florida under major pressure on two fronts. the state braces for tropical storm isaias. forecast to gain power as morning dawns on the atlantic coast. plus, how you handle a major storm during a pandemic. they scramble as they make it covid secure. and a growing threat to ban tiktok in the united states. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. welcome to you, our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber.

tropical storm isaias just shy of hurricane strength is already being felt as it approaches south florida's east coast. it's a major concern in a state already struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic. covid-19 has infected more than 480,000 people in florida and killed more than 7,000. even with strict safety protocols in place in the state's evacuation shelters, health officials fear the virus could spread further among the people inside with the storm's full impact expected. in the coming hours the state has temporarily shut down the virus testing sites. officials worried they'll see a new surge of cases once the storm has passed and testing resumes. florida's governor says they

should prepare for a week long disruption. >> floridians should be executing their plans, particularly if you're on the east coast of florida, palm beach and north of there. you should have seven days of food, water, and medicine. you very well may experience power outages so just be prepared for that. we in the era of covid, i think our guidance from the state has been, look, if it's a close call, err on the side of people hunkering down rather than sending people on the road. obviously there does come a point if you're in the area, the storm is threatening, that decision is made, we ask you to follow it. >> all right. let's bring in meteorologist tyler of isaias. what's the latest? >> kim, isaias is 60 off the shore. the center is moving very slowly to the northwest at 8 miles per

hour. sustained winds are at 70 miles an hour. gusts as high as 85. a lot of rainfall right off shore is about to start going right into the coastal communities here. palm beach county, you're about to see the heavy rainfall come through and also up here on the treasure coast, too. there's an outer ban nofg here in just a few minutes in your area. fort pierce, palm city, stewart and port solerno. you're dealing with it. you're going to be seeing more showers here in a few minutes. the wind threat by far the highest wind threat is right there along the coast from tight tasville to west palm. you could feel hurricane force conditions. that's where we have the hurricane warning from palm beach county up to flagler county. the area shaded in blue, that would be in the inland communities of the florida peninsula. you are seeing tropical storm warnings. tropical watch along the georgia coast, carolina coast.

you can see as we go through the track. her's the track. it pushes to the north. treasure coast and space coast should be on guard for a possible direct hit from isaias and by then it will be a category one hurricane. it continues to push up to the north. it weakens once it gets off the florida and georgia coast. it will be a tropical storm then. late monday it's possibly making landfall towards charleston. continues to move to the north and impacts virginia, philly, new york, massachusetts and maine. you'll be feeling tropical storm force conditions, too. so you're going to see that push all the way up from south florida all the way up to the extreme northeast. we're going to see a lot of rainfall in short order. we're also going to see power outages. we know when a tropical system makes landfall we are going to see power outages. the only thing is we have never had a land falling hurricane during a pandemic. so the power utilities are having to make sure that their

line workers stay safe as they get their power restored safely and as quickly as possible. to do that it could slow down the restoration process. be prepared to be without power for just a couple of extra days. make sure you have that plan in place. make sure if you do rely on medically powered medical equipment, you have a backup plan. kim? >> covid making everything so much more complicated. we'll keep tracking the story throughout the newscast. i'll come back to you later. thanks so much, tyler. utility crews from about 20 states have arrived in florida to respond to anticipated power outages. randi kaye is in florida and has more on the conditions, threats, and forecast there. >> reporter: here in palm beach florida we are expecting a two to four foot storm surge and that is on top of the regular tide. also on monday we expect to see a full moon so the high tide will be even higher making that storm surge even worse for this

area. also, we are experiencing a pretty heavy wind gusts. earlier we had one that was 40 to 50 miles per hour. we are told to expect about 80 miles per hour here. here in palm beach county we've opened up five shelters for people. there's already people who want to bring pets along, dog, cat, a bird even. they have people going as they have a voluntary evacuation underway. the state is trying to open hotel rooms. because of covid-19, they're trying to open hotel rooms for people who are symptomatic for coronavirus. they want to put them in a safe place away from the emergency shelters. they're giving some guidance for the shelters saying they would like to have no more than 50 people in the shelters. they would also like to have them social distance. they want 60 square feet per

