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>> jon: evacuation orders in place across southern louisiana now as that state braces for hurricane ida. the storm is set to strengthen into a category 4 monster before making landfall late tomorrow or early monday. senior correspondent live in baton rouge, louisiana now. casey? >> jon, good evening. the storm is coming down to louisiana. 24 hours from now, tomorrow, it will look very different here. right now you can see the last-minute efforts to get sandbags put together. folks drive up here in baton rouge, grab a shovel and make their own bags. another dump truck just left dropping off mor...

The mayor of palm beach county, florida, mac bernard, joins me now on the phone. thank you for talking with us. >> thank you for having me, rosemary. >> as your state braces for hurricane dorian. you have some evacuations for some structures and made shelters available. where do things stand right now? >> well, right now, the evacuations were for two zones in palm beechl county. that's for mobile homes and our substandard housing and low-lying areas that are prone to water intrusion and the barrier islands. we opened up nine shelters. we also opened up a special needs shelter for our most vuln...

Address. she will receive an order recognizing her achievements in public service. rob: back to the story of the day, extreme weather alerts, a mile wide tornado demolishes homes, leaves a dozen people hurt. look at this tornado outside kansas city. jillian: dangerous weather stretching from the midwest to the northeast. watch as this tornado uproots a tree in pennsylvania. rob: homes underwater in oklahoma as that state braces for more severe flooding. jillian: janice dean joins us with catastrophic weather that will not stop. >> it is coming to a end. this is probably another day of the same...

Barnett in his hunkering down and it's too late. officials say the 27 shelters in naples are full. you need to seek higher ground, stay away from windows if you decide to stay along the coast. train to thank you so much. we will check back in shortly. >> this fox news alert at 7:00. hurricane irma right now just moments away from it making landfall and heading straight at the gold coast. >> hundreds of thousands of people without power as the entire state braces for the worst of the storm that is 30 killed at least 25 people in the caribbean. time now for evacuation pretty much over. >> do not...

Flood watches in effect for california as that state braces for el ninostorms that could dump a foot of rain. william is in malibu. >> reporter: we have first el nino, we could use 60 days of rain. that is the malibu pier. we have three major storms coming off of the pacific today, tomorrow and thursday and we are hoping for four inches of rain here in los angeles. and that is more than typically the month of january and two feet of storm in the mountains of southern california. and now why is that important? california gets a third of the rain from its water and third from groundwater and thi...