total blackout right now, after the power grid failed a few hours ago. that means torrential rain, catastrophic flooding, mud slides and days of power outages are expected in the day ahead. cnn s chad myers is tracking fiona in the weather center right now, but first, let s go to leyla santiago in san juan, puerto rico. leyla, i know you have a lot of experience covering storms in puerto rico. how are things looking right now and do we have any sense as to when the power might come back on? reporter: well w, we re bein told it could be days before power is fully restored. i want to take you video we re just getting from puerto rico in the center part of the island. and i just spoke to a gentlemen. his name is noemknownomad rodrid he shot this video matter of minutes. he saw that the water was rising and it completely took the bridge out, in that area. again, this is in the interior part of the island. this was an area that was one of the worst hit in the sbinterior part o
our hearts go out to you. i think it is such a beautiful way for it to be sent off with people around and people here for days and days. that is exactly what she wanted. and this is a humanitarian crisis created by human hands. it is an all hands on deck moment. they re coming into southern states. what is a governor supposed to do. they re trying to send a message to the rest of the country. to make sure that no one is homeless and hungry and that we always continue to treat people like human beings. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. and we begin hurricane fiona is punishing puerto rico the entire island now completely without power. the category 1 storm made landfall this afternoon and is wreaking havoc with heavy winds an rainment and look at this video showing what some of the flash flooding has already done in some areas. we have layla santiago in san juan and first to you, what is the situation there on the ground? well we
u.n. is warning of dire circumstances. the head of the humanitarian mission came out and said eastern aleppo is turning into a descent into hell. the foreign minister came out yesterday saying that this could be the worst civilian massacre in eastern aleppo since the end of world war ii. it happens as the syrian regime continues to advance into the rebel held parts of eastern aleppo. will. a heartbreaking situation for the families there. especially the children who continue to suffer. muhammad lila, thank you. the death toll rising in tennessee. wildfires blamed for seven deaths and 50 injuries. there is rain in the area dampening the flames. they are not out entirely. now there are concerns of mudsli mudslides. we get more from cnn s meteorologist jennifer gray in
somewhere around nine to ten inches just this month alone. there s a river that undercuts the mountain. that contributed to the mudslide and this is actually a hill with numerous mudslides in the last 50, 60 years. there s probably some answers to be done with why these people were put in harm s way and why they were able to build as they did. these answers can come later. now as far as the forecast today, you see the green, this is rain. it s soaking right up i-5. it s not a heavy rain, but it s not helping and there s no signs of this relaxing during the day today. tomorrow will be a little better, but the general forecast for the northwest is very damp, very typical of the northwest. notice thursday into friday, light rain continues, maybe a few down pours, so not ideal conditions for the rescuers, and there s the river running right through the area they had the mudsli mudslides, so they are concerned about that. now let s turn our attention to the east. yes, about a week away from