people are getting ready, and states of emergency are in place in three states. what can we expect? our coverage begins with matt gutman. reporter: hurricane and tropical storm watches are posted from southeast louisiana to florida asose for tropical storm karen. ilf, nea quarterf ouis d oil and gas platforuate quarterf ouis d oil and gas platforuate notable for its lack of hurricanes. predictions were dire, 18 storms, eight hurricanes but -lore s no cominin it een no cominin normal. reporter: the only storm to make landfall in the u.s. this year is t back in june, it hit florida and pe ea late season storms can be deadly. since then they have bee keeping records. 53 formed in october, 17 of them major. one of the worst, superstorm sandy, which tore a path through
24 states, killing 117. while the gulf is bracing for a late-season hurricane, further north the upper midwest and late-season hurricane, further north the upper midwest and rockies are gearing up for their the next 72 hours will bring one to two feet of snow in matman, with a big winter storm and potential hurricane in the forecast, we turn now to accu-weather. our coverage continues with the latest from meteorologist the m. est from meteorologist jim? reporter: good mornjohn and diana. here s karen looking at the acr thaof mexico. continuing to make its way not expected to be a major hurane ste it is fghti sheer. the wind sheer i approaches the coa going to make a turn to the nor likely making landfall ornlonghe fridlandfall panhandle. what can we expect, tropical storm-force winds. a wide area seeing that along the coast. see minimal storm surge with this flooding rainfall inland as it moves north and east. also here today, an active weather day across the country. strong low