Maui County Mayor Alan Arakawa expressed concerns Thursday about the impact of heavy rains and strong winds from Hurricane Lane on his district.

“We’re going to have to just bear down and wait like everybody else to see what really happens when the storm hits us," he told CNN affiliate KHON in an interview.

"I’m hoping and all us here are praying the storm dissipates and disappears, but from all indications we are going to have heavy flooding and high winds no matter where Lane decides to go."

Arakawa also cautioned that while some details in recent weather forecasts have been optimistic, that they are about "as predictable as a slinky."

He said officials are looking at emergency helicopters services in case they need to rescue people from areas impacted by the storm.

Portions of the Big Island are also dealing with heavy rains and flooding due to Hurricane Lane, according to Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency.

The area is currently under a flash flood warning as the Category 4 storm moves slowly close to the main islands.

The storm's center, with maximum sustained winds near 130 mph, was in the Pacific about 205 miles southwest of the Big Island town of Kailua-Kona around 8 a.m. HT Thursday (2 p.m. ET).