Tropical Storm Isaac is set to become Hurricane Isaac in the coming days and continue on its path of devastation as a strong category 2 hurricane. By late Tuesday Isaac is expected to have reached about 105 mph - bordering on a category 3 hurricane.

Isaac has already canceled Monday's agenda for the Republican National Convention and has already brought rain and strong winds to the south Florida regions. However, it will continue to gain power as it moves on its path over the warm Gulf of Mexico waters.

A Category 2 hurricane can top sustained winds of 96 to 110 mph, so Isaac will be bordering on a category 3 if it reaches the 105 mph experts currently expect.

Winds will be "enough to knock you over," said U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) spokesman Dennis Feltgen.

The NHC has predicted that Isaac could hit somewhere between Florida and Louisiana in the coming few days. Some have started to highlight the similarities between Isaac's estimated track and that of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2005 and killed more than 1,800 people and caused billions in damages.

Isaac is continuing to strengthen in power, but has also grown into a massive storm; its tropical storm conditions are currently affecting areas 200 miles out from its center. So even regions near the center of the storm will be hit by strong winds and extensive rainfall, and flooding is one of the core concerns for many places near Isaac's current track.

Hurricane warnings have been issued for areas along the Gulf coast from the east of Morgan City, La., to Destin, Fla., including metropolitan New Orleans.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency in the state, saying that 15 low-lying parishes outside New Orleans' newly built, $14.5 billion flood defense system would likely be under mandatory evacuation orders by Monday.

"There's really nothing that's going to stop this storm from forming and from strengthening," Reuters quoted Jindal as saying.