person in the shelter and they also want to make sure that they're wearing masks, using hand sanitizer and getting their temperatures checked as well. we are getting word of some power outages here in the area. we know florida power and light has a big staging area in daytona, florida. they have crews, 10,000 personnel in all. they have crews from new york, texas, elsewhere all coming together from 20 different states to try and help in terms of the power outage that we are expecting to see here. we also know that the national guard has been mobilized here in case they need to do some search and rescue as well and the governor, of course, is telling people that he recommends they have at least three to seven days of food, water and any medicine just in case this storm does get really bad. i'm randi kaye reporting in palm beach florida. back to you. >> as randi mentioned, they are preparing for a storm like isaias during a pandemic is

incredibly complicated. earlier they told cnn about some of the special measures in place at emergency shelters. >> we are checking temperatures. if you've got a temperature, then we isolate those individuals in separate air was. we, as i stated, require facemasks be worn at all times unless you're under 2 years of age. other than that, you know, we pass out gloves, gowns, shields and definitely distance people. they have to be at least six to eight feet apart and we ensure that they're not moving around a lot. >> as we've been hearing, the storm has already inundated the bahamas with wind and rain. it damaged roofs and knocked down and pushed out power lines.

the other big story, coronavirus cases are still climbing by the tens of thousands in the u.s. i'll have an update on the numbers next. plus, u.s. president donald trump is about to ban the app tiktok. so far he hasn't made good on his threats. we'll have the latest straight ahead.

all right. let's get an update now on the coronavirus paandemic. the u.s. has now surpassed 4.6 million cases. that's about 1/4 of the world's total and more than 154,000 americans have died. now as we mentioned, one of the hardest hit states, florida, is now bracing for a powerful storm. tropical storm isaias could be a category 1 hurricane by the time it hits on sunday. the storm could put extra strain on hospitals and officials say the virus could make it harder to restore electricity to those who lose it as parts of the world struggle over reopening schools, the government advisory says the u.k. may have to choose between pubs and the classroom. he says some activities must be curtailed in order for schools to safely reopen. so to discuss all of those

issues, i'd like to bring in sirios moscos who's a professor of microbiology. thank you very much for joining us. we very much appreciate it. i'd like to start with the intersection of covid and our other top story, the hurricane. every community that's going to be hit here has one or more shelters. i reported from many of them and they're often cheek to jowl with people sleeping on cots in a gymnasium with no ventilation. how concerned are you about the further spread of covid in those types of conditions, especially in a state now, florida, which is the epicenter of the pandemic? >> i think the only way to describe this is a perfect storm, really, because if you have people cheek to jowl, as you put it, and a lot of them are going to be resistant to the idea of masks for whatever reason, then there will be,

there's no question of it, an increased chance of transmission in these settings. i think it's essential that people treat this as an opportunity to respect those around them and protect them by wearing a facial covering. this is not a freedom exercise, this is a life and death exercise. >> absolutely. good advice there. now i want to pivot to another issue. the jobs and the economy. the subject that's perhaps weighing most on people's minds is schools. where you are in the u.k., as i mentioned earlier, a high ranking advisor and you articulated that choice there that many here and in other countries have been thinking about when it comes to the priorities for schools. he said it straight out, do we think pubs are more important than schools? you know, what do you make of that choice? >> in brittain it appears that the government decision has been

to have a manageable level of transmission within the community, whatever manageable really means. in that respect, we are seeing in the last few days that we've got an elevation of cases, especially in the north part of the u.k. where i am, for example, and as a result of that a hard decision has to be taken. where are we going to allow that transmission to take place. we've also learned that transmission in children has happened. it happens in other parts of the world where they demonstrate this clearly. if we are to take that strategy and allow a small level to allow the economy to operate at the same time, then we have to choose where that transmission has to be allowed to take place. frankly, we have to be forward looking. not appeasement looking. we all need to learn how to enjoy each other's company more

and have time with ourselves at home and not necessarily in a social gathering environment like a pub, like a restaurant, like a bar, like whatever it is they like to do to get out. maybe it's time to go out walking the countryside, enjoy that instead. it will be good. >> let's turn to a more hopeful topic, the race for better diagnoses, treatments, vaccines. i understand you're working on a breathalyzer test for covid? how is that coming and how would that help? >> in the last few weeks it's become even more understood that respiratory exhaled breath and speech are affecting it. they're trying to detect the virus in exhaled breath. our group is simply collecting the breath, trying to collect the vile of go-to breath. we realize you're not going to

