rainfall. thunder and lightning as well near 59th and bell and to the northwest more heavy rain too along the 303 at this hour. right near happy valley park way. we have a lot to track and more for the rest of the evening here through 8:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m., the chances taper off. in the meantime we could see scattered showers across the area. the ones to the northwest moving in are struggling. they aren't likely to do anything here across the north valley continuing to spread to the south and east so we will track it for you throughout the evening. major new developments happening now, a guessing game, two killers in california who have made a stop in our state. the only good news from the abc 15 live desk the three kids kidnapped by the couple have been found safe in new mexico. 2, 3 and 5 but their mother's

highway last week. shot several times. the two suspects suspects, she is the victim's half sister. call police if you know more. at this home it is illegal, police busted a house of prostitution. took a month to gather enough evidence. detectives say robert richardson hired mya perform sex acts. once more they say he had hidden cameras to monitor the massages. locked up, tonight a 19- year-old accused of shooting a woman at a phoenix apartment complex last week. the victim is an ex-girlfriend. valley man recovering from a gun shot wound and the surgery that followed followed

no arrests yet. abinside look at a -- an inside look at a home where a dozen dogs were just seized. the home owner is not facing charges. deputies say they found two dogs outside the home yesterday in rough shape. they took those two but marva sturgeon would not let deputies inside the home, they got a search warrant and took 11 more abc 15 live desk italy, the death toll 159 after the earthquake burring people alive. rescuers have been digging non- stop for revivers. among the missing includes 3 nuns and officials say at one hotel moments ago they are saying fewer people than they thought might have been staying

they dig through more homes destroyed. tents are being set up for the thousands left without a place to sleep. and an earthquake in myanmar, the death toll at 4 right now but 100 temples have been ruined as well. the earthquake was deep, had it not been that damage would have been worse new information about a series of threats made against a high school. right out to abc's joe bartell. what are you learning? >> reporter: the school district says the trend is troubling. a huge problem and they say they will nip this in the bud. their words tonight. for whatever reason the high school has been targeted by bogus phone calls.

in the area, then today a suspicious 911 call with threats made against the school. the school district says they aren't playing around. investigations are underway. parents and grandparents say this has got to stop. >> i mean, it can't just been once in a blue moon, okay, a kid called it in, what is the reason for this to keep happening on >> a spokesperson told me a letter will be sent home explaining to parents what has been going on. back to you. >> all right. thank you. police hitting the jackpot today, a month's long investigation uncover an illegal internet cafe.

cash. at times the cafe made 8 to $10,000 a week in profit. >> i came by, went to the store -- [ indiscernible ] >> 8 or 9 cops. what the heck? >> they are looking to see if this leads to other busts. from the abc 15 live desk families told to stay inside their homes in indiana. reopening at this moment after 8 tornadoes touched down this afternoon. a dozen people injured. those are minor injuries at this point. most in howard county in a state of emergency. starbucks leveled. everyone is safe.

mike pence cutting campaigning short to turn home to his state tonight. sounds like he canceled his plans for tomorrow and will stay in the state as long as needed to get the communities the resources they need. tracking weather alert, the wind is starting starting to come in in glendale. melissa blasius is live out there right now. what are the conditions? >> reporter: i don't know if you could see the color, how dark the sky is behind the trees blowing in the wind. we had gusty conditions here to the point where we are coming to you by a live phone stream because for safety reasons we had to drop down because the live truck -- [ audio difficulties ] if you are in the glendale area be careful, we have seen wind, dust, and lightning on and off.

monsoon is back and you want to be careful if you are driving. pay attention. if you have things outside, pull them in as well right now in this area as the dark skies and the inside are coming. back to you. all right. the winds gusts, in excess of 45 miles per hour in parts of the valley right now. strongest are the 45 miles per hour wind gusts in scottsdale. gusty winds and heavy rain continues for the next hour two. there is a live look at abc 15 desert doppler with the heaviest rain right now in north phoenix, deer valley and northwest valley. we will get a look at the streets coming up in minutes. massive new developments and abc 15's investigation of serial sewers who essentially sewers -- sue ers.

