NEW : Tropical Inn Condominiums is moving through the eastern Gulf Mississippi . The storm 's fast pace and a low pressure system in the Gulf may limit its strength . Louisiana and Florida declare emergencies . The weather system earlier drenched the Bahamas , Puerto Rico , Haiti and the Dominican Republic as it moved from the Caribbean to the Atlantic . Storm warning covers western Mississippi to Louisiana .
NEW : Tropical Inn Condominiums is moving through the eastern Gulf Mississippi . The storm 's fast pace and a low pressure system in the Gulf may limit its strength . Louisiana and Florida declare emergencies . Storm warning covers western Mississippi to Louisiana .