change from a golden rule to a change. we are providing a vile that collects the breath. we're hoping we will be able to show that we are much more reliable than the gold standard. it's difficult to get the studies done because we know the massive load is when the person's getting the first few days of symptoms so we have to have individuals in that phase to detect them. that's one of the reasons why the nasal swap fails. we have no false positives or negatives but the numbers are very, very low. i'm not in a position yet to say it works, it doesn't work. others can disclose information about their technologies. >> that's exactly it. you're not the only ones working

on this. i'm curious in the race to find a vaccine, tests, everybody wants to be first. some countries allegedly going as far as hacking to get an edge. how much competition and how much cooperation is there between different organizations? >> there is competition and i've experienced this in the past when we've tried to develop an ebola virus. we were successful in developing such a system. by the time that we were in the position to test the individuals the outbreak was over. unfortunately, and i definitely mean this, right now the outbreak is still ongoing. we've got pandemic. we've got a global problem. so the competition is there but there's also huge availability of cases that can be deployed for testing. in terms of cooperation, i have to say there's been substantial cooperation, very positive

responses by many parts of the world. we've been very lucky working globally. in fact, we were recently contacted by one of the u.s. states quite high up to try to engage with them so that we can get more data. it's now a question of a pipeline within the university being capable of meeting up the demand globally for trying to complete these steps. but really i think most people at the moment are understanding the need to cooperate and not to compete because at the end of the day, yes, you might be first. not necessarily going to solve the problem for whatever reason, you know? you might be too bulky, too cumberso cumbersome, too complex. somewhere somehow we have to find a golden thread that solves the project. i think that's going to be a joint effort, not a competing effort. >> thank you so much. good luck with your research. do appreciate your time. >> you're very welcome.

president trump has a testy relationship with many news organizations, but now republicans are doing something unprecedented in u.s. politics. banning news media from their convention in charlotte, north carolina. now the closed press event will be much smaller than the one in ohio in 2016. the party is blaming social distancing rules imposed by the state's democratic governor. the republican official said the vote to nominate mr. trump will be live streamed on august 24th. ahead of u.s. operations for tiktok doesn't seem phased by the u.s. president's ban of the app. they said saturday particular to being isn't going anywhere. the president's threat got user's attention all over the world. it's unclear how it could actually happen. jeremy diamond has more. >> reporter: well, after threatening on friday night to ban tiktok from the united

states, president trump has yet to actually make good on that threat. the president on friday telling reporters on air force one that he plans to ban tiktok from the united states suggesting that he would likely do so via an executive order. the president said that that executive order would happen saturday night. he said he would make good on the threat. there are other mechanisms the president could use including emergency economic powers that he is also -- that are also within his quiver. of course, there has been a national security investigation into tiktok for some time and there has been significant concern among u.s. national security officials about the fact that tiktok is owned by a chinese company and what potentially that chinese company could do with the data of hundreds of millions of america

including giving it to the chinese government. tiktok for its part insists that it is being very safe with american's data. they say in a statement tiktok u.s. user data has strict employee access. they come from the u.s. we are committed to protecting our users' privacy and safety as we continue working to bring joy to families and meaningful dreers those who create on our platform. now u.s. officials have been pushing for the ideal scenario which is for an american company to come in and buy its current order. the president seems to suggest that would not work for him as reports emerge microsoft was in the bidding to buy tiktok from that chinese company. it is important to note that this all comes in the context of a widening u.s./china rift. that has been propelled by the coronavirus pandemic. coronavirus did indeed originate

in china but the president has sought to deflect blame for his handling of the pandemic in the united states by repeatedly pointing to china. there has been a widening rift between the u.s. and china. specifically, there are tensions in the technology space. this latest battle over tiktok is the latest iteration of those tensions. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. there's still lots of threads to pull on so to do that let's bring in cnn business reporter hadas gold from london. the ban was floated a couple of weeks ago. the administration arguing china's stealing people's information. secretary of state mike pompeo said these chinese apps are, quote, trojan horses for chinese intelligence. well, do they have a case? >> reporter: there are really two sort of areas of issue here that people are worried about, kim. the first one is more about the information that tiktok allows on the platform for people to

see. this is where there are concerns about censorship or suppression of information. there are cases where people would do videos about we garr muslims. when you have so many people including a lot of teenagers, this is what their main source of potentially entertainment and information comes from. that's a powerful tool here. the national security has on it. that's what you're hearing mike pompeo that talk about this. any chinese company must cooperate, potential lip pass over that data. it's not clear if they could resist if the chinese they ask.

