#w0r8d of pure imagination -- world of pure imagination. remembering geen wilder. >> we begin with tropical depression number 9. let's start with steve jerve. the rain we're a few days away from that. >> we will have to be patient as we have been through the week and weekend. it's not been updwraded to a tro storm yet. this is our imagery and the best way to try to detect where the center of the system could possibly bement according to the national hurricane ssh be. according to the national hurricane center social security -- national hurricane center it's south of key west right now. a rough idea of where the fix would be at this point. 35 mile per hour winds.

tropical depression number 9. last week it was invest 99l. an area of high pressure. most of the models agree there will be some northeasterly turn here. you can see the line right there. this line right here gives you a rough idea as to when the timing would be for this. that's with 60 mile per hour winds which is better for us in terms of strength because the southern side would be where the ster potential coastal flooding and moisture being brought in. that's the concern. couple of other things. tropical depression 8 could become a tropical storm for the carolinas. gaston is a hurricane but not e effecting us at all. lot of wind sheer and dry air that blanks space to the northwest of the sewn ter of the system -- center of the

hurricane hunter aircraft flying out of the air force base in tampa still out there. 41 mile per hour wind gusts so far. could strengthen into a tropical storm sometime tomorrow. we'll continue to watch that closely, guys. . >> there's steve and we'll have an update in 15 minutes. well counties all over the bay area are offering sandbags as people prepare for up to seven inches of rain. many people are holding jeff patterson continues the team coverage and is live from pasco county. sdwref, today -- jeff, today was a rainy day. >> yeah good evening jc penney. this is scout -- jen. this is scout lake behind me. a light drizzle right now. last year this was a much different picture. >> we are standing in a lot of flood water.

saur some fish in here -- saw some fish in here this morning. >> water flooding valerie's yard and pool. to set the scene that is supposed to be scout lake right there. this is the pool. >> this is what it should look like. today things look much different. >> and this is where you were last year. we were walking through this. it came up as high as this. >> but it took valerie and her neighbors months to recover. washer, and drier has to be replaced. >> they complained to county commissioners and she believes steps have been taken to prevent future flooding. >> they are working on issues so i think we're okay and the lake is low because we haven't had the same rain as last year. but also i think they're being proactive since last year's flooding. >> but flooding is a concern in

hillsborough river and came to load up on sandbags just in case. >> we want to make sure all of the debris is cleared out by the curb so the water will flow the storm drainment when we had that series of hurricanes i was out there in a poncho with a rake pulling the debris down so the water could flow. i think that's important. >> yeah. let me put it several feet down from where i'm standing this is valerie's home where i was standing last year in basically knee-deep water. she saved some sandbags from last year. but there are a number of locations that have them. i urge you to go to wfla.com and check out all of the locations and what you need to bring to get those sandbags and their hours of operation.

raised cane with the county what did they do to prevent future problems. >> kind of important, jen. they put a pipe in here that will keep scout lake down below a certain level if the lake gets above that level the water can be pumped away from here hopefully protecting these homes and this neighborhood. some people had to move out. street problems still here because of the flooding last year. they don't want that again. thanks jeff. breaking news right now. gene wilder has passed away. he was the star of willy won ca and the chocolate factory. young frankenstein and blazing saddles. his nephew says he died from complications of ats high mer's disease. -- alzheimer's disease.

barista fired for refusing to serve a police officer. >> the place is called tropical smoothie cafe. two officers went to that store and they say the man behind the counter commented hell no i'm not serving them. the employee tells us it was a big misunderstanding. many online they disagree. >> former tral cafe employee jake says he was in a bad mood. >> but the man in uniform stopped in for food sunday. >> i said no i don't want to take their orders and yes i informed him they were cops but i informed him no matter what. >> leatherberry posted to facebook but declined to comment.

walked out to avoid any extra sauces in our food. >> i was totally shocked. i had no idea this was happening until after the fact. we did take care of it immediately. >> management fired jake an employee that didn't impress the winter haven police department much. >> you don't make statements like that. >> i shouldn't have said anything knowing what's going on with cops in our country right no i understand why it's so big and gone viral so fast but it was a big misunderstanding. >> misunderstanding or not the restaurant trying to smoothie over the negative press. >> this is not how we operate. i just want everybody to take my apology sincerely and to all the law enforcement officers please feel free to come to my store. >> we put this story on our

like richard. would have fired him right on the spot. not a big fan of police officers but this was correct. you have to sfsh the customers. tropical smoothie management acted swiftly and appropriately. they sent the message that this behavior will not be tolerated. we want to hear what you have to say so head to our page or tweet us at wfla. lot of people talking. florida theme parks responding to the threat of zika virus. they are offering free repellant. disney world sea world and universal are making sure guests have access throughout the parks. bukch guard -- busch gardens also has repellant.

