widespread light rain this morning. so this is just the beginning by about 8:00 and we'll see widespread heftier thunderstorms rolling through. and we could have some isolated street flooding and gusty winds and we'll have a slight chance for damaging winds and brief tornado. and to noon, it starts pressing inland and tape perking off. and then we -- tapering off. and then we end the day with a little sunshine, believe it or not and the temperatures will top out in the low 70s. it is wet roads and also winds that we want to be aware of this morning for the commute. how are things shaping up right now as a result of that. fhp issued a hide wind advisory. this is not affecting the drivers. both hands on the wheel across the sunshine skyway. and tim is behind the wheel of

he is at dave mayberry and 275. you can recognize it from the orange barrels there. he's getting ready to get on 275. and this is the area that is caused all the delays on northbound 275 from the howard frankland, across to dodge down due to the narrow -- across the downtown howard frankland because of narrower lanes. and here is where the roads are wet. this technology shows us exactly where we're seeing the wet roads. tampa and over in pinnelas county, we see things drying out for the moment. and wet roads south of i-4 and the 75 corridor. that is where you want to be extra careful right now. and let's check your drive times on i-4. all in the green and looking good right now. 24 minutes from county line

and there are at the bottom, just eight minutes on 75 down to 275. this is the news that the buck fans have been waiting forever the keep is expected to announce they are promoting dirk koetter as the new head coach. speculation began about dirk koetter being the main candidate because of the success with the rookie quarterback winston. the people closer to dirk koetter are congratulating him on twitter. fire crews are investigate what they call a suspicious fire in riverview. this is video of the fire right now. intense flame consuming this home on henderson street. nobody was hurt but we're told that the house was destroyed.

house has caught fire within the last year. and the last time happened was just last week. 9/11 florida needs to see this photo. this boy is from sanford and he's missing. they worry that he could be in serious danger. he was last seen wednesday afternoon wearing a long sleep gray and black shirt and green sweatpants. a missing child alert is active right now. so many of you have loved ones that can help keep an eye out for this little boy and share this post and his photo when it pops up in your news feed. so hopefully we can bring this little boy home as spreading the word. right here on action news, the tampa police want you to see this photo of another missing person, an endangered adult named matthew mallard. he walked away and had no shirt

new see him, call the police. polk deputies are asking for your help to track down some people in a lakeland murder. grady judd said that these two men are facing charges for the murders. the sheriff said that joseph orchestrated the hit on the victims after they did not pay back a drug debt and he sent the other man to the magnolia street home. and when they did not pay up, they were killed. a fourth victim was shot in the face and survived. a $10,000 reward is on the table for more information on the two other people that may have been involved. republican presidential candidates faced off in their first debate in 2016.

between donald trump and ted cruz. trump questioned the senator's legal right to run and cruz mocked trump's new york heritage. >> you have great constitutional lawyers that said that you cannot run. >> i'm not going to take a legal advice from donald trump. >> when the world trade center came down, i saw some that no place on earth could have handled more beautifully and humanly hand new york. >> expect more fireworks when they caulk caucuses. hillary clinton was on the tonight show and bernie sanders called for the ban for the muslim immigration.

foe i can't. but then he addressed trump. you cannot make america greater by insullion and demonizing the people of america. and we're once again fact checking the debate and holding the candidates accountable for their comments. we'll find out if anybody from last night got the pants on fire for their remarks. your help is needed to track down suspects that attacks elderly. the man followed the woman in her home and demanded money and her husband heard the commotion and fought back. i want you to show a picture of the second suspect. he is believed to be the driver of the get-away car. in a separate case in largo, let's get to this for now, the police are searching for a

elderly woman's home. the victim said in october, the pair pushed her to the ground and stole her purse and medicine. they just arrested travis -- on monday. but they are still looking for another man this man. if you know where he had, call the police. a scal bus stolen and -- a school bus stolen and driven hundreds of miles away. and why the suspect said he did it and how the place found him. look at titan radar right lots of rain on the radar right now and more expect in the bay and it will intensify this coming up, we'll pinpoint the

