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As Hurricane Hilary approaches Southern California, experts offer tips to help you prepare and stay safe during hurricane season.

Hurricane Hilary continued to strengthen Thursday as it headed toward Southern California. Weather Channel meteorologist Jen Carfagno joined CBS News with more.

A sole official in Maui is tasked with deciding when to activate warning sirens that sound out on Hawaii’s second-largest island during emergencies. In the case of blazing wildfires that leveled the historic town of Lahaina and left over 100 dead last week, that official chose not to sound the alarms — a decision he is now defending. CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti has more on the wildfire response. And Kristina Lee-Garrido, who was visiting…

Kristina Lee-Garrido was in a rental unit in Lahaina with her best friend when last week’s wildfires broke out. She joined CBS News to describe the lack of warning they had and the hours she spent riding out the fire in a swimming pool.

“To our ‘ohana on Maui, we see you and love you,” the company wrote.

Gov. Josh Green said the state is working toward a moratorium on real estate sales “to make sure that no one is victimized.”

“I do not” regret not sounding the sirens, Maui Emergency Management Agency Administrator Herman Andaya told CBS News’ Jonathan Vigliotti at a news conference Wednesday in his first public comments since the wildfires broke out.

The storm is expected to bring heavy rainfall to the state after hitting Mexico.

Only nine of the more than 110 confirmed victims of last week’s wildfire in Hawaii have been identified and hundreds more are still missing. Lilia Luciano is in Maui with the latest on recovery efforts.

Maui Emergency Management Agency Administrator Herman Andaya has made his first public comments since the deadly wildfires ignited last week.

As the search for wildfire victims continues in Maui, officials talk about what went wrong in the deadly disaster. Also, the final matchup is set at the Women’s World Cup. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener.

As hundreds remain unaccounted for in the wake of Maui’s devastating wildfires, friends and relatives cling to hope that their loved ones survived. But as more victims are identified, those hopes are fading with each day that passes. CBS News’ Lilia Luciano reports.

Reliable, audible warning systems are becoming more critical during wildfires of increasing speed and ferocity.

President Biden announced he will soon visit Maui to see the destruction caused by the flames that decimated the Hawaiian island. Nancy Cordes reports from Washington.

A week after deadly wildfires tore through Lahaina, Maui’s Emergency Management Agency is defending its decision not to activate warning sirens, saying doing so may have confused residents to move toward the oncoming danger. CBS News’ Jonathan Vigliotti challenged the decision at a press conference amid growing criticism from survivors.