into them for months. he joins us by phone. what does today's development mean? >> reporter: they pseudo1500 businesses -- sued 1500 businesses and demands thousands to settle and now they are saying, it is not your job, that is our job. the ag office intervened this afternoon. they inserted themselves into the lawsuit and challenging their authority to mass cases. officials say they are trolling for lawsuits and shouldn't be allowed to get fees. they are doing this for their own enrichment. right now they are demanding $7,500 to start from businesses. officials stepped in specifically because of our investigation and the things we uncovered. our reports are cited and they say the motion speaks for itself. it is not clear if they will expand to other cases.

state has a civil investigation open right now but officials haven't ruled out the possibility of a criminal investigation. >> thank you. if you missed any of the abc15 investigators stories you can see them on www.abc15.com/lawsuits. more information on this, new from the abc 15 live desk, it will be an invitation only to donald trump's immigration speech wednesday in the valley. sources tell us there will be no public tickets. he will hold it at the hyatt downtown phoenix. no word on a time. usually hillary clinton who sets off donald trump, tonight it is bill clinton and he made a reference to the meeting at phoenix sky harbor. >> you have bill clinton meeting with the attorney general in the back of an airplane for 39 minutes. and he said they were talking

>> bill clinton is defending the clinton foundation despite a report that a lot of people that met with hillary clinton gave money while she was secretary of state. bill clinton saying if there is something wrong with creating jobs and saving lives i don't know what it is. >> reporter: efforts ramp up to find a killer in the valley who left a victim outside a gym. >> training camp rolls on, larry fitzgerald changing hats, throwing a touchwn training camp, how about the role of coach? coming up we will hear from larry fitzgerald about how he is mentoring. >> and rain in the valley right now. live look, rain drops fall, the showers heavy in north phoenix

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greenway. traffic slow and go as the rain pours down. you can see one emergency vehicle there too. starting to pull away. they may be clearing up. drive safe, slow down and shower activity moves south and southeast across the valley over the next hour or so. here is abc 15 desert doppler right now. you can see some of the heaviest batches that we are watching near sunnyslope and near northwest portions of the we are talking along northern and glendale, sunnyslope area and off to the northwest here. i-17. greenway. to the south. getting slammed right now with the heavy rainfall, stretching to the west, 43 avenue too. it will build towards downtown phoenix over the next hour. we will have updates ahead. sometimes it is you who makes the best detective.

recent case in surprise. police say he stayed off their radar since april. he may know about a 2014 case involving sex with a minor. he used to live in surprise. he has family ties there with california and texas. if you have tips call police. from the abc 15 live desk following new developments on wildfires. six different states. washington state, state, the late state to be declared a state of emergency. the air we breathe, those in vagueerous warned about the bad -- in vegas are warned about the bad air quality. in california, an have i had till tomorrow. . prince fans, his estate will be open for public tours tours and there are plans to turn had property -- the

abc 15 sports brought to you by sanderson ford. >> larry fitzgerald nursing a sore knee the last couple weeks. craig fouhy is live, a 13 year veteran and adapting to a new role again. >> reporter: a few years ago he had to revolve. had to learn how to play in a slot. this year he is nursing a sore knee. no reason to push it, he has been working with the young receivers, playing the role of mentor and coaching something that seems like the right thing to do. >> you have to be able to stay into mentally. running around, seeing the defense looking at the concepts and what is going on. also being a cheerleader.

success. you know, that could be an an asset. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: interesting, when coach was asked do you think he might go into coaching, he said there is no way, he makes too much money and then he paused and said way too much money. there is no way he will be a coach anytime soon. coming up later we will hear from carson palmer about the frustration about he is not ready to push the panic button just yet. >> people saying they will be a great team. >> you can get the ultimate fan experience with ab c 15 and your arizona cardinals. we are giving away tickets to the cards and broncos game on september 1. all you have to do is download the abc 15 mobile app and look for the contest entry for your chance to win. the coyotes have just hired dawn braid as their skating coach and it is a move that is going down in the history books.