we have a weather alert. the rain is moving through and shea is tracking it all and janelle is keeping her eye on the rods for any trouble spots. we need to get to this too. we have this weather alert that we're tracking all morning long. but this developing overnight in flint, michigan, a water crisis. the governor wants president

will allow the white house to send more help in to get the families clean drinking water we have been telling you for weeks that the flint water supply became contaminated when they switched to river water to save money. we have new video that we want to show this morning when the police in ohio closed in on the man that stole a school bus in indiana and drove it across the ohio border. that bus in a church parking lot in indiana. officers caught up with him using the bus's on board gps system. he said that he was on the way to visit family in toledo. cdc is working on guidelines when traveling to traveling. this virus is sweeping through caribbean.

mosquito bites and infected person and then more people. no vaccine and no medicine to treat the virus. the radar looks intense. yes, it does and look at the line of storm that's just off to the north -- storms that is just off to the northwest. and that will roll through 8:00, 10:00 this morning. use get the kids ready for the bus stop and they're out the door and off to school by 8:00, you may encounter some rain but it will not be too stormy. and after 8:00, it starts to get intense. but by the time we're picking our kids up from school later on today, the conditions will be clearing up considerably, a little sunshine starting to peek through and it will be a bit breezy and mild temperatures, topping out in the low 70s. and we'll have round two over the weekend and i'll have that for you coming up with the timen eight intensity with the

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sometimes along this kind of line, you can get a little rotation and we have a slight concern for a slight risk as the storm system moves onshore that we could see a waterspout or a briefs tornado. brief tornado. what we're seeing right now is just light to moderate rain. in the north it is and a half yes, and the heaviest -- north is to the south. but, again, it is the line that is offshore that is likely to bring us the heavy rain that could lead to isolated street flooding and wind gusts up to

risk for damaging winds or a brief tornado close to the coastline and that is the biggest concern this morning. and we'll watch that for and the timeline from that is between 8:00 till noon. and that is when we'll start to see by noon the rain moving inland and starting to taper off. you know how i said is it the classic sign for severe weekend. and the county line there in the bend of the panhandle that is because there's a strong thunderstorm warning in place. if you do not have storm shield on your mobile device, you may want to dunn load it now. now, as we move through the weekend, we got a break on saturday and nice and calm even afternoon today and we'll see clearing up considerably. on sunday, we have round 2. this storm system will be somewhat similar to what we'll

will move through quickly and there's a slight risk that we could see an isolated severe storm in the first half of the day and sunday and then clearing and cooler through the afternoon so the big difference between the two storms is how much cool air is behind this next one rolling through on sunday. how are things looking right now on the roads with the rain and winds picking up? no crashes to slow you down. and tim is behind the wheel of our cam. this is 275 northbound. this is heading towards lois. and this is the area that is giving us some problems and new merge problems around dale maybry. and you'll want to leave yourself a little extra 15 to 20 minutes. this is what we're seeing in the last minutes. and take a look behind me here. this is 275 and 22nd avenue. pushing 70 right now from bridge to bridge despite the

wet roads. and across the howard frankland, just six minutes to get across from pinnelas to hillsborough and less than ten minutes to see the closures. and this will be for the next two weeks, 56th street will be closed. they'll take you up hillsborough and north 40th street to make your way around this but this is expected to last for the next two weeks at least. a food delivery truck driver in india had to fight for his life when hungry people chased him done the streets. >> they were not human. here's a look at the customers. a group of nine hungry bears inside a wildlife sanctuary. we'll tell you about it. the bears could not way to get

as the truck drove down the road, the bears kept growing. we'll tell you a little more about it and and the wildlife sanctuary posted it on facebook. it is fear that they were abused and neglected before they got to their new home which may have led to them getting overly excited. tampa bay bucs are poised to hire a new coach. and people close to the candidate are spilling the big news. people are complaining after a software update.

