you look over my shoulder here, you can see people lining up to pick up sand bags. in terms of how residents are responding, it depends on the family. i m going to take you to some of what we have heard on the ground from people we spoke to in the last couple of hours, people picking up sandbags, ready for idalia. tampa and hurricanes, i m not used to that. my job let me off early to come get sandbags, and prepare, and would have got water, and everything. you just want to be safe. we used to always have to vacate because we live by the island. reporter: so what i have found just walking around here is it s a combination of people who are prepping their homes as they get ready to flee the area and some people choosing to hunker down. either way officials across the state, officials especially in the counties that are most impacted, including the tampa area, further north as you get closer to the path of idalia,
lots of fast-flowing waters. we advise all of our residents to be careful and be safe. the flooding and some of the banks have gone over on the trails and border our river as well. we re asking you to stay away from there as well. be cautious. these are not unusual but they usually go out to sea before they hit you? that s correct. this is dpefinitely a first for us. we ve been fortunate, people have been paying attention. keeping their eye on it. families as well getting sand bags. making sure they have water. staying connected with their neighbors. people are looking out for one another. that s been very fortunate for us here in california. and that s mayor jays sob gibbs. thank you very much. my pleasure. thank you. u.s. president joe biden will travel to hawaii today to get a firsthand look on the damage of the deadly fires on
deep rushing flood waters. the driver was not injured but the california highway patrol closed the road to prevent others from crossing. throws flood waters so powerful a refrigerator was seen rushing away. the flood has nearly covered an entire golf course. one homeowner says he s never seen anything like it in the coachella valley. within 24 hours it s turned into a torrential storm. between home number 13 and home number 16 it s virtually six feet thick. the conditions there creating a dangerous situation for drivers including a fire truck forced to turn around due to rising waters. ahead of the storm the palm springs mayor says the city prepared and distributed 60,000 sand bags as well as cleared storm drains. even an inch or two of rain in the desert can cause damage. all right. take a look at this. the road totally covered up but
what exactly they should do. officials have said a lot of the preparations that folks would have made for winter storms and flooding months ago apply here asking people to please take advantage of the sand bags that are being given out to bring materials indoors, to not go outside or drive in the weather on sunday and monday if they don t have to. officials have also been very proactive in going to outdoor areas where there are encampments of unhoused people trying to convince them to take shelter inside before the storm really comes through. the most intense of which is supposed to be sunday afternoon, at least through the san diego area with very strong rain and winds. we are seeing a lot of events being canceled and postponed. major league baseball moved their sunday games to saturday. there are concerts like ones at the hollywood bowl being canceled. the u.s. navy has even
jon: i know city of henderson was giving out bags for people to fill request sand and they re already run out. what are your big challenges? yes we still have sand bags for public infrastructure to distribute out with national guard but the bags that were available for the public to come pick up i did go out quickly. we do have more in rout. jon: if people need them it is just a question of when. yes absolutely. they do go out very quickly when we do have these type of incidents and but we have some stapgding by and i have some being filled right now. jon: as, you know, you re briefing your first responders, what s your biggest worrisome? so you know, whenever we have flash-flooding here in clark county homeless, of course, are some of our most vulnerable.