00:00 Tropical Storm Hillary is making its way through the southwestern United States with forecasters
00:04 warning of possibly catastrophic flooding that could affect up to 25 million people.
00:10 Hillary strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane before weakening to a tropical storm prior
00:15 to making landfall on Sunday.
00:17 The storm was then downgraded all the way to a subtropical cyclone early Monday morning,
00:22 according to CBS News.
00:24 Hillary was the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years.
00:29 Palm Springs, a popular desert getaway about 100 miles east of Los Angeles, typically gets
00:35 around 4 to 6 inches of rain in an entire year and could receive 6 to 10 inches from
00:41 this one storm.
00:43 Reuters notes that California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for much
00:48 of Southern California.
00:49 (upbeat music)
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