Storm Hilary hammering southern California | Latest on Hilary storm

HAVE A HIGH RISK OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE DESERTS AND THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. >> MIKE IS STANDING BY IN SAN DIEGO WITH THE LATEST. AN HISTORIC AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ENGINE SOME AREAS, WHAT IS THE LATEST WHERE YOU ARE IN SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO YOU AS THE SUN COMES UP. SAN DIEGO. WE ARE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO THIS GLOOX. THE COAST HAS MANAGED TO BE SPARED FROM THE BRUNT OF THE DAMAGE, AS WE MOVE THROUGH DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO, AND THE EARLY MONK HOURS.

WE HAVE REPORTS UP TO 9 PEOPLE RESCUED FROM THE RAGING RIVERS. TO THE DESERT. PALM BEACH, KOCH HELLO, AND FURTHER NORTH TO THE BORDER OF NEVADA. JET VALLEY, THAT IS WHERE MOST OF THE DAMAGE IS CONCENTRATED, OUR TEAM HERE FINISHED AN

INTERVIEW WITH THE MAYOR OF PALM SPRINGS CALIFORNIA, AND SHE TOLD US THAT AT THIS VERY EARLY MORNING HOUR, THERE’S NO POSSIBLE WAY IN OR OUT OF HER CITY. SHE ANTICIPATES THAT THAT WILL CHANGE AS THE FLOODWATERS BEGIN TO RECEDE. AND THE 911 EMERGENCY PHONE

SYSTEM IS OUT. SHE IS ADVISING RESIDENTS WHO ARE DROPPED TO TEXT THE 911 SYSTEM, CALLING IT, ASKING FOR HELP FROM THE FIRE OR POLICE DEPARTMENT. DOES NOT WORK. AS WE HAVE DAYLIGHT HERE IN CALIFORNIA, OUR ATTENTION WILL TURN TO THE DESERT COMMUNITIES

UP NORTH. >> IT’S DRY. THE GROUND CAN’T ABSORB THE DELUGE OF WATER. IF THE STORM WAS NOT ENOUGH, THE REGION WAS HIT WITH AN EARTHQUAKE, WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THAT, MIKE. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LEARN FROM VENTURA COUNTY AUTHORITIES,

WHERE THE EARTHQUAKE WAS CENTERED. THERE’S NO MAJOR DAMAGE, BUTS WE’LL CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE’S NOTHING THAT THEY MISS. WE HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND HE SAID IT SEEMS AS THOUGH ALL ROADS ARE OPEN.

NO CHANGES TO THE SAFETY OF ANY OF THE BRIDGES THAT ARE RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE IDYLLIC PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY IN VENTURA COUNTY, AN OBJECTIVE NOW THAT THEY WRAPPED UP SEARCH AND RESCUE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT DAMS, UTILITY LINES DON’T HAVE ANY CRACKS OR

ANYTHING THAT THEY MISSED LIKE YESTERDAY, IT CERTAINLY SEEMS TO BE A MARKER OF UNUSUAL CONVERSATION THAT WE REMEMBER. PEOPLE ARE CALLING IT THE HURRY-QUAKE, NO SERIOUS DAMAGE TO REPORT AT THIS HOUR. >> Marcia: WOW, YOU ALMOST HAVE TO HAVE A SENSE OF

CNN’s Mike Valerio has the latest from San Diego and breaks down the areas in California dealing with flooding and mudslides.

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