>> this may go across the mountains and never get its together. that would be beautiful. still rain across florida and wind. there are still winds -- in together reconfound 63 miles per hour winds. tropical storm force winds are already occurring. there's no spin. it's just a big thunderstorm. like we get here in the summertime. heck, like we had yesterday. over the next couple of days, we expect at least the possibility of this getting better organized. and right in here, the central bahama is where it will develop

sunday and impact somewhere along the southeast coast. our question is, will it go across the state? will it go on the straits and up the coast or out in the gulf? those are all questions we will talk about in a couple of minutes. >> thank you, denis. a deadly crash blocking one southbound lane on i-4 in seffner. we don't know what happened in the accident. we're making calls on that. we know at least one person is dead. action air 1 is on the way to the scene and will bring you taking a look at i-4, a different part of i-4, and tonight new numbers are showing crashes in the area have gone up 50% in four years. paul lagrone dug into the data and discovered the four most dangerous times for you to drive. >> reporter: these days the war on i-4. >> it's crazy, man. >> reporter: is between the drivers. >> it bugs me that you're doing

are passing you doing 85. >> reporter: six lanes of eastbound/westbound. >>what do you notice out here? >> in my drive through here, there's always accidents. >> reporter: and it's every man for himself. >> it is stressful because a lot of times people are in a hurry. th nlhave onehing on their mind. >>orter: according to the floriddepartment of transportation, crashes on i-4 near mcintosh have increased everyear from 62 wrecks in 2010 to 92 ac july is the most dangerous month to drive this stretch of i-4. 52 accidents in four years. most accidents happen at 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and the most dangerous day? the day you love the most. >> we found out monday is the day where most accidents happen. >> monday? >> monday. >> i can't explain that one. >> reporter: going over this overpass right now that a lot of people say is the problem.

of it, you see braklights immediately. that is followed by a curve. combine that with high traffic volume and if you have weather like you do today, you've got yourself a perfect storm. let's be honest, it's also the texting and driving. >> let me ask you this, are people doing this number on their phones? do you see any of that >>re we' seeing a large use of cell phones today. >> reporter: we broke it down in age group. drivers between 20 and 24 are getting involved in accidents along this stretch of i-4. paul lagrone, abcction news abc action news. >> concern over the zika virus is growing in florida as the state confirm nine new travel related cases in thbay area. 80% of people surveyed are very or somewhat concerneabt the virus. that's an 8 point jump a similar po june. to date, 43 people, including

have contracted zika thugh an in-sta transmission. >> new research putting the potential for zika epidemic into perspective. groups predicting that mosquitoes will infect 400 people with zika by mid- september. right now clusters are only in the miami area but researchers do expect clusters to emerge in tampa and orlando as well. researchers also saying the outbreak will probably end on its own by november or december. meanwhile florida politicians are calling for more answers in the zika fight. representative david jolly on facebook calling for e state to release the approximate location of that patient pinellas county. writing the stakes are simply too high to withhold information. and marco rubio calling on the white house to reallocate more money to fight this virus. we have the latest answers about zika any time of day,

going to abcactionnews.com or on our free mobile app. as we watch the systems out in the tropics tonight, we have to stop and reflect on what huane andrew did to south florida. it was the most destructive to hit the u.s. a category 5 with 175 miles per hour winds. andrew destroyed 63,000 homes and damaged more than 100,000 others. as many as 1.4 million people did not have power during the height of the stor to always be ready. so time and download our storm shield app. get warnings se to your cell phone and tablet. and it's available for android and iphones. new i am garages giving us a look at a close call for a woman in orange county. that tree punches a hole in the ceiling above the couch where she was sleeping.

the home is now unsafe for her to live in. new york man is in a pasco county jail after a 13- year-old's girl's parents found her hiding in his bedroom. it begs the question what can you do to protect your children? abc action news reporter eric waxler taking action for you with what parents really ed to know. >> reporter: it's the latest case of an adult teenager online. pasco deputies arrested christian roake. he was found the girl's closet. investigators say he had sexual contact with the teen and even had nude pictures of her on his phone. >> children are the most vulnerable. they believe and they're naive. >> reporter: detective john is part of the cyber crimes unit. they have dozens of cases of kids getting into dangerous situations online. >> just because you think you're talking to a person who

