CHETRY: The Texas coast bracing for what could be a serious blow by Hurricane Ike. The National Guard is on standby. A million people could be evacuated from the Rio Grande Valley. CNN's Rob Marciano is tracking the storm, right now a Category 1, but it's going to be gaining strength most likely as it heads through the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.</s>ROB MARCIANO, AMS METEOROLOGIST: It does look that way, Kiran. There's not a whole lot to stop it from gaining strength as far as the atmosphere is concerned. As far as the ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, is concerned, it's about to go over some warm currents. So when that happens, we do expect it to gain strength. It's not moving terribly fast. That gives it a little bit more time to generate some strength. It's about 900 miles still from Corpus Christi. But it will pick up some steam as it picks up some strength. Here we go tonight, Category 2 storm is what we expect and then tomorrow night a Category 3 storm and then as we head towards Friday night into Saturday morning, a Cat 3 potentially making landfall along -- somewhere along the Texas coastline. Pretty much everybody's in the cone with the exception maybe of the Golden Triangle and Sabine Pass here right along the border of Louisiana and Texas. But this looks to be a fairly serious situation. We had Dolly in a similar spot. But that was a minimal Category 2. A Category 3 is a heck of a lot worse. We'll try not to get to that stage, Kiran, but it's got a lot of time to strengthen before it hits Texas in the next couple of days. Back to you in New York.</s>CHETRY: All right, Rob, thanks.</s>MARCIANO: All right.</s>ROBERTS: It is a big job but someone has to do it. Scientists in Switzerland tried to unlock the mysteries of the universe by re- creating the "Big Bang." You're watching the "Most News in the Morning."
Texas on Alert for Hurricane Ike