the sup ber security efforts say that it might be things like location data, the average person it might not be that valuable for things like he espiona espionage. it's different if you work for the military or the government. that's why we're seeing certain places like the pentagon tell their employees, if you have a government-owned smartphone device, do not download tiktok there. again, there are questions about whether there is an actual national security concern about tiktok because the data, like i said, is just like data that any other account and you need to look at this into the broader context of the political tensions. kim? >> we'll see if this proposed ban is just another, you know, trial balloon that pops. we'll follow the story. thanks so much. hadas gold in london.

appreciate it. we're going to have the latest on the strong tropical storm approaching florida. we'll have that just ahead. it's been building up speed and could regain hurricane status in the coming hours. stay with us. ents that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. try our new gummies for 30 days and see the difference.

welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. tropical storm isaias isn't quite a hurricane but it could change soon. they're getting winds and rains from the outer bands. florida officials face the difficult task of keeping residents safe even as the state

deals with the worst outbreak in the country. here's what the governor told residents on saturday. >> even if it's tropical storm force winds, you can pretty much be assured you are going to see power outages. that's certainly a 70-mile-an-hour wind will be enough to take down trees and limbs. that obviously interacts with power lines and so that will happen. and people should be prepared for that. >> palm beach county is one area expected to be hit by the storm. one official told cnn earlier what preparations have been made. >> right now we have opened roughly about four shelters and our special needs shelter. this is to accommodate our residents that live in mobile homes. we have quite a few mobile home parks here in pal much beach county and the way tropical force winds could have dangerous repercussions for the

individuals living there. also we opened them to address the needs of our residents that have comparable house so long if their roofs are not anchored properly or windows and they don't feel safe, then we've accomplished setting up safe shelter for them as well. and as you know, we're in the midst of a pandemic here and so we -- we have had to open more shelters in order to accommodate a smaller number of people than normal because we have to do the safe distancing. we also require people to wear facemasks if they come into the shelter. government storm trackers are in the air right now assessing the strength and direction of the storm and we're on the line with them. lieutenant commander kevin doremus is the pilot of the noaa tracking plane. thank you so much for speaking with us.

first, just give us a sense of what you're seeing and what this storm is likely to bring. >> yes, sir. to be fair, we're actually on the ground just about to fire up our engines and take off. there is a reconnaissance plane in the air right now. we are about to take off on our noaa flight and fly low altitude into the eye of the storm. we've govern on our gulf stream. it's all the way up to where it is right now. pretty difficult storm. it's been challenging. we're looking forward to providing all of that information to the hurricane center so they can get the best information out there to the general public. >> you say this is a bit unusual. what makes it unusual? i was hearing the way it's picking up energy over the warm water so quickly, is that what

it is? what makes it so different than the run-of-the-mill hurricane, if you can say that? >> yeah. when you think of a hurricane and the initial appearance, the well-defined circular eye in the middle where it's clear in the middle, ring of clouds around you. this particular storm has a bit of a different appearance where half of the eye was almost missing. the wind was there but officially it was not there. i think a lot of that had to do with the interaction it has with the land. passing over on the island of the bahamas, cuba, all of that. it's still showing up in times of a hurricane where we are headed. it is now at tropical storm strength and we're going to go out there and see the storm and provide that information and hopefully be able to present a forecast more for the public. >> give me the details, packed

with equipment, a flying lab. how has that helped precisely? >> exactly. orion, four inch turbo prop aircraft. noaa purchased two of them and equipped them as weather laboratories. our big mission is focused on sales doppler radar. we have a high powerful vertical radar that is mapping out the vertical structure of the storm as we're flying and collecting data information. we're providing it in real time via satellite. they have a good idea of what it looks like from the surface up to the highest levels. they can use that information to determine tracking and forecasting. another really important tool to use is called a drop sun. a weather instrument we launch out and it has a little pair