history. she worked for several nhl teams, the maple leaves and ducks. back to our weather alert. the rain pours down. not just the rain, in the east valley, having issues with dust. you can see from queen creek dust picking up there. lowering visibilities in this area out there. and hearing reports of that near loop 202 and 101 we will keep an eye on it for you. the showers and thunderstorms that started in the northwest valley are building to the south and southeast. at this point we have thunder and lightning. the heaviest rainfall near camelback and 24th street and to the west, more heavy rain along the sunnyslope area and i- 17, north of dunlap to greenway

101. heavy rain out there in the northwest valley towards lake pleasant parkway too. more shower and thunderstorm activity in the higher terrain, to the northwest of us. lots of lightning as well. this is going to continue a push to the south and keep storm chances in the valley for the next several hours and scattered storms across northern arizona to track for you and a chance for more action up there as we go through the day tomorrow. wind increasing big time storms build in. winds 30 miles per hour in the scottsdale area. coming out of the northeast. northeast of the valley, an outflow boundary of wind into the phoenix metro. speeds pick up and gusts have in up to 45 miles per hour in this area so far. right now scottsdale 43. mesa 40. for the next hour or two gusty winds, blowing dust, rain in

move into parts of the east valley over the next couple hours. into the over night forecast, talking 10:00 p.m. on, looking nicer and mild. 80 degrees in the over night hours. tomorrow drier air moves in. 102 is the high. there is a chance for storms in the higher terrain, went to 30% up there. temperatures below average but we are going to see them heat up. your seven-day forecast coming up in the we are continuing to track the weather threat across the valley. abc's chris go is where they had a lot of rain over the last hour. >> reporter: yeah. things just started to die down. we don't have an active rainfall right now but you can see it is falling in this area. over here, 7th street. you recollect see the puddle building up right here -- you

right here. here is a creek, last week we saw 7th street start to flood. you saw the crews pumping water. that was last week. we haven't seen that today. we have seen a lot of lightning, heard thunder but the rain just starting to die down. we have strong winds right now at the moment and we will into track the storms. for now back to you. >> thank you very much. caught on camera being a crook. this thiefan victims. the special item he took is now back. >> and get hired.

all right. back to our weather alert. a live look outside our abc 15 studios right there as the rain is pouring down. these showers are moving down to the south and southeast. the east valley spots have only had to deal with dust. starting to see rain move in as a live look at loop 101 and 202 interchange. the visibility reduced there as the dust picks up and a blowing dust advisory for pinal county. on the match, it is just south of the valley. two outflow boundaries. the arcing lines in the dark green and gray. i have drawn arrows on them so you can see the direction they are moving to. the dust is moving out of the

open land of southwest maricopa county and pinal county as well. not moving toward phoenix but we are seeing issues in the southeast valley and the blowing dust for pinal county till 7:00 p.m. the crook who stole an important pair of glasses at this business says he is sorry. he sent a friend. you can't see him in the surveillance pictures. the owner isn't goin charges. she is happy they were returned. they wereane memorial box for -- were in a memorial box for a friend. . in order a find good applicants there will be a hiring event tomorrow at the phoenix convention center. showers hitting the valley,

heavy rain, oblowing dust, gusty winds, all of that in the forecast for the next couple hours. your most accurate forecast for

rain, gusty winds, dust, we are seeing it all right now. the loop 202. dust starting to push to the southwest. p away pushing away from the valley. the rain pours down in a lot of valley neighborhoods. abc 15 desert doppler, we will zoom in to the spots getting wet. a pop up over chandler. near chandler boulevard. the heaviest stuff across north phoenix and now that is building to the south near the airport and pushing towards tempe as well.

