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How things seem to have escalated quite _ how things seem to have escalated quite quickly. this is been at the top of— quite quickly. this is been at the top of most of the news agenda around — top of most of the news agenda around the world now. especially nato countries for the last couple of weeks. — nato countries for the last couple of weeks, months. but really over the last— of weeks, months. but really over the last week we've seen it strengthening, strength and this week, _ strengthening, strength and this week, we — strengthening, strength and this week, we visit to moscow a...

Of year. so, we could see it strengthening. we could see it even being upgraded to a hurricane. we're going to watch that very closely over the next 24 hours. i stopped the clock here because notice where we expect this landfall. on the western portion of the state. so, somewhere around tampa. again, still uncertain at this hour. that will happen sometime tuesday and wednesday. i think the big takeaway here is we are looking at rain certainly in florida. we are looking at wind. those will be the biggest impacts. today, the heavy rain impacts cuba. increasing winds in clarita florida state. the...

>> we're going to lose electricity. the roads ar >> reporter: tonight parts of the outer ghost town, residents and tourists hng officials have a warning. >> if you can't get out and something happens to you, until the weather stops it could be a while before we're able to get to you at all. >> reporter: as you can see the beach is empty. we're already seeing the skies darken a bit and the wind and waves beginning to pick up but things expected to get much, much worse as we go through the next 24 to 48 hours. lester all right. kristen dahlgren, thanks let's bring in al roker for the latest on...

Storm. this is what it looks like on enhanced satellite, it's a little storm but it's packing a punch. we are tracking the 75 mile per hour winds, no you a category 1 storm, we are getting reports of hurricane force winds in st. thomas, watches and warnings have been posted. we have a tropical storm warning in puerto rico. we could see hurricane conditions by the day and tomorrow north of the bahamas. let's take a look at the track of this storm. we only see it strengthening. it jogged to the north last night, that means it's staying over the open waters of the atlantic, that's all it needs, t...

Houston, keep in mind that these storms are not just little points, they are very big storms going in towards the landmass. it is also very warm, and that is the fuel that we need here, so there is no reason why we couldn't see it strengthening, even potentially a category four, these are some of our models, going in a straight line, ignore that one, towards the texas coast, then watch what happens after that, goes all the way towards tuesday, you see all of these things here, that is our big problem, one storm, we are going to have a storm surge, the other will be the prolonged period of rain...