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Florida is preparing for a surge in Haitian refugees amid the unrest in the country which has so far displaced more than 15,000 people.

Alabama/florida border. a tornado hit southeast alabama and additional tornadoes are in the area. give us the state of play where you are and around the region. >> reporter: well, a lot of people in new orleans are grateful that the $16 billion that have been invested in the levees and pumps a and drains and gates to stop low lying areas of new orleans from flooding worked. the one issue in new orleans that we didn't face from this hurricane was flooding. we have another problem and i'm here at the entergy new orleans power station. it stopped. there's no electricity transmission going out. wh...

Warnings for the surge to go all the way to florida border, including mobile bay. notice how the warnings are not just on the coastline. this is saltwater inundation that goes several miles inland. in fact, we're going to be watching like in morgan escity where the surge is expected 10 to 15. this is not like katrina where in cases 17, we had 20, 24-foot storm surges in areas. that was more of a vulnerability problem with the levee system. this is going to cause problems. now, the city of new orleans can handle the surge. the risk reduction system that they have. they spent $20 billion and the...

The time you go to bed tonight, you need to be where you intend to ride this storm out. >> right now ida is a category-two intensity but is expected to strengthen overnight. intensity is far from the only concern. forecasters say ida's sheer size is also a worry. with a storm surge that could measure 15 feet, jefferson parish has closed its floodgates. storm warnings have been issued as far east as the alabama/florida border. ida eventually could bring more rain to middle tennessee and to a town still reeling from intense flash floods. around 15 inches of rain fell in a six-hour period last sa...

Temperatures 100 degrees or higher and that's raising concern about already dire drought conditions that could lead to another devastating wildfire season. >> it is a different problem in the gulf coast, rain and lots of it, weather warnings are up from louisiana to the alabama/florida border as storm season takes shape now. let's get the latest from meteorologist tyler malden who joins us live. what should we expect? >> we are looking at tropical storm warning in effect from fort walton beach, florida tor, to louisiana. we are dealing with the same situation we had last year. we're picking up...