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

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 without power....

It's also not just the surface. even as you start to go down tens of feet, that ocean heat content is also extremely warm. that's 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 from apalachicola to key west is a possibility for landfall. we will keep a close eye on it in the co...

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 scientists pointed out it's more likely that areas in the northeast like yours are going to experie...

>> 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 florida's 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 set to decide whether visitors and people who live in mobile wilhomes will be skod to evacuate. wher...