the city ever chicago 1 under fire for the death of at unarounded black teenager. and the june just released -- a judge just released video call the city irresponsible. it shows the carjacking suspect running away from the police. and you see the two officers run after him and one shoots him chapman after he holds up a black object that turned out to be an iphone case. and the camera pans over and showing the officer with a foot on the wounded teen's body. >> you have a 17-year-old they'd is shot and killed bleeding in the streets of

the ground for him to step on him it is totally unreasonable. >> and the two officers are not facing any criminal charges and they're facing a wrongful-death suit filed by the teenager's family. teenagers are charged with a gang rape. the prosecutors said they need more time to investigate this complex case. plea of the them will have their bail refunded and the fifth suspect is being held in jail in connection with another case. they are accused of raping a gun and pointing a gun at her father. and the district attorney's has six months to guild a ways for the grand jury. take a look at what is moving onshore right now. this is patchy light to moderate rain and it is a heavier band of rain. i'm keeping a close eye on between 8:00 in the morning and noon.

and that is when we'll have a slight chance for some strong roll on through and then clearing out by this afternoon. i'll have more on the timing and what the biggest threats are coming up in florida's most accurate 7-day. the search is on right now for a heartless grave robber. how close the investigators are to catching the people that stole corpses. and was it all a misunderstanding? the man a reason charged with killing a florida woman said that he never meant to kill her. a live look at 275 and pinnelas point. here. sunshine skyway. be aware, there's a high wind some caution as s you move across the bridge. we'll check your driven times to see if it is slowing things

another like at titan radar. it is getting worse. you see the rain coming in. we're going to help you navigate the storms for your morning commute. >> antidepressant timing of this is between 8:00 -- and the timing of this to get worse will be between 8:00 and noon. >> i want you to see the timing here and how far off the stronger line of storms is t is 115 miles offshore right now. and this is a pretty thin line and it will reach the shore and the coastline around 8:00 in the morning and then press past the i-75 corridor right around 10:00 to 11:00 in the morning.

and this is approximate timing and the bottom line is i'm giving you a little leeway on the front and back end. if you can get to why you need to go before 8:00, i think you'll be in better shape than if you wait it out. right now, it is just light to moderate rain across the major roads and bridges in pinnelas and hillsborough county. and we had more widespread rain earlier this rain in polk county. and we had some heavy downpours in our southern counties. so heavy downpours could create a little ponding on the roads. but as the storms start cranking around 8:00 in the morning, we have a greater risk in some of the streets to see ponding or minor flooding. that would not last for very long but it could create tie- ups. and we have gusty winds out there as well that will pick up in the morning. are you seeing any impacts just yet? so far so good.

tim is behind the wheel of our live drive cam. and traffic is light out there. he was seeing some light sprinkles on his windshield. right now you see them. but you have and 18 minute drive to get from 54 to 275. and we have a report of debris southbound on the veterans. so use caution when you head that way. and we're style keeping our eye on the sunshine skyway and we have at high wind advisory out there. so use caution. both hands on the we'll. and nine minutes from toll booth to toll booth. and this is 75, up to speed here and no crashes or break downs to tell you about. so you're good to go. and let's check your drive time. this is i-75 southbound. all in the green. ten minutes down at the bottom there from the apex all the way to i-4.

6:32. today we're expecting the tampa bay buccanneers to introduce the team's new head coach. sources tell us and our sports director tom korun, that dirk koetter is going to replace lovie smith this is off dirk's son wrote on twitter, happy for you pops. >> and his daughter said the first time a family meeting did not involve a move. we've been looking at some of the comments overnight and lots of comments from fans. it's been a mixed bag. some fans are excited. other still upset about lovie being fired and they want to wait and see if this is a good move. if you have not done so, download our mobile app. the rays have three years

outside of st. petersburg. the st. petersburg city council just approved the deal yesterday. till now, the team was prohibited to look for a new stadium before the lease expired at the trop. they want a new stadium to have the best experience possible for the fans. >> this will allow us to focus on the region and find the best situation for our fans and sponsors and partners in the tampa bay area. >> hillsborough commissioner said that his goal is to meet with the rays as soon as possible. and hagen has led the charge across the bay to hillsborough county. search is on for the grave robbers that targeted a historic cemetery in ybor.

