a hurricane.
It's just so unheard of for
our region in general.
And now I also spoke to SCG&E,
who says crews are working to respond
in the case that the power does go out.
I actually used to live right here on
the boardwalk and there were storms
that came through and some flooding.
So this is actually going to be
very interested to see how bad
it gets and how prepared we are.
We've made extensive preparations
understanding that this could cause,
you know, with severe rain and heavy winds,
it could cause unplanned and
potentially prolonged outages.
So a few things we've done.
We've prestaged equipment and upped our,
you know, our crews to ensure that they
have the resources available to respond.
Now SCG and E adds that it is
urging customers to think about
an emergency plan and what that
looks like for you and your family.
Also ensure that you have enough supplies,
medicine, all the essentials that
you and your loved ones need in
the case that the power goes out.
Again, prolonged outages could
be hours or it could be days.
It just all depends really at this point.
Now, another thing that they're urging
is to register for alerts so that in
the event that the power goes out,
you can check how your region is doing
any powder power power outages and you
can do so by going online at SCG and
e.com/outages. Back to you guys in
Rocia. Thank you. Now, earlier today,
Governor Gavin Newsom visited the city's
Emergency Operations Center that's in
Kearny Mesa and announced a state of
emergency for much of Southern California.
Mayor Todd Gloria held another update
today and said an additional 192 shelter
beds are being offered to those in need.
The City of San Diego is activated
our inclement weather shelter system.
That's almost 200 additional
shelter beds that are available for
homeless San Diegoans to come off
the streets during this storm event.
The mayor says he has been in
communication with the Governor of
Baja and they're going to be supporting
each other with help as needed.
Local boaters also getting
ready for Hillary's arrival?
Yeah, right now the San Diego Coast
Guard is doing what they can to
make sure people at sea are safe.
The officer in charge tells us
that crews have been out in
the water these past few days.
They're conducting welfare
checks on boats that are anchored
outside of protected areas.
He says they'll have a
rescue crew ready to go,
but they really just want everyone to
stay out of the water during this storm.
We will have a rescue crew ready
to respond at at any moment.
But we we do urge folks and and want
to warn them that you know during
the height of the storm it could be
become a point where we are unable
to get underway due to the you know
that either the size of the the
seasons wells or the excess wind.
So you know we might not be able
to get out to them immediately.
So that's why we don't we do
not want anyone on the water.
The Coast Guard also says
anyone in a boat in an
unprotected area should get that boat into
a protected anchorage as soon as possible.
Tonight, people in the South County are
scrambling to find essentials like sandbags.
They're afraid that Hillary could
cause severe damage in their area.
Some are ready to take shelter.
Others don't have that option,
though. CS H Virginia,
you read a live now in Chula Vista,
where people and nonprofits out there have
been preparing for the worst. Regina.
Yeah, Steve. And you can actually
see we're at one of the locations
here in Chula Vista where they
were distributing out sandbags.
Right now you can see this sign
says there are no more sandbags.
You have been coming up to us
trying to figure out where's
the nearest distribution place
where they can get sandbags.
And we've been trying to help
them get them the updates.
But so far, this has been
happening all over South County,
and it's because people are afraid
that these widespread rains could
definitely damage their houses.
Hillary and its impacts are expected
to slam San Diego as early as Sunday.
Families in Imperial Beach have
experienced flooding before,
but they fear a tropical storm
could devastate their house.
I'm worried about the back of my property.
We're concerned, and we're just
trying to prepare and be cautious.
My apartment does kind of tend to flood
because we're just got in the construction.
It's why dozens of cars lined up
outside of IB City Hall this morning.
They were hoping to take advantage of
the free sandbags. When they arrived,
the sandbags had already run out.
Well, it looks like this.
Everyone had a rush on it.
So the city,
I guess we just found out they can't
get anymore Sand officials have
sent out a warning informing people
about the storm and its impacts.
The Advise locals to stay home and shelter.
But for those living unhoused in Chula Vista,
what happens if trees fall?
What happens to people's
encampments get blown away?
What happens at the areas
people are staying in?
Get flooded? Right.
So it really is a life
and death scenario.
Nonprofits are working overtime to bring
services to people living unhoused.
As for those with shelter,
they have been rushing to stores,
stocking up on essentials to avoid
leaving the house on Sunday.
Pretty nervous.
But I got hope that everything's
going to be good. Yeah.
Now we have been actually
giving out information to people
about other locations where
they're distributing sandbags.
If you want a full list,
we have that on CBS8 dot com.
Just check on this website on this story.
I mean for now reporting live
in Chula Vista, Virginia.
Rita, CBS8,
Georgina, thank you.
Today, people living in the Cabo
San Lucas area are seeing the
aftermath from torrential rains
and strong winds coming up.
The warning in Mexico after
the rain there wraps up, plus
how the US military is taking precaution
ahead of time. We'll be right back.