chute on it. again, that information is published and they process it and by the time we land, a lot of times you guys know more than we do. >> well, that's fascinating and scary stuff. i know it's what you do, but for most of us the idea of flying into a hurricane is absolutely terrifying. so even though it is routine, please do stay safe out there. we appreciate your time. >> yes, sir. thanks for having me on board. >> all right. that's lieutenant commander kevin door remus one person talking to us when the hurricane. let's bring in tyler maulden from the cnn weather center. hopefully you were listening in. what can you tell us from the ground? >> what i'm seeing on satellite

imagery really syncs up with what he's seeing by the air. that was an awesome and insightful interview. that was great. he said it was looking ragged to him. didn't look like a simple hurricane. he's right. here's a look. very discombobulated but still, even though it doesn't look like the classic storm. we're still making it become a category hurricane over the next couple of hours. we're seeing the rainfall beginning to stream in to portions of the treasure coach down to palm beach county. they're quick moving and they will pick up in intensity and coverage. you see a lot of yellows and reds out here to the east. we do have a hurricane warning in effect from palm beach county to flagler county shaded in red. you get up to the coastal communities of georgia and the carolinas, you are under a a tropical storm watch.

by the time it gets up to you it will lose its punch. very close to the space coast and it brings it ashore. eventually it does get off the coast of georgia and the carolinas. it will go on shore as a tropical storm and it's all the way into maine which is pretty unbelievable here. we could see upwards of 6 to 7 inches from the carolinas all the way through virginias with isolated higher amounts. we will see the potential. if you live in the vicinity or the path of this storm, make sure you are ready for long power outages. >> we'll be tracking this throughout the day. thanks so much, tyler maulden.

we're going back to our other major story and that is the covid-19 pandemic and the dilemma of reopening schools. many have decided classes will start on time but students won't be there in person. learning will be virtual at least at the beginning of the term. not every school in every state has made the decision. miguel marquez reports from arizona where parents are confused and concerned. >> reporter: four parents, one central phoenix school district, lots of question and confusion when it's safe for their kids to return to school. in this information environment, how difficult is it for parents to make a decision? >> it's very difficult. >> reporter: sean green quit his june to stay home with his kids.

h the reality, some kids get very sick from the coronavirus. >> i believe that he can get it and i do believe he can transmit it. >> reporter: do you think it could endanger his life? >> absolutely. >> there is no choice. i have to work. >> reporter: single mom, ky webber, has three kids and needs to work. she'd like in person school to start as soon as possible but how do you make the decision? >> it's terrible. i don't know day to day. you can't plan anything. >> reporter: after shutting down in march, arizona's governor aggressively reopened the state in may only to see cases, hospitalizations and deaths spiral upwards. in-person school was delayed and then last week canceled until data indicates the virus is again under control. >> is it seemed like we were making decisions one day, making decisions and starting from

scratch the next. >> reporter: phoenix has six schools. the urban and diverse district has decided to suspend in person instruction until mid october. >> if we're not able to get back on the october 12th date, it's hard to imagine getting back. >> she has two daughters start. >> i would love to see it start if it's safe. >> reporter: the problem is what scientists say often at work. >> an instructsal course. she's watching the case numbers and tries to listen only to scientists when making decisions. >> i don't think this issue should be a political issue at

all. unfortunately it is. i mean, i wish that there was just like this scientific answer and it was just believed by everybody and this is what we're going to be doing. that's not the case unfortunately. >> reporter: like parents everywhere looking for information, sorting through science, politics, and possibly life or death decisions. miguel marquez, cnn, phoenix. after the break, australia has declared a disaster after hundreds of reports are coming up. questions right now here are a couple answers... lysol disinfectant spray and disinfecting wipes together can be used on over 100 surfaces. and kill up to 99.9% of viruses and bacteria. unfortunately, we can't answer every question

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australia has declared a state of disaster in victoria after more than 670 new coronavirus cases and p deaths were reported on saturday. officials also announced new lockdown restrictions in effect for six weeks. cnn's angus watson reports.

