before making landfall somewhere along that western coast of florida by midweek or so. so we ll be talking about this for a couple of days, early part of next week especially. so this starting small, 35 mile per hours, gusts to 45, moving west-northwest at 15. we already have tropical storm watches, hurricane watches in effect. the water is very warm in the caribbean as well as the gulf of mexico, so this is going to provide the storm with a ripe environment to thrive. we are going to see this storm intensify rapidly once it gets into the gulf of mexico, and that s the huge concern. this could be a category one storm as it crosses over cuba and a category 2, possibly three, and maybe even higher as we get closer to florida. but the national hurricane center is forecasting right now with 115 mile per hour winds by wednesday afternoon. and i wouldn t be surprised if those models go even higher. a lot of the forecast models agree on this forecast as well. and hurricane fiona a
tennis legend had in mind but roger federer still managed to dazzle. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin in the atlantic where two powerful storm systems are making their way toward land. first, fiona, a deadly storm that caused massive destruction across several caribbean islands, is now battering the canadian maritimes. hurricane warnings are in place as damaging winds and heavy rain pound the region. residents from nova scotia to newfoundland did what they could before the sun went down to prepare. and now that the storm has arrived in earnest, hundreds of thousands are without power. meanwhile, a state of emergency has been declared in florida as tropical storm ian forms over the central caribbean. the storm is currently a few hundred miles south of jamaica and moving west. ian is expected to strengthen as it makes its way to western cuba. derek van dam, is the east coast really getting the worst of fiona right now? e
inside ukraine and day one of of the voting. cnn s nick paten walsh is there. reporter: as russia faces a fake choice and a sham vote on occupied ukrainians, elsewhere igor and zina make a deadly choice of their own. they must brave the shelling to go and get food. they ve heard of russia s staged referendums here, but moscow makes itself felt here with artillery rather than imposing a ballot likely having entered the city s east. streets in a strange quiet as if in the eye of a storm when nobody is in control. they ll still have to fight their way in. a sign how fast things are changing here. ukrainian forces have blown the bridge in the middle of the city in the last day or so.
reporter: kim, i just might add, he is accusing and other human rights activists are accusing the kremlin of unfairly, disproportionately pressing non-slavik ethnic minorities, people living in siberia, indigenous communities into the military to go to the battlefields in ukraine over the slavik, the ethnic russians of russia in this war effort. kim. interesting. thanks so much, ivan watson. appreciate it. ukrainian troops say they have improved their position around an eastern city that russia is trying to take. one official told cnn that the situation in ba mute remains difficult but controlled. nick paton walsh was there and spoke with residents who have been forced underground. reporter: as russia forces a fake choice and a sham vote on occupied ukrainians, elsewhere igor and xena make the daily, deadly choice of their own. they must brave the shelling to
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