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you are live in the cnn newsroom. we are monitoring two storms this morning. we begin in florida where in 24 counties there is a state of emergency. tropical storm ian is moving through the caribbean and could grow to a category 3 hurricane before it hits florida next week. >> residents from the florida panhandle to the florida keys are being told to prepare for storm surges, hurricane-force winds and heavy rainfall. meanwhile, hurricane henfiona i moving through eastern canada. you se...

You are live in the cnn newsroom. we are monitoring two storms this morning. we begin in florida where in 24 counties there is a state of emergency. tropical storm ian is moving through the caribbean and could grow to a category 3 hurricane before it hits florida next week. >> residents from the florida panhandle to the florida keys are being told to prepare for storm surges, hurricane-force winds and heavy rainfall. meanwhile, hurricane henfiona i moving through eastern canada. you see the driv...

Its also not just the surface. even as you start to go down tens of feet, that ocean heat content is also extremely warm. thats that fuel that that storm will need to intensify over the next several days. once it gets into the gulf of mexico hitting again a lot of that very warm air and also, too, you are looking at very llow sheer, there suspect much sheer in the area. we do anticipate that storm will become a major hurricane as it enters the eastern gulf of mexico. as of right now anywhere fro...

Provisions they need for poten potentially two or three days or longer. without power, people are taking that seriously. we said this would be a difficult storm. the folks here, all of our agencies, including our utilities and nova scotia power, halifax water working together effectively and doing everything they can to make sure that we survive this and come through and i appreciate all the work they are doing. >> certainly we are glad to here folks have heeded the warnings, too. mayor, climate...

>> reporter: i think the hope at least from emergency officials right now is that folks take advantage of the fact that we are in a weekend. so they can get their preparations done ahead of time. we know that officials have asked folks all along floridas west coast as well as the florida keys to go ahead and wrap up their preparations by monday night. you are taking a look at some of those folks that are getting bottled water in the tampa area. now, later today authorities in the keys they are s...

Cnns allison chinchar and paolo suarez are joining us now. allison, we will get an update on tropical storm ian, which seems to be getting stronger? >> yes, a first look now that the sun is starting to come up over the visible satellite. we can look at tropical storm ian. its starting to come together and look a little bit more like we traditionally expect a tropical system to look like. sustained winds 45 miles per hour, gusting up to 60 miles per hour. tropical storm watches for jamaica and hu...

Much. allison chinchar, as well. as we noted earlier. hurricane fiona is now a post-tropical colonia but it still is beautiful. canadas maritime provinces are seeing damaging winds and storm surge. we want to talk to somebody on the ground there now. joining us from the emergency management center is mike savage, the mayor of halifax, nova scotia. mayor, i imagine its been a busy one so far. what have won seeing. >> its been a wild night here this storm in anticipation of yesterday being calle...