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place for 24 counties in the storm's path, and is urging people across the state to start getting ready. we have team coverage tracking tropical storm ian. cnn's carlos suarez is covering storm preparations and meteorologist allison chinchar is in the weather center. you have a new update from the national weather center? >> we did. a good look now, sunlight for several hours, what this storm looks like on visible satellite. it's starting to come together. you see signs that the storm is beginning to strengthen even though the winds haven't jumped all that much. sustained winds 45 mi...

miles per hour, gusting up around 60 miles per hour. with this storm, you have tropical storm watches in effect for jamaica and hurricane watches for cayman islands. that's because looking at the frarsz we anticipate that this storm will become a category 1 storm maybe even as high as a category 2 storm as it's crossing over the cayman islands. it is then expected to intensify further as it makes its way up towards cuba and crosses into the eastern portion of the gulf of mexico. at that point, perhaps, it could get into that major hurricane strength. here's the thing, though. a lot o...

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 driving wind downing trees and breaking power lines. in novema scotia 300,000 customs are with...

you can see sustained winds are still 45 miles per hour gusting up to 60 miles per hour, still trying to get itself fully organized, but it is going to be heading into a more favorable environment in the next 24 to 48 hours, lower wind shear, lower sea surface temperatures. you have tropical storm watches for jamaica but hurricane watches for areas of the cayman islands. that's because in the short term we anticipate that storm will strength sboon a category 1, maybe a category 2 as it's crossing over the cayman islands. further strengthening is expected as it crosses over cuba and i...