russia. we will look at how the vote could have a real impact on the war. canadians now are preparing for what could be the strongest storm ever to hit the eastern coast of nova scotia. we are tracking hurricane fiona at the cnn weather center. plus. walking out on court. having the chance to play with the likes of raf or novak in the past has been an amazing experience for me. tennis great roger federer gets ready to say good-bye to the sport. we have a look at the final match today. it s 10:00 a.m. across ukraine where occupied parts of the country are voting today on whether to become a part of russia. ukraine and the west call the referendums a sham. but, the votes could result in russia annexing about 15% of ukraine s territory already controlled by russian armed forces. vladimir putin s mobilization of 300,000 russians to join the fight is already underway across the country. video from social media shows families in the country s far east saying tearful good-byes
zaporizhzhia. people in the war torn regions are being asked if they wish to join the russian federation. ben wedeman is tracking the latest annexation live. how is all of this expected to play out, ben? reporter: well, i mean, it s a good question, christine, whether to call it a vote. this is going on from today until the 27th of september. the last day will be in person voting. before that people were getting many people in these regions will be getting a knock on the door and be presented with a ballot box. in some regions the ballot is only in russian. in other areas, in kherson region, 50% of the population has fled because of the war. so it s very dubious about how credible the outcomes will be. you called it a sham. most people are calling it a sham outside those russian occupied parts of ukraine. in fact, ukrainian officials are calling on people to boycott these referenda. the results will be announced several days after the closing of ballot boxes, if we can ev
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And what it s capable here across the eastern gulf of mexico as well. reporter: you have been tracking this. any sense of the timing when we ll start seeing some of the real effects of this? it s always very interesting. it s very humid. it feels like a regular summer day here in florida. right. we know we re watching it inch closer and closer and closer. you said et well earlier. this is the last few hours that people have to prepare their property and to evacuate in those mandatory evacuation zones as well. so just before sunrise we ll have the first bands approach the southern florida peninsula. then they ll slowly creep up and reach us here in clearwater midday today and that s when we start to see the intermittent tropical storm-force winds. it will be overnight and into the day on wednesday. that s when we expect the most power from the storm to really ramp up. wow, if you re on the east side of that center of this particular hurricane, that is where we re going to watch
Florida s gulf coast is on high alert this morning as tropical storm adahlia churns towards the state. a white house official telling cnn that fema is pre-deploying emergency personnel to florida today. the storm is expected to intensify into a category 2 hurricane before directly hitting florida wednesday. hurricane and storm surge watches are in effect along the state s west coast, including tampa bay. cnn meteorologist derek van dam joins us now. derek, the time to prepare has to be now, is that right? yeah, without a doubt, because we anticipate the earliest arrival of tropical storm force winds across the southern florida peninsula, roughly about 6:00 a.m. on tuesday. and as you head a little further north, north of tampa bay into the big bend area, we re talking about roughly 4 to 12 p.m. on tuesday. you don t want to be setting up your hurricane-proof shutters,