Meteorologist are predicting up to seven inches of rain in some parts of the southwest including Tucson, Ariz., where the city is providing sandbags for residents.
This is the second storm to hit the area in three weeks, as the remnants of Hurricane Odile — which swept through the Baja Coast, causing tourists to shelter in hotels and in some cases get airlifted to safety — move into the American Southwest.
Jim Cantore, a meteorologist with The Weather Channel joins Here & Now‘s Robin Young to discuss what the Southwest can expect.
- Here & Now: Baja Coast Gets Pummeled By Hurricane Odile
- Live forecast for the Tuscon area from The National Weather Service
Guest
- Jim Cantore, meteorologist for The Weather Channel. He tweets @JimCantore
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