climb along with the flood waters. we re learning at this hour that sheriff offices across the coast getting a number of calls from people trapped in their homes they didn t evacuate but as the lead county sheriff s office said winds need to drop to 45 miles per hour for them to safely attempt these rescues. we re going to have every corner of this disaster covered from reporters on the ground to residents in its path. but we begin in an area where residents have been advised to shelter in place, the tampa saint pete region and that s where we find fax weather s max gordon who is standing by. max what are folks bracing for there tonight? p pfrjts hey there, laura. well, this is an area where folks here were expecting the storm to make a direct hit and although it moved further to the south we aren t necessarily out of the woods just yet. some areas here are expecting around 20 inches of rain, and we are experiencing some of those heavy bands of rain right now as well as those
sean penn responding to international disasters. we watched people learn they matter. they can make a difference. reporter: mila kunis organizing support for her native country, ukraine. and glenn close, break down the stigma surrounding mental health. don lemon and dr. sanjay gupta join us as we recognize the humanitarian work of those who are using their star power for good. going to be brighter days, brighter days this is cnn heroes salutes. i m erin burnett. for more than 15 years we have celebrated remarkable individuals as cnn heroes. these so-called ordinary people work every day without access to fame or power, and they do it to make the world a better place. well, tonight we re doing something a little different. for the next hour we ll be featuring celebrities who are taking action on issues close to their hearts, whether helping people in war torn ukraine, destigmatizing mental health or responding to global disasters, these public figures are using the
The five-day event, which commenced on Wednesday (August 23), kick-started with interactive workshops and training sessions for emergency medicine experts.
people across 200 cities in ukraine. boots on the ground, they make decisions on the fly. they re empowered to make those decisions and at the end of the day, that s what i m learning is that the emergencies can only be run with people that are local, that know their situation, that you empower them to be successful. breaking news out of haiti, the largest, most powerful earthquake. the lesson andres says he learned after the earthquake in haiti. chronic hunger in the middle of an earthquake. in 2010 i decided not to be in the comfort of my home watching the news on tv. there was a moment when i began seeing big problems actually have very simple decisions, very simple solutions. you send doctors and nurses. you send emergency experts.
under real leadership with president trump and this governor and biden. as desantis prepares for floridians he s urging to heed advise from the same local leaders he suggested ignore during covid and praising a federal agency that he previously said withheld aid a because biden was playing politics. mollie was hurricanes and covid the same. if you understand the difference between hurricanes and covid congratulations you re smarter than a cnn report railroad. there have been problems with management particularly at the federal level and florida emergency experts are unfortunately sandy in this type of ca at that time controversy, they are giving good advice, it is wise people listen to those local emergency leaders and just more than that, this is not the time to be playing these kinds of games. i get that reporters hate ron desantis. they hate that he s very effective. laura: they despise him. at pushing back against them