they are. just because they send a picture doesn't mean it's them. >> reporter: predators go to children on blogs and chat rooms. they also know the latest music and trends likely to interest children. it's important to tell kids what is not appropriate information to sharon line. parents need to keep up on the latest apps. detectives say one called whisper promised to communication and have cameras. even apps designed to hide photos masked as something else like a calculator. >> if you put in a mathematical equation or numbers it will unlock for them to look at the photos. >> reporter: the detective says if you notice two calculator apps on your child's phone, one may be used to hide photos. the man thought the girl was

snapchat to share photos. new information about an early morning shooting in st. petersburg. decks identified shot. an unidentified gunman shot joe tavis and then shot willie brown as he drove into the area. brown is expected to be fine. police are still trying to find the gunman and figure out why he pulled the trigger. newly released surveillance video showing us a look moments before a deadly road we firld you about the case on monday. the driver of this chevy tahoe running over and killing 26- year-old sal con after an argument over tailgangu e the suv gets up to the bumper. before the light turns green, you see the tahoe move even closer and ride the bumper through the intersection. tonight con's friends remembering him. >> he would always say he loves you.

>> police are still trying to about why a man hid 00 f the we wortof amazon packagesin his garage. hernandez refused to deliver them because he never got paid. hernandez was supposed to drive them from the amazon facility in ruskin to fort worth, texas. he worked for a subcontracted transportation company. a heads on i-4 with what people thought was a real person dangling from a blimp. he is vying for a spot in congress. his latest stunt, this blimp tethered to the ground with dum it was in plant city. concerned drivers stopping to make sure that no one is in danger. >> i'm thinking i don't know what kind of stunt they're trying to pull.

hurt. >> the campaign says they are trying to get noticed so they will research the candidate. the joke may be on them in the end. late this afternoon, the blimp broke free from the tether. they are searching for it and the dummy. >> the doctors didn't flow what was going on with him. your family's safety. after denis' forecast, the reason that the automatic braking systems may not protect you as much as you think. looking outside, a few clouds and scattered showers. we're talking tropics. the biggest question how and if what is down in the caribbean could impact our weather. we will time it oufor you

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>> a maactuallyapoaches the driver of a dodge charger. you can see the driver pull a small gun from his car. he circles the vehicle and one man fires three shots, hitting the windshield before taking off. then the car driver pops up after firing back multiple times. a woman in that vehicle was injured. so far police have not made any arrests. a bay area mother getting the green light to get her son medical ma she has been fighting years for. the cloud of uncertainty is still hanging over her family. >> he looked at brandon and said, hey, buddy, i need you to wake up. >> reporter: renee's line came crashing down six years ago. her healthy 8-year-old boy suddenly started seeing. she kept hearing him say. >> it hurts. stop hurting me. >> reporter: brandon's seizures

epilepsy. renee has documented his struggling, fighting for relief for years. it finally came. >> we finally have dispensaries here. the first one locally opened last week. her son is the first patient to get on the registry. >> while i want to jump up and down and say this is amazing, it still is not enough. >> reporter: she has two main concerns. while brandon can't go to school, she feels strongly that educators need to be up to speed for those people knowing what is legal. >> there needs to be education. law enforcement needs to be open to learning how they could access the patient registry. >> reporter: she will rally for what she has seen in other states, every patient and caregiver getting a certificate saying they are not breaking the law for having low doses of marijuana in lirnia. she saw it done in california. there is lots to learn.

smooth process. >> you will have a chance this november to decide if florida should expand the use of medical marijuana. amendment 2 will require the department of health to issue id cars to patients and caregivers. to a new recall from ford. 88,000 cars and suvs could stall without any warning. the recall covers 2013 to 2015 ford taurus, flex and police mks sedans and suvs. ford says repairs should be available starting in mid- october. now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> one thing i'm hoping stalls is the storm out there and it breaks apart and we don't have to worry about. >> there's not a lot to worry about right now. it's one of those things to keep in the back of your mind. we probably won't have to deal

next few days. you look outside. the main sail looks good. we definitely had rain out there this afternoon. we had thunderstorms as well. in fact, looking at the last five hours, they came right on through. a few more lingering. most of this region this evening will be quiet, rain free. not a bad night for a walk. of course it is still steamy out there and muggy. at least it will be mostly dry with temperatures warming back up to the upper 80s. we cooled to the mid 80s the rain today. 88 in clearwater. sunny skies. st. pete sunshine and 84. so the classic east to west pattern continues. we had it yesterday. we have it today. and we will have it right through saturday. maybe even into sun as well. it makes it easier to plan your events. the morning will be dry. 2:00, maybe a few showers. the best chance is between 4:00 and 7:00. this evening, a couple of

