for a rematch. and we begin this hour with tropical storm ian, and that s churning in the caribbean and getting stronger as it heads north towards cuba. now, ian, is expected to reach hurricane status monday before hitting western cuba. officials say they re expecting strong winds, heavy rain, and dangerous storm surges. now, ian then expected to turn into a major hurricane tuesday and forecast to hit the florida coast some time later this week. now, people in florida as you can imagine already preparing for ian. florida s governor has activated 2,500 national guard troops. tampa residents, meantime, are filling sandbags you see them there to try and prevent that flooding. and emergency management officials preparing for storm surges. we are loading and by the day we would have loaded 360 trailers and more than 2 million meals and more than 1 million gallons of water ready to be sent into impacted areas. you need to be prepared for sheltering in place. you may lose po
putin s plan to mobilize thousands more troops for his war in ukraine. and a historic election in italy where the most far-right ruling coalition since mussolini looks set to tak e power. and we begin this hour with tropical storm ian that s churning in the caribbean and gaining strengthen as it moves towards cuba. now it s expected to rapidly intensify before hitting western cuba with strong winds and dangerous storm surges. now, ian is expected to turn into a major hurricane tuesday and forecast to hit florida midweek. people in florida are already preparing for the storm, filling sandbags trying to prevent flooding. here s more now from the mayor. of course there s a high degree of worry whenever we have a named storm that we are in the trajectory or in the path of that storm. but we are preparing. you know, we like to rehearse and practice for these, but we certainly don t want it be on the main stage of ian. now, floridians are stocking up on emergency essentials
coast. meantime more than 50% of puerto rico now has electricity finally nearly a week after fiona slammed into that island. the storm s initial hit knocked out the island s entire power grid. puerto rico s government says now 825,000 customers and nearly 80% of its hospitals have regained power once again. and to the philippines now, which is still reeling after being slam by a super typhoon sunday. noru has since been downgraded to a regular typhoon, but catastrophic flooding has filled streets right across the country destroying homes and making cleanup increasingly hard for residents. at least five rescue workers have reportedly died due to the storm. on sunday the storm battered the philippines with high waves amid that downpour. the philippine national weather service says it s the strongest typhoon the region has seen this year. heated protests have erupted in some of russia s ethnic
putin s plan to mobilize thousands more troops for his war in ukraine. and a historic election in italy where the most far-right ruling coalition since mussolini looks set to tak e power. and we begin this hour with tropical storm ian that s churning in the caribbean and gaining strengthen as it moves towards cuba. now it s expected to rapidly intensify before hitting western cuba with strong winds and dangerous storm surges. now, ian is expected to turn into a major hurricane tuesday and forecast to hit florida midweek. people in florida are already preparing for the storm, filling sandbags trying to prevent flooding. here s more now from the mayor. of course there s a high degree of worry whenever we have
there s always that guessing game. three or four days out from landfall to the united states certainly a lot could change. the margin of error that far-out over 100 miles. across portions of of the cayman islands the storm sits about 350 miles southwestern tip thereof cuba where we think landfall is possible as early as early tuesday morning. and notice hurricane warnings have been prompted across this region as well. the biggest concern with the storm system is it has every single element needed to flourish in this environmental condition. in fact, the warmest oceanic temperatures anywhere are in direct path here with sea temperatures well into the 80s. so it is going to strengthen. that s a concern. notice the storm surge threat, 9 to 14 feet. storm surge is the number one killer in all tropical systems, the most destructive feature is that elevated water level that