thunderstorms around the sarasota area. there will be more developing overnight tonight. check out the rainfall over the last five days. this is why we had flooding situations in pasco and hernando county. a lot of areas from holiday up to hudson have seen 6 to 8 inches of rain. and plenty more off shore. this evening, there will be more rain developing. there it is. it moves right on through the afternoon and into the evening hours. and then the question will be whether or not it's going to be an issue for the first day of school tomorrow. we will have that forecast coming up in just a couple minutes. >> thank you, denis. flood waters like these in pasco county still threatening several homes there. you can tell by the barriers just how high the water is right now. people are doing what they can to protect their property. but more bad weather is just making things really tough. eric waxler is live in port richie with the race to stay ahead of all of the rain. eric. >> reporter: hey, wendy. yeah. there was a lot of rain earlier today. the flood waters were

the problem here in port richie on this street all started because this retention pond overflowed. you see the trucks from the county have been working to try to pump as much water as possible. that tanker down there holds 6,000 gallons. this truck right here, and there have been three of them coming back and forth today. this holds 3,000 gallons. look how it is sucking up this water here. it has definitely made a difference. in fact, we can walk back right here and see where the was and now how it razz reseated back. people are definitely worried that more storms will cause more damage and more flooding here. we are walking through what was john's front lawn. >> it's just going to keep coming. >> reporter: now his yard is covered in close to 2 feet of water, creeping closer and closer to his front door. >> we're right now looking at our options and where we can go so i can at least get any

mals. >> reporter: after a steady rain the flooding on the street is worse than it was why ed. >> it was to the barricades. now it's coming up our road. >> reporter: people living on this street say pasco county officials have known about the problem with this retention pond for years. this 2014 e-mail to residents from public works director mike garrett says the county increased the pond size but it didn't help. the e-mail also mentions that a permanent pump station may be the only viable was never built. joshua beardmore calls it poor planning. >> all of the water comes right here to the retention pond and has nowhere to go. >> reporter: a temporary pump is transferring water to this tanker truck 6,000 gallons at a time. it doesn't seem to be making a dent. there are other streets in pasco affected like fox bloom drive. water isn't the only problem. a gator showed up at one home

neighborhood. and back on iron bark, cassy found fire apartments in her flooded out car. the only ones enjoying the water is the ducks. >> did they tell you that you shouldn't play in the water. >> yeah. they said it's nasty water. >> reporter: yeah. nasty water indeed. but you see right now some of that nasty water has been sucked up by these trucks i got a response from the county as far as the persistent flooding here on iron brook drive. they said basically they are working to get a solution here and it is one of their top ten priorities in the county. they are actually look at building a culvert and maybe even purchasing as many as 7 of these homes to make this retention pond even bigger. eric waxler, abc action news. >> thank you, eric. staying along the coast to the south now the rain is backing up in sarasota this

golf club. it had to close early because of all of the flooding. the city says there were waves of water on the 18th green and large puddles on the fairways. not optimal playing conditions for sure. now would be a good time to download our storm shield app. whenever there's bad weather, you will get the warns sent to your smart phone and tablet. tonight we learned a pair of burglars who have hit 22 homes in south tampa since march have paul lagrone is here with the brand-new pictures we just got in. they are breaking locks and windows in the middle of the day. >> that's right, wendy. caught red handed. he is wearing gloves so he doesn't leave finger prints. long sleeves. that's the light from his cell phone literally lighting up his face as he looks the camera dead on. we're learning new clues how the professional crooks are taking down stores in south

the hunt for house thieves. >> it's unfortunate. >> reporter: sherry just found out her neighborhood is the latest target. a few doors down, crooks caught on camera here monday rummaging through the house, stealing jewelry and cash. >> obviously it's right down the street from where i live. this is my home with my kids. you never want to scare your kids. >> they seem to have a plan. they're identifying houses in a particular area. >> reporter: south tampa now break-in central. we have mapped out the trail crime. police believe the same thieves have hit 22 homes south of kennedy since march. >> they're actually very good at what they do because they're not leaving finger prints. >> reporter: no prints or arrests despite clear images from home surveillance cameras, leaving detectives to believe these are out of town robbers. >> they took a picture of a vehicle. we think it was the vehicle that the suspects left in. >> reporter: but the robbers' run could be about to hit a

kia. >> you need extra precautions. >> reporter: as tampa pd sniffs out the bad guys. >> we have a great neighborhood. >> reporter: cherry and her neighbors are understandably nervous. >> and i want to show you something else. here is a close-up of the guy they are looking for tonight as he is bending over rummaging through stuff. these guys also stole credit cards and used those cards in fort myers. so now they're looking for them down there as well. they don't think they're violent because one of victims actually walked in on them and they dropped their stuff and ran off. but these guys are pros at what they do. wendy. >> thanks, paul. we're going in depth on burglaries in our communities. take a look at the new numbers. despite the string of tampa break-ins, home burglaries are down 15%. from january to july of 2015, there were just over 1,000 break-ins. but this year, during that same