seeing thunder and lightning in the sunny lope area and heavy rain along i-17 as well near dunlap. to the northwest, the heaviest rain right now and over the last 30 minutes and we will track more activity that is just to the northwest right now. lots of thunder and lightning with this. approaching lake pleasant and it could send gusty winds and more rain into the valley over the next hour or so. thin mean time all of the showers -- in the mean time the showers and thunderstorms kicked out high winds. you see towards the end of the loop, the blowing dust advisory. the areas outlined in the tan color. not for the phoenix metro but for other portions of maricopa county and pinal county and it is extended till 8:00 p.m. a lot to track and coming up we will take you through your work

went on the attack in dallas month killing 5 police officers. he showed signs ofimateicide when he came -- of ptsd when he came back from afghanistan. suffered from insomnia, paranoia and panic attacks and angry all the time. he was giverren information about a ptsd -- given info he was killed with the bomb that was delivered by a robot after his shooting spree. looking for answers in chandler after a murder and a body found outside an la fitness. tomorrow police will canvas the area talking to businesses and communities around the gym. we are hearing from the people who had to pull him out of his car trying to save his life before they realized he was

>> he has the keys in the ignition but he never started started the car. the doors are still open. >> there is a $1,000 reward in this case if you know anything, please give police a call. severe weather we are dealing with right now. joe bartell is on the 10 right now and i don't know need ask you what it looks like. we are looking at your live picture right now. >> reporter: yeah. it off the 10, near 102. we are not even doing the speed limit, 60 miles per hour, it is coming down in sheets. both directions here. dark skies above it. thunder. you can hear the rain pounding on the windshield how it the microphone right now. take it slow and easy. rain soaking the 202 through

>> all right. live look at abc 15 desert doppler. he is in the thick of it as we get the streets labeled here for you. that is where the heaviest rainfall is. talking along the 143 and near 143 interchange with the 202. heading to the southeast. it will start to move towards mill avenue shortly. we will keep tracking that for you and we have several others to keep our eye on. your full forecast is minutes away. updating power outages right now that are just coming in. they are not specifying at this point if it is weather related. it will be out till 8:10 p.m. tonight. 1800 people without power. this is 16th street to 19th avenue. dobbins to southern. 1800 people without power. and i am tracking it will be back on at 8:10 p.m.

donald trump is headed to the valley to give a major policy speech on immigration next week. the are hints he may be softening its stance. abc's jason valentine has the story. >> reporter: coming to arizona is strateg frequent donald trump. right now he leads -- strategic for donald trump. right now he leads hillary clinton. the question is will his message to arizona give him a boost. >> no, i am not flip-flopping. we want to come up with a fair and firm answer. >> reporter: here is what hispanic leaders heard. >> in terms of his latest position they are unclear. we don't know what he means. >> reporter: he will add clarity wednesday when he gives

but the arizona hispanic chamber of commerce doesn't think it will matter. >> we will see this as an act of desperation. saying what he thinks he has to say. >> the speech had been planned for tomorrow in colorado, while it will be greeted with mixed reviews, this is definitely the right place. >> you come to arizona, you have people like sheriff joe arpaio show up and this is the message. >> reporter: jason valentine, abc 15. sometimes we fi and sometimes the news finds us. we are right in the thick of this severe weather that we are dealing with. abc's navideh forghani up on our roof. >> reporter: i am protected up top but down below i am soaked. obviously didn't get my rain boots. the rain is coming down. coming down steady for the last 30 minutes. thunder, lightning. it looked clear to the west but just north of us, the clouds

you can tell the storm is coming towards us and heading south. hopefully it lets up soon and hoping drivers around here on the 202 are slowing down and being safe, it will be slick, it will be dangerous. just be careful. back to you. i just told you about this power outage. we have another one near queen creek. power back on 8:35 p.m. effecting 1500 people. specifically sierra vista drive, pima road. we will keep you updated. much more on our developing

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a traffic alert from the abc 15 live desk. in the middle of rush hour.

