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state of emergency tonight, it comes as florida is dealing with catastrophic damage from in, at least 17 people dead tonight. there are fears that that number will go up. cnn's chief climate correspondent is bill weir, and he joins me now. bill, hello once again to you. you say this is some of the worst damage you've ever seen in your career. covering these disasters. tell us what you saw? >> well, by that i mean, don, there are certain sort of moments and scenes in storms that are just burned into your brain, katrina for a lot of the reasons that we all know. that was such a man mad...

unclear exactly where ian could hit the rest. forecasters say if tampa takes a direct hit, it could be like nothing seen in this lifetime. in neighboring st. petersburg, the mayor there says it could be the storm they hoped would never come. across the state, people are gassing up, emptying shelves and filling sandbags. we have live team coverage. let's get right to our meteorologist tom saider for the latest timing impacts. tom. >> we have a lot to talk about and it's going to continue to change in the next couple of days, and it very slightly, 20 mile an hour shift in the eye means...

Expect next from in? >> don we have got some changes here. in fact it's been kind of interesting. in the last hour. let me just break this down for everybody. remember, at the beginning of the week, we were watching the tracks that are issued by the national hurricane center every six hours. and since monday, that track continued to trend eastward. and we watched that center leave of course around the tampa area and slide down to the south. we are seeing the same trend now on the atlantic coastline. the truck seems to be trending eastward, or northward up to the carolinas. now at 11 pm hour, w...

Clogged with traffic from texas to alabama. mississippi's governor has declared a state of emergency. his state was also ravaged by katrina. the national weather service is underscoring the dire stakes warning that some places might be, quote, uninhabitable for weeks or months. we are covering all the angles of the approaching hurricane and the growing sense of urgency tonight. let's begin with meteorologist tom sater and the cnn weather center. how is it looking? >> well, we just received the 8:00 p.m. advisory from the national hurricane center. there are some changes, but the track doesn't ...

This will be low tide, in about an hour. we'll be monitoring more of new england for the worst impact, not new york. we'll be here for you, fred, for the durations. >> i love the comparisons of the hallmarks. as we know, all of these storms so unpredictable. we have tom sater tracking this storm right now. what does it look like it has the potential to do? >> if you look at the infrared satellite imagery, it doesn't look very impressive. even though we look at the darker colors, the higher, colder cloud tops, there's still a lot of convective activity. you don't see the energy it's carrying wi...