about 870 burglaries. and burglaries are down in district one as well which includes south tampa. well, now to the race for the white house and hillary clinton's campaign trying to distance itself from an unexpected face at a florida rally. >> you may have seen this on social media. the pulse nightclub shooter's father attending the rally in kissimmee yesterday. he claimed the democratic party invited him to the event where clinton mentioned the mass shooting in orlando. but her campaign says that is not true and he was there until afterwards. as donald trump blasted clinton's gun control policies in north carolina today, he got himself in a lot of trouble online and social media for what he said here. take a listen. >> hillary wants to apolish essentially apolish the second amendment. by the way, if she gets to pico owe if she gets to pick her

folks. although the second amendment people maybe there is. i don't know. but i'll tell you what, that will be a horrible day. >> yeah. that right there is what is causing a fire storm on social media tonight. clinton's campaign posting that presidential candidates should not be encouraging violence. we just checked with the hillsborough county jail and found out a woman accused of driving the wrong way on i-4 has bonded out. troopers say brittany was going west in the eastbound lanes when she crashed into a concrete barrier between 21st street and 50th street. investigators believe she was under the influence of drugs, medication, and alcohol. later this week, you're invited to remember a beloved local radio host found dead in his home on thursday. a celebration of life for dave

afternoon. the host died unexpectedly last week at the age of 55. well, with the first day of school tomorrow for most local school districts, we're looking into three ways that districts are looking to protect little ones from the zika virus. concerns about water park safety are running high after a death on a water slide. the reason why there's no way to know how many people have been hurt on that ride or any other across america. a desperate traveler makes a break for it on the runway. why he went sprinting on to that tarmac in the first place. and the bold move that you cannot see that wound up

z22p7z zy6z

y22p7y yy6y

>> new developments at 5:00 about this tennessee dad accused old daughter after she came home from the first day of school. police in hendersonville say timothy did not plan that crime. authorities say he took his daughter to the hospital and then lied about what happened, saying something else shot her. police later found evidence that the shooting happened inside their home. she was a bright, loved girl. we're staying on top of

we begin in tennessee where we got the calls for help after three girls plummeted from a ferris wheel at a county fair. >> three kids fell from the ferris wheel. >> i feel badly for the little kids. they screamed a little bit and then just hit the ground and just were laying there. >> this afternoon we learned a 6-year-old girl suffered a traumatic brain injury. her older sister and another teenager fell as far as 45 feet when the car flipped over. the ferris wheel was last inspected. right now all of the rides at the fair are closed and will get checked out. we're hearing the enormous water slide where a kansas boy died this weekend hadn't been inspected by the state since it opened two years ago according to the kansas city star. caleb schwab lost his life on the world's largest water slide. he died of a neck injury but

detail. especially troubling because water park slides are exempt from oversight. >> what local water parks had to say about their safety guidelines. >> reporter: adventure island is the premiere water park in the tampa bay area. water slides like this one named the gulf stream are the big draws. we asked are. they declined releasing a statement saying we meet or exceed all safety guidelines set forth by state agencies and the ride and slide manufacturers. we asked lego land about their water slide safety. they said safety is their highest priority, adding they employ lifeguards trained in the safe operation of attractions. what if you don't want to just take their word for it.

fair rides that inspects and monitors water slides. they don't have a database of statistics online. the department says if floridians or visitors want to know more about a park's license and history, they can call the hotline. slides are checked for safety every morning but the day of the accident in kansas city, riders reported problems with the slide. >> a lady in front of me said that the front harness did not work any of the times it. >> reporter: because there are no federal regulations, there's no way to know that how many injuries are suffered by any given ride. there's on average 4,000 injuries from amusement and water rides in the nation every year. most were those to those under the able of 18. adam weiner, abc action news. >> we know that you worry about staying safe. we want to remind you that we're taking action for the things that matter to you.

about by going to abcactionnews.com and sending us a good question. look for this logo to get started. delta trying to make things right for thousands of travelers forced to change plans because of a second day of cancellations and delays. 500 flights have been canceled around the world just today, in addition to 1,000 yesterday. it's because of a huge computer systems outage. delta is handing out refunds and travel vouchers to stranded passengers. if you're not in front of your screen, come to your tv and check this out. you have to se some people will stop at nothing to make sure that they make a flight. look at this. workers at madrid's airport posted this video to facebook showing this guy jumping off an air bridge on to the tarmac and making a mad dash to his plane. the airport says the late passenger actually managed to bypass security, breaking through a fire escape to get to the runway. we're told that he did make his flight after all but then got