>> reporter: the australian state of victoria plunged into a state of disaster. premier daniel andrews announced the metro would move from staining 3 lockdown restrictions to stage 4. regional victoria would move to that stage 3 lockdown or stay at home order. now the reason being, victorians can no longer abide by the high number of cases mounting day on day there. 671 new cases on saturday. the most worrying thing for the government is that those cases are largely untraceable. here's what daniel andrews had to say about that this morning. >> we have 760 -- 760 mystery cases. they are active cases where we cannot trace back the source of that person's infection. either who they got it from or

where or how. those mysteries, that community transmission is in many respects our biggest challenge and we need to move to a different set of rules. >> reporter: the stage 4 lockdown rules for metropolitan melbourne mean at 6:00 they need to make their choice where they're going to spend the next six week of their life. they will only be allowed outside. they must designate one person who is allowed out to buy other essentials. those people are fighting an increasingly locked off prt west of the country. cnn. thousands came out across jerusalem saturday to demand the

resignation of prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he's on trial for bribery, fraud, breach of trust. protesters are also angry at mr. netanyahu's handling of the coronavirus crisis. there were no signs of right wing counter protesters saturday. let's get the latest from elliott in jerusalem. these protests have been going on for weeks but they seem to be gaining strength. what are they like now? what's your sense? where is this all heading? >> reporter: kim, they have been gaining momentum and gaining in size. last night were the biggest protests we've seen so far. police estimating there are thousands. so they are gaining in momentum but i think certainly at the moment very, very hard to see

netanyahu leaving office and meet the demands that he resign. in terms of the coronavirus pandemic that you mentioned, there have been in previous demonstrations people protesting, demanding that netanyahu and his government do more to help those that have lost their jobs or lost their businesses or have their livelihoo livelihoods and the case has spiralled, the country has gone from hero to zero. they went from being one of the best in the world to now being one of the worst for the number of cases each day on a per million population basis. the death rate is much lower. the key point is most people are protesting against netanyahu because of this corruption trial. they don't feel he should remain in office while facing this corruption trial. that is the main reason. as a result of that, i don't think any real change, either a

reduction in the spread of the pandemic or any additional opening up will have any impact on the demon administration administrations. >> no signs they will end very soon. thank you so much. reporter elliott gofkin in jerusalem. "cnn newsroom" will be right back. stay with us. robinhood believes now is the time to do money.

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tourism is big business in paris, but the pandemic means this year is obviously very different. the city might be getting to normal in some ways but a big piece of its economy is still missing. cnn's melissa bell explains. >> reporter: the only difference are the masks. otherwise, paris, the city of art and light and love, as much as it ever was. the shops are open. the artists are out, bars, bistros. this's only one piece missing, the tourists. and what is paris without? last year 50 million of them came for the monuments, the cathedrals, the museums, the history spending 22 billion euros and once again making paris the most visited city in

the world. this year the french and the odd european tourists have it pretty much to themselves. >> reporter: we won't get back to our historic levels. i have been in charge for seven years now and we have known crises, floods, terror attacks. we've always picked ourselves up. >> reporter: for now hotel occupancy rates are down 86% on what they were a year ago. the worst is at the top end of the market. the palace hotels who depend on such a place. they have remained closed. >> that will come at a dizzying cost to france's public finances. >> we are very fortunate in france to have this. it's quite unique in the world. 70% of the world and 64% is unique. it's very important to have that. >> reporter: french authorities have said they'll continue

covering most of the salaries for people who can't work until at least september, but that money is going to have to come from somewhere, even as the french economy is predicted to contract by 10% this year. perhaps looking at the tourist stri meeting. on an ordinary july day the louvre is getting under 10,000 a day. much now depends on when the global travel restrictions will be lifted. and more importantly, will people ever want to come back to paris in the same numbers they did before? >> perhaps the country if you have a vaccine or a treatment. >> we have to enjoy the life. >> melissa bell, cnn, paris. and that's all for this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber. stay with cnn for ongoing live coverage of hurricane isaias.

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this is cnn breaking news. >> good morning to you. we're coming on early because of this coronavirus hot spot, florida taking on a new threat this morning, tropical storm isaias, which is expected to strengthen back into a hurricane. i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm christi latest is comin. you're looking at the radar here. carolinas is in its path next. and then it will scoot up into the east coast by midweek. now, the big concerns at this moment, power outages, heavy rain,