john berman is off. hurricane ian now churning in the caribbean with 75 mile an hour winds. the storm s path is uncertain and that has all of florida preparing for a major hurricane. people are waiting in long lines outside of stores. they are looking to stock up on supplies while they can. essential items like bottled water flying off store shelves. residents are prepping homes and business bes for the heavy rain, strong winds and storm surge expected to come their way. ron desantis already declaring an emergency for the entire state activate ing the national guard and a hurricane watch has been issued along the west coast of florida including the tampa bay area. carlos swau resident is watching preparations. we have chad myers standing by in atlanta. let s start with carlos who are is live for us near a sandbag distribution center. tell us about some of these preparations. reporter: good morning the storm preparations are well underway. schools have been closed through
hurricane making a likely turn to florida. governor desantis urged residents to prepare for possible evacuation saying now s the time to stock up on sandbags, water, medication. cnn is covering the storm. carlos suarez is in tampa but i want to start with tom sater in the cnn weather center. i guess there will be states of emergency along the gulf coast. we are not there yet why this looks like a big and potentially very scary storm. it will be the first hurricane to make landfall in mainland u.s. this year but a major hurricane and it is going to carry all the characteristics on land. i know everyone from pensacola to cape coral wants to know. we just don t know yet. satellite imagery, the visual imagery, looks good. circulation. a center. yucatan in mexico. hurricane huntered this morns had a hard time finding the center. again even if the center moves about 15, 20 miles in either direction that changes the end goal and the track. this is where it is concerning. warmest w
and the collapse of kremlin troops in the east does not mean they are good. weather could radically affect the battlefield, and keeps top allies when the conflict is not over. here is the u.s. president tuesday when asked if the ukraine s counteroffensive is a turning point in the war. the question is it s hard to tell. it s clear the ukrainians have made significant profit u.s.. but it s gonna be a long haul. among the liberated cities of eastern, ukraine izium russian logistics hub after is captured by russian ukrainian forces. here s more in an exclusive report. it has been a stunning advance. ukrainians route of russian invaders has recaptured 6000 square climbers, ukraine s president. says this land was held by russia just a few days ago. now, it s providing a rich harvard to ukraine s army of abandoned russian equipment. the russian z symbol painted over. the guns ready to kill russians. the recapture of izyum, a strategic prize, accelerated by precision strik
you can see sustained winds are still 45 miles per hour gusting up to 60 miles per hour, still trying to get itself fully organized, but it is going to be heading into a more favorable environment in the next 24 to 48 hours, lower wind shear, lower sea surface temperatures. you have tropical storm watches for jamaica but hurricane watches for areas of the cayman islands. that s because in the short term we anticipate that storm will strength sboon a category 1, maybe a category 2 as it s crossing over the cayman islands. further strengthening is expected as it crosses over cuba and into the eastern portion of the gulf of mexico. then we anticipate it s going to make that right-hand turn back towards florida. at this point, the cone is very large. we are talking anywhere from destin, florida, all the way down just north of key west, still an option at this point. so, basically, if you live anywhere in florida, you need to go ahead and make those preparations just because of th
florida s governor just declared a state of emergency as floridians brace for a potential midweek hurricane. plus fiona packed a punch in canada overnight, communitied still flooded at this hour. and is a reception inevitable? new data is fuelling new fears. you re in the cnn newsroom. in coastal canada it is clear many residents will be spending it in total darkness. hundreds of thousands are without power after hurricane force winds swept through the region earlier today. though it s been downgraded to a cyclone, it s one of the strongest storms to hit canada s atlantic coast. it swamped the beach on prince edward island. police tweeted photos of destruction there. even as fiona fizzles, tropical storm ian is raising alarms throughout the caribbean and gulf of mexico. ron desantis declared a state of emergency with ian predicted to hit the state as a category 4 hurricane next week. le no rest for the weary here. what s the latest? the very latest from the national hurri