this is cnn breaking news. welcome. we are following breaking news right now. a brand-new forecast from the national hurricane center has halyna hutchins churns towards florida s big ben. you are looking at live footage at clearwater beach where sara sidner is. derek van dam, our meteorologist, is also down there. a lot of preparation. very quiet right now. what is expected on the ground there? reporter: that is the thing. when you look at that picture from the drone, it looks like paradise. it is beautiful right now. but there are preparations underway. there are evacuations underway. there are mandatory and voluntary evacuations now in 20 counties. why is that? because a storm is coming.