arcadia. maybe a couple in pasco or hernando. not many. by 10:00, they will be long gone and you will wake up to a clear, dry start to your thursday. temperatures to 80 degrees. by the time we go into about 2:00, 3:00, there they are again. 4:00, the storms already make it to the coast. so i think tomorrow will be another day where we get the storms earlier and then they end a little earlier. by 7:00, 8:, what is left will be along the coast. by 10:00, they're do not. even into the weekend we're still looking at an easterly wind. that gives us a dry start to the day, stormy finish and then things wind down. i'm going to show you the european model. clearly the euro is getting us wet tuesday and wednesday model, the only one that is taking that tropical system down to our south in the caribbean and bringing it to the west side of florida.

beaumont, texas. the last run has it parallelling the west coast of florida much that's how out to lunch the models are right now. you can't blame them. there is nothing to fix anything on. there's no storm. so the models are doing their best to make the most out of this. until we get a storm, it's pretty much impossible to determine where it's actually going to go. the euro will probably have another big shift at 2:00 a.m. i'll be updating live on facebook to give you updates and of course if you wake up bright and early morning and want an update, check out ivan or i'll have recorded things on facebook to let you know what is going on. bottom line, at this point for us, there's very little to worry about until the earliest next tuesday. probably not much then either. forecast highs tomorrow in the low to mid-90s. i am more worried about our afternoon thunderstorms. we had a 60 miles per hour gust yesterday with the storm. there hasn't been a 60 miles

you can go 45 or 50. see whati'm it's a ragged system. certainly it could get more organized. but there is your low center. look where the storms are. nowhere near the low. if it travels across the mountains, it could fizzle out before doing anything. i would not write that off. let's say it holds together. if it does, sunday morning you're looking at somewhere in southeastern florida maybe a tropical storm. maybe even a mima the gulf, cuts across the state or weakens and moves up the eastern sea board. obviously the euro and the gpfs a lot of difference in this. we will give you up to date and how things change through the next several days. here is a look at florida's most accurate 7-day forecast. no changes through the weekend. if anything pops, it will be early next week. whatever is down there comes in our general direction and could

>> thank you, denis. aaa says automatic braking systems are giving you a false sense of security. >> not all of them are -- can actually stop your vehicle. even the ones that stop your car only avoided a crash 60% of the time during aaa tests. automatic braking systems will be standard on almost every new vehicle within the next six years. still ahead, a surprise injury crops up at one buc. tk

>> hello, folks. hotched the buck -- how much has the buccaneers got out of the two games of practice? this is the time of year that they hit the wall in camp.

wind for friday's game. the drama continues over there. the kicker did not attempt a kick at all today. the word is the kicking game was not scripted into today's workout. not sure if that is good or bad. then there's marpet in a walking boot today. he said it was for precautionary reasons. his ankle was bothering him after yesterday's practice. head coach dirk koetter gave a quick know when asked if any update on the injury. dirk koetter isn't one to hide his emotions. he is on edge. for good reason. this offensive line was deep and an asset. now it is thinning because of injury. that in itself has changed his thoughts on what he wants most out of friday's game. >> more than anything, i want to come out of it healthy. i mean we can say all we want about the preseason games. just in the last couple of

it's 18 days until atlanta. we have to worry about having the best 46 guys we can out there on september 11th. that's the number one thing. after that, you just wantas crisp of execution as you can get. but, again, we will be mixing and matching line-ups based on protecting guys' health. >> it will be interesting to see. we will see how much they play. >> thank you. we have continuing coverage of the top stories on abcactionnews.com. >> and we will see you

tonight, the race against time. the massive and deadly earthquake. our team on the scene in italy. the trapped, the children rescued. search teams talking to a woman through this tiny slice in the rubble. our chief foreign correspondent is there. at this hour, the tornado emergency in buildings destroyed. students hunkered down in classrooms today. and we're tracking a tropical system headed to the u.s. that could become a hurricane. also tonight, american university under siege at this hour. attackers rushing in. students barricading themselves inside. martha raddatz standing by. donald trump turning up the heat on hillary clinton. b but the trump team has asked, doesn't donald trump donate to