and even stole a skull from another coffin. >> reporter: good morning. let me tell you something about this cemetery. it is fairly small. it is about two blocks by two blocks. even in the dark, i can see from one end to the other. it is surrounded by houses. this cemetery is right in the middle of a residential neighborhood. despite all of that a thief or thieves magged to break into a mausoleum and break into a coffin. and a second casket was broken into and the skull of another family member was taken. you may recognize their last name. they started the hardware store in ybor. in case like this thieves are usually welcoming for valuables. but what is puzzling is the

theft of remain. they are not quite sure of a motive just yet and they have not said when the crime possibly happened. but they take it was sometime before wednesday. through the night, we did drive the parameter of the cemetery and we saw signs up, warning, surveillance video is recording. the police did not have a recording of that crime. the family just wants the remains returns, no questions add -- returned, no questions asked. officials want the city leader to change the rules for arresting children. they get arrested and accused of possessing a small amount

a big impact for kids. we'll be at the demonstration today. usf officials are expected to approve a project for a 28,000 square foot on campus publix grocery store. they have to hold two job fairs and campus per calendar year and consider students for employment. and the store will give students another food option. and the deal must be approved by the florida board of governors. it will go up on fletcher and palm. and now we'll check in with shea for more on the weather alert. lots of rain out there right now. yes. it is heaviest in the southern counties. but we have a strong line of storms just offshore and i was checking some of the lightning numbers. i have some good news to report. we're down 340 lightning strikes in the last half hour. and that means because the lightning strikes were closer

to a thousand an hour and a half ago, the system is weakening. so i'll have an update for you on the timing of the heaviest ran and who we'll see the clearer conditions coming up in florida's most accurate 7-day. a live look right now at 275 and ashley. you can see the roads are wet. but the cars seem to be getting by just fine. you have a six minute ride from the howard franklin downtown tampa and we have a crash at southbound veterans to waters. still ahead, one of the world's most notorious and deadly disease has officials scrambling this morning. starting this coming monday, we have a new afternoon lineup right here on your abc action news staple. right this minute is running from 3:00 too noon and the dr.

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right now two astronauts are gearing up and getting ready to do a planned six and a half hour space walk outside the international space station this is a live look at nasa tv where they are getting ready for the space walk. they are going to replace a bat voltage regulator. and the device failed last november. it knocked out one of the space station's eight primary sources of electricity. another failure will force the astronauts to sut down the equipment -- shut down equipment on the station. rain is lighting up the titan radar. good news, the line of storms appears to be weakening somewhat. how long will that last?

winds close to 30 miles an hour this morning. and we have some light and showers scattered across tampa bay and making for wet roads. and the heaviest rain and thunderstorms are yet to move in.

and take a look at titan radar right now. you can see they are about 110 miles juror -- offshore. take a look at the pattern of the rain. this is when we call a bow echo. and this say classic line that will bring severe storms. typically damaging winds and sometimes when they are moving on shore you'll get enough spin to get a brief tornado. you see the counties highlighting in the panhandle with storm warnings. and the good news for us is we're in the southern part of the system and it is weakening. but that still does not take the risk away that we may see some of the damage is winds or a brief tornado as it gets closer to us. it is a slight risk, a slight risk. but you all want to know if there's any potential for that to happen.

right now, we have light rain and also across our major roads and bridges in hillsborough and pinellas county and into sarasota county and across i- 75, we have heavy pockets of rain. here's how it coming to today and 8:00 we'll see the heavier bands of storms moving onshore and we'll continue through 10:00 in the morning closer to noon to have that it ended risk for the heavy downpours and the gusty and potential damaging winds and a brief tornado. and then after that, we clear out, calm down and the winds may be a little breezy this 72 degrees. saturday the quiet day and sunday, we have round 2. and the bottom line is we have another area of low pressure that will roll across the area and we'll have another chance on sunday for another round of rain that could bring us a slight risk for isolated severe storm in the first half of the

