a category 4 or 5 hurricane is a substantial storm, and, you know, the main thing we are warning or residents to do, if you haven t evacuated, you must shelter in place. it s too dangerous to be on the roads now. we re asking residents to shelter in place, stay in an interior room away from windows, and, you know, we re monitoring the storm, we have a plan in place once the storm does pass through. our emergency operations? respect will have strategic teams assessment teams that we can deploy throughout the city. we have a plan in place, we re just waiting to get thus the
0 do on normal types of storms. and then having major structural damage to the underlying electrical infra structure. when you have a category 5 storm hitting potentially and massive storm surge, that is going to interrupt, most likely, a lot of the underlying infra structure. when fpl and other companies are going in, some of those tasks are going to be you ll have to rebuild some of this stuff. so the folks in those affected areas should just understand that if it s as simple as simply just hooking up a few more power lines that s what they will do. in those areas that will have the most severe impact it will likely require to have some reengineering, to have some structural fixes and that will require manpower but it is going to take a little more time. so people understand, fpl understands how significant and important this is to get the services back up and running. but we also understand the severity of this storm and the really, really catastrophic damage it can inflict on the
that are already working around the clock. unfortunately, the fire has already burned more than 71,000 acres. we re waiting for assessment teams to hear about how many of those homes or structures have been destroyed. so we are expecting a number from cal filer. but we know that some of the evacuation orders are being lifted, in part thanks to that rain. officials telling people to be vigilant and to pay attention because they may be able to return to their homes. now this may slow the spread, but later on in the week we are expecting higher temperatures. so this could continue long term. pam? thank you. the biden administration makes clear to the families of two americans detained in russia getting them home is a priority. can congress help free brittney griner and paul whelan? hear more from my interview with the ranking republican on the senate foreign relations committee up next. plus, we are seven weeks away from the midterms. so what did we learn in the