britain s longest serving monarch. right now the queen is lying in state at westminster hall, where mourners continue to file past her coffin to pay their respect. it s a scene that s played out around the clock since wednesday. but in less than two hours, the public viewing will come to a close. on sunday, people across britain paused for a moment of silence and reflection this her honor. a moment to pay tribute the day before the queen s funeral. today politicians public and faith leaders from around the world are monks those who will be attending the service. cnn s max foster now with more on how the queen is being honored and remembered. u.s. presidents joe biden visited westminster hall on sunday, joining other world leaders paying tribute to queen elizabeth ii. more than a monarch, biden said on news of her death. she defined an era. to all the people of england and all the people of the united kingdom, our hearts go out to you. and you were fortunate to have had
pedram? it s been such a quiet season, a lot of people maybe caught off guard when you have the storms pick up in intensity and quickly in the past 24 hours. we have a storm system as such with fiona pushing past portions and making landfall in puerto rico. in the past seven or eight hours, category 1 equivalent as we move ashore. the system already producing gusts well over 100 miles per hour scattered about the region as well. as michael noted, 100% of the island without power. it speaks to the intensity of the storm as it moved ashort. incredible amount of rainfall on the back side of it as well. but notice next in line here, the island of hispaniola around the areas of the dominican republic not far from puntacana. we re watching this closely. and nearly the entirety of puerto rico underneath flood alerts a this hour given what is forecast to come down here. some models putting down as much as 10, maybe 15 inches of
california and that s winter weather right there across the highest elevations of the sierra. some snow showers possible because of the cooler temperatures of course as we approach here, as we work our way into the month of october. certainly the heaviest rainfall going to be felt across portions of the southwest in particular, arizona there, where we have 11 million people in the southwest underneath flood watches. how much rainfall are we talking? 4 to 6 inches possible in a few isolated pox et cetera. phoenix, arizona in particular, average 8 inches of rainfall in any given year. 2 to 3 inches could come down essentially, a third to a quarter annual rainfall total the next couple of days. quick glance at what s happening on the other side of the pacific ocean, western pacific, busy across this legion. this is typhoon kong-rey. if you re in tune with that scale, it is equivalent to a strong category 2 feature here and it s been as busy as it comes across this portion of the world. ju