two systems, sunday looks a little weaker. and the timing looks similar and there's much cooler air behind this system on sunday. so how about the wet roads and the breezy and gusty winds that we're starting to see out there. any impact yet? yes, we have some impact. but tim is behind the wheel of our live drive cam on 275 southbound. you can see he's using his windshield wipers right here. the traffic is normal and no patches or break downs. but we're getting a report of a jackknifed semi truck on i57 southbound around the tampa executive. camera. but i'm starting to see some of area. we'll continue to watch it and i'll keep you posted and on twitter at tampa bay traffic. and the crash on the veterans,

before you get to waters and the speeds at 54. so i'm not seeing a lot of impact from the crash. so i think you're. traffic indicators in the red you may want to avoid the area. if you want to views using alternate 19. that might be the best and quickest way to get around this crash. and for more updates, follow me on twitter through the morning on tampa bay traffic. new ebola cases emerged j days after officials said that it had ended. but a corporation tested positive for the disease today.

the person did not pass to anyone else. a charter bus on the way to a japanese ski resort rolls off a mountain roadkilling 14 people. and two drivers taking turns controlling the drivers both died. 27 others on board were hurt t is not clear exactly how this happened and what led up to this but the company operating the bus has a history of driver safety violations. it is good news for the candidates today. a lot of political pundints believe that donald trump, marco rubio and ted cruz all did well enough to be declared winners. bush. jeb looks and sounds desperate. we're the only local news

>> we saw a lot of heated exchanges. marco rubio tried to cast chris chris think as a liberal. >> he has endorsed some of the ideas that president obama supports. >> let's set the facts straight. i did not support sonia -- >> christy statements that he did not support supreme court justice sonia sew mower was false. he said that he would the not have been his first choice and then a few months later he fully supported her and urged congress to support her nomination. and gun control also took center stage. and they asked ted cruz what he would do to stop mass shootings and violent crime. he immediately point to the

>> he first appointed holder. >> and that comment raised some eyebrows with our team. the crews say that he is partially right. he mentioned brain watching theme in seeing guns as a danger. but cruz leaves out some important comments. holeder's remarks came 14 years before he was made the attorney general. he was speaking about youth in a high crime area in washington d.c. and we're checking statements from other candidates. and we'll check the truth rating and what we found out. go to our mobile app and it is

a man that is arrested to killing a florida woman said that he did not mean to kill her. he said when he left she was alive. she told him to leave. he said that he did not strangle hur but picked her up by the neck after she fell when he tried to put her back on the bed. we'll start out with the whether alert that we have been -- the weather alert at a we've been talking about all morning. how is it looking now? right now it is a patchy rain. but some of it getting heavier across pinnelas county and 19. and it is moving inland. and some of the major roads and bridges have seen rain the last couple hours. and the heaviest rain and storms are still on the way. and they will be moving through around 8:00 to 10:00 this morning and continuing till about noon.

so the next couple of hours that we'll see it clearing. sunday is round two. there's a possible overturn semi on i-75 southbound. and we're seeing congestion in the area. but i cannot actually find the crash on our cameras. so you want to avoid the area if you can. and you can see it is still in bottom. 64 miles an hour, the average speed from the apex down to i- 4. and we're watching this crash in pinnelas, northbound 49th street north south of park boulevard. it is in the clearing stages. and now to the other big

tampa bay bucks expected to name their new coach. sources tell us that dirk koetter will replace lovie smith. investigators said that a fire that destroyed a riverview home is suspicious. nobody was hurt as the crews battled this fire on henderson street. neighbors tell us this is the third time that the house caught fire in the last year. look at this photo of a missing boy in sanford. the 11-year-old has not been seen since wednesday and could be in danger. the search is on for two more suspects they've been involved in a lakeland triple murder. officials in miami just arrested two drug gang members said they carried out the hit inside that home on east

a $10,000 reward is being police said that someone broke into a mausoleum and damaged tombs and damages coffins and stole corporations. the family -- corpses. the family just want the remains back, no questions asked. this virus is sweeping through latin america and caribbean. it is transmitted when the infected mosquito bites a person and then transmit to another person. there is to vaccine or treatment for this virus. take care on the roads.

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