dominica, whose needs are great, hope they don't get forgotten. and the prime minister told us he's heading off today to new york to the u.n. g-8 to make an appeal for international help here them. do need everything. aid is going to start coming the next few days. we have seen aid workers here as well trying to assess the damage. the problem is getting around, distribution and getting to some of those images we flew over that look in terrible shape. >> michael holmes, thank you very much. stay safe there as well. hurricane maria say powerful category 3 storm barring down on turks and caicos. cnn meteorologist chad myers has the latest. >> i see it in the atlantic. let's just hope for that.