back here in the ba lake area. many homes are significantly damaged. fema is coming out to tour all of this but help may not provide immediate relief. 0. >> i would say by my barn there's