all of that work for nothing. the most accurate weather team in floor, abc action weather. >> he got to where he wanted to go. >> yeah. he got to his destination. >> and then he -- >> he probably went back to where he came from. >> man. craziness. they are having flight delays over the last few days because of the weather. tomorrow the first day of school for hillsborough and pinellas county. >> and manatee. >> and manatee. we will get rain. not as rainy as the last couple of morning, i'm not ready to say it will be either. the clouds linger and the rains have stuck around. we hit the low 80s today. 9 the degrees below normal. you can see there is plenty of rain out in the gulf of mexico that is going to be rolling in. this isn't the kind of rains we have been seeing overnight into the morning where we can get three, four inches of rain in two or three hours. they're lighter and weakening as they move inland. a couple of thunderstorms east of sarasota right now. luckily areas that were under a

will be rain across pasco, hernando counties. right now things are relatively dry. across the area, only in the upper 70s to about 80 degrees. we hit low 80s today in tampa. it's 79 with rain right now. so there it is. last night overnight i'm sure a lot of you if you live along the coast you heard the rain. and this morning first thing it was obviously around. and it will be again tomorrow. it's always a good idea check facebook or abcactionnews.com. and of course ivan will be on first thing tomorrow morning to let you look at live titan doppler radar. because even though right now things are pretty active off shore, they seem like they're going to continue into the evening hours. but it really depends on which model you're looking at. i'll show you why in a second. this is the high resolution model. it is usually pretty active in a short-term period. we're confident that the rain will continue into the evening

scattered showers. notice things begin to wind down first thing in the morning. you're not looking at things ramp up. the rpm model is showing far less rain tomorrow morning than the high resolution was showing. i think what we're going to do is split the difference. when you look at this kind of pattern, you can't say no rain. we've had three days of it. even the low center is pulling away. that southwest flow is strong enough that we will see rain sometime in the morning. i think it will be in the day. nevertheless, afternoon and evening storms are still going to be an issue. notice how they start to blow up anterior by wednesday. that is a sign of things to come by wednesday night. because with a southeast wind returning, by thursday, more of a classic pattern. as the low pulls away, things will get back to normal, meaning more sunshine in the afternoon. you could even see it thursday morning. it will be dry. so tomorrow, kind of the transitional day. thursday, much nicer.

afternoon and evening thunderstorms. overall rainfall totals still will be heaviest over the next couple of days over across our anterior counties. if you look at long range euro, this is good news, this was showing five, six inches of rain earlier in the week. now things are beginning to wiped down as the low pulls away and takes a lot of the rain along with it. that will allow forecast highs tomorrow warmer than today. but not as warm as thursday. back into the mid to upper 80s across most of the low 90s by thursday and into friday. your hour by hour forecast, partly cloudy this evening. especially showers near the coast. again, looking on the golf course tomorrow, if you haven't been able to play lately, things will be improving late morning and early afternoon. the 7-day forecast shows improvements, especially the second half of the week. by thursday, it's back to normal. highs back in the low 90s. that will continue into the

be with more sunshine at 50%. >> thank you, denis. we tell you all the time about car problem that's could put drivers in danger. we will reveal why those issues sometimes don't get fix until it's too late. a criminal's plans going up in flames. what happened next and the other people who police are now looking for. criminals working with children. new at 6:00, the big changes after the i-team exposed

>> police in western kentucky are looking for a would-be arson's plans failed. his leg lights on fire there. watch what happens next. the man flings himself on to

flames, kicking off a burning shoe. police say he got away into a white van with two women inside. new tonight, a south florida man who faked his own disappearance has to cough up one million dollars to cover the cost of the coast guard search for him. rich around orn taking a guilty plea and may face up to six years in prison because of the scheme. he hid growing costs from a lawsuit. once the boat was found, it triggered a day's long search. coming up, schools and the zika virus. with the start of school just a day away for so many, find out how nurses are preparing to

>> live from the station taking action for you, this is abc action news. >> here we go right now at 5:30, more jobs coming to tampa bay. the brand-new company making big promises tonight and how you can get hired. right now at 5:30, we're talking schools and zika. what local school districts are doing to keep school. >> i'm paul lagrone. >> and i'm ashley glass in for wendy ryan. two kids are missing. happening right now authorities are searching for a missing 16- year-old. briana graham disappeared earlier today. last seen on reddish circle about three hours away. deputies say she might be traveling to tampa with a 30- year-old man named brandon

sheriff's office. happening now, pasco deputies are looking for a missing 17-year-old. no one has seen marlin fuller since friday night. her mother called police when she stopped answering the phone. call the pasco county sheriff's office if you can help. breaking news we first told you about yesterday at 4:00,. >> sawyer gordon, the 5-year- old who was hit by a truck in north port has died. no charges have also new at 5:30 tonight, police are looking for this man. he is wanted for stealing a woman's bike. it's her only means of transportation. he took that from the publix on north 9th street. if you recognize him, you're asking to call police. how about this for job perks. watching sports and drinking beer at work? even better, the company offering these perks is looking