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your can see the shower activity from north to south moving quickly. some offshore and sections of around lake county mt. door all of that continues to race across the state. a few showers from east to west in hernando and citrus. the central sections of pinellas county seeing downpour. thundersto and south of de soto county. forecast for 7:00 a.m. 70 degrees. 85 at noon tomorrow. a similar day to today. 90 for a high temperature at 4:00. temps warm today. of course we expect that higher humidity in august. the good thing is with the clouds we've seen the easterly flow and the occasional showers

held down a bit. humidity is quite a bit high at this point but we do expect that in august given the time of year. tropical depression number 9 the center of which is southwest to the center of key west. roughly in this area. i talk about an exposed center because we're seeing winds sheer pushing the clouds to the south. that tends to interact with land areas on the northern part of cuba. the forecast position is going move west northwest for the short term. most computer models agree it will move into the gulf of mexico and curve back to the northeast thanks to a trough. there's thursday at 2:00 p.m. with 65 per mile hour winds. because it's counterclockwise

we have to watch the high tideses and the pos -- tides and the possibility of coastal flooding. all this will likely change as the timing and intensity change before any potential land fall. a lot can change. it may take a faster path to the northeast. wintsdz from the national -- winds from the national hurricane center follow the winds of equal pressure. a tightening indicates stronger winds. thursday is when we're concerned for flooding. affecting the coastal areas of north carolina with 35 mile per hour winds. for short term the rain we're seeing right now is not a result of the tropical depression. it's the overall flow coming from the east. and the rain chances with moisture will be higher over

mostly because we will see that moisture and a tropical feature close to florida. still a lot of moisture in the atmosphere so showers can occur during this time period. with a 60% chance of rain. some of this moisture potentially moving on shore. this is one opinion as we get into wednesday tropical moisture pretty good downpour possible on the eastern side of this. 06% rain chance chance tuesday. probably the best chance for showers including the concern for kois tal flooding on -- coastal flooding on thursday. weather conditions return to normal for the weekend and potentially work some drier air into the area. if you've been cheated, if you need help, she's on your side. better call behnken. >> well tonight shannon behnken is trying to help a sarasota

the crook apparently hacked into her real estate agent's email. hacked into the email. changed some account information for a wire transfer. not only is this woman out more than $51,000 but authorities don't seem interested in helping hr out. we've -- her out. we've been talking about this. >> i've covered real estate transactions r decade and i've never seen anything like this. the real kicker here, the victim figured it out and begged the bank to stop the crook but they gave her money away anyway. >> that's the nervous laugh of a woman who just lost $51,000, her life savings, her down payment for a new home. just gone.

>> you're relying on these professionals to protect you. >> you feel like everybody dropped the ball? >> i do. >> apparently a hacker hacked into the email and intercepted the wire transfer instructions. so when she received instructions it was to the scammer's account. and no one at her bank wells fargo caught red flags. >> my realtor called me an even though i had gotten an email. >> hooeshs the shocking part. -- here's the shocking part. when that phone call came the money was still many the account at bank of america. she begged the bank to help. >> we walked across the street and asked them to freeze the account. we were told we were not their customers so they'd have to deal with the fraud department. >> i went to wells fargo and

missed. even when it was unravelled and presented to bank of measuring nothing was done. >> what's concerning is is this customer says she warned your bank that you guys had her money in a crook's account. she asked for it to be frozen and instead you handed the money to the crook. >> the bank will only say that they followed the wiring instructions. she went o the police and the fbi to report the fraud and says neither seem interested in investigating. i called the fibsz myself and was -- fbi myself and was told a supervisor would be calling her today. >> this is very sophisticated stealing that information. >> and the realty company has gone through their emalg addresses to make sure this hasn't happened.

people and they found out it has happened. >> be very careful looking at these wire transfers and make sure the name that you're sending is someone at the title company that you've communicated with. >> that will require triple and quadruple checking that number looks authentic. interested to see what happens. hopefully she gets her money back in time. the telephone number 1-855-

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right now on news channel 8 at 5:30. i'm lee. >> and i'm josh benson. thanks for being with us. >> we're tracking the tropics and tropical depression 9 is in the gulf of mexico. we'll meteorologist steve jerve. when will we start to feel the effects? >> the flow will help to increase the winds from the east. but wednesday and thursday is probably our peak day we'll see the efect of the tropical storm. not at this moment upgraded to a tropical storm. still a tropical depression. as we look at the computer models we call them the spa ge