blocked. southbound lanes with the left a lane because of a motorcycle crash. a reminder to be careful out there as you travel. it was pouring in the area earlier. abc 15 live drive in the thick of it. the showers are thickening up near the 143 and 202. as we zoom in. there it is. we are tracking another heavy batch across the northwest valley right now from the 101 to the northwest, past the 303 and blowing dust advisories in effect across maricopa county and pinal county. these are not for the phoenix metro but they are in effect to the west, to the southwest and to the southeast in pinal county till 8:00 p.m. tonight. coming up in minutes more on what to expect for the rest of

traffic alerts and power outages and now let's enjoy the beautiful rain. a vure sending this -- a viewer sending this in. thank you for sending it in. watching the news and shot this

videos. rain and then a rainbow. thank you for sending this in. all pictures and videos help us tell the weather story so send them into share@abc15.com. color in the sky there. >> love it. this is the fence to chapter camera. showers pouring down -- phoenix children's hospital. showers pouring down. heavy pocket of rain there that is from the loop 202 between mill and the 143 to the south at this hour. and then more to the northwest, more thunder and lightning, northwest of the valley, that could move down into our northwest valley cities here over the next hour. we will keep tracking that for you. you see the blowing dust advisories on the map. outlet lined in the tan. in effect till 8 -- out lined in the tan.

it is heading down into places like gila bend, casa grande, dust picking up and clearing out of the east valley as the rain showers continues into the evening forecast. and incredible wind gusts here. 45 miles per hour. right now looking at sustained winds, strongest in scottsdale, 36 miles per hour winds out of the northeast and gusts 45 miles per still gusty winds and that will be medium threat range with any of the showers and thunderstorms that develop over the next couple hours. dust threat from at this point on low in the phoenix metro. hail threat low as well. more pockets of heavy rain could lead to localized flooding. a few neighborhoods could see a little bit. future cast into tomorrow for, the valley, much drier. that will be the case to the

for spotty showers in the higher terrain and we will see temperatures below average. right now seeing them drop because of the rain. phoenix sky harbor 93 degrees. deer valley, cave creek, fountain hills in the 80s. parts of the south valley and to the west still in the triple digits. 60 sedona. flagstaff 63. show low 66. lows tonight 59 payson. 58 winslow. across the state tomorrow, temperatures in the 70s along the rim. mid-80s payson, sedona and prescott. triple digits for us but a little bit below average. valley city by city. 100 gilbert tomorrow. carefree 96. luke air force base 101 and 102 in glendale and laveen. 70s and 80s in the morning. 10:00 a.m.

friday 99 and monsoonal moisture makes a come back to the valley. we will see a 20% chance for showers and thunderstorms friday and saturday as humidity levels climb. and temperatures get hotter next week. in indiana, so many have friends and family there, we are staying on top of this story and the devastation after 8 tornadoes touched down. we just learned schools will be closed t damage. and as we told you earlier state of emergency for that area, the city and the county. a destructive scene there. clean up will just be beginning tomorrow. they are not out of the clear year. we will keep you updated. whatever it takes to get the job done. police say this man robbed several area circle k stores

he was busted outside the circle k. phoenix police making a young diamondbacks fan a happy girl. the 10-year-old backpack and school supplies were stolen. the responding officers knew she was a baseball fan by her diamondbacks shirt. they surprised her with a new bag. >> when we gave her the her team showed an interest in her. helping her out. it was a lot of fun. >> huge thank you to the officers for going out of their way for the young fan. you may not know the maker but you should know all the brand names it is sold under. >> bought your glucosamine at

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if you know her call police. all right. gorgeous colors in our skies. valley cam. showersin the northwest valley. you can see the screaks in the -- the streaks in the sky. it is just a halo in the background there. a blowing dust advisory in effect for pinal county and southwest portions of maricopa county and maricopa county to the west of the valley till 8:00 p.m. northwest valley at this hour. give it an hour tops, maybe an hour and a half and then we will be done for the evening and forecast looks drier for tomorrow. >> and the power outage in queen creek cleared up. south mountain is still going on. 1800 people, 8:00 p.m.

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