This is cnn breaking news. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer in washington. This is a special edition of the the situation room. Its been a week of destruction on top of the pandemic as natural disasters end life for countless americans. Millions of acres in the beautiful American West are reduce d to ash. Nearly 100 major wildfires are raging. At least 33 lives already have been lost. Dozens of people are missing. And hundreds of thousands are under orders to simply abandon their homes to escape the flames and worsening air quality. In the meantime, along the gulf coast, sally threatens to become a category 2 hurricane and make landfall near new orleans in the next day or two. The governor is declaring a state of emergency with ma mandatory evacuations issued for some coastal communities. The coronavirus remains a complicating factor in the response to these disasters. But theres a bright spot in the search for a vaccine that emerge
The American West are reduced to ash as nearly 100 major wildfires wont go away. At least 33 lives have been lost. Dozens are missing. And hundreds of thousands are ordered to leave behind everything. Meanwhile along the gulf coast, Tropical Storm sally is threatening to become a category 2 hurricane by early next week. The governor of louisiana declaring a state of emergency with mandatory evacuations now issued for some of the coastal communities. And the coronavirus is a kompg pli indicating factor. But there is a new bright spot in the search for a vaccine. The ceo of pfizer says that there is a good chance that well know if their vaccine candidate works by the end of october. But President Trump isnt waiting to hold rallies including indoors. Tonight he is doing just that. An indoor Campaign Rally near las vegas creating the very Environment Health experts have warned will lead to surging cases and possibly deaths. This will be the first completely indoor rally since tulsa in june