YEREVAN, AUGUST 30, ARMENPRESS President Donald Trump announced Thursday afternoon that he is canceling his trip to Poland to deal with Hurricane Dorian, CNN reports.

Vice President Mike Pence will be traveling instead, the White House said.

"To ensure that all resources of the federal government are focused on the arriving storm, I have decided to send our Vice President Mike Pence to Poland this weekend in my place," Trump said. "It's something very important for me to be here. This storm looks like it could be a very, very big one indeed.

The news comes ahead of Hurricane Dorian's landfall in Florida. The storm is expected to reach Florida as a Category 4 storm on Labor Day.

His trip -- slated to mark the 80th anniversary of the beginning of World War II -- will be rescheduled, he said.