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. forecasting right now with 115 mile per hour winds by wednesday afternoon. and i wouldn t be surprised if those winds go even higher. a lot of the forecast models agree on this forecast as well. and hurricane fiona and expected to be the largest storm to hit the nova scotia area in almost 350 years. when is that s
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
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.
cnn s nick paten walsh is there. reporter: as russia faces a choice in a sham vote, elsewhere iggor 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 vote here with artillery rather than imposing a ballot rather than having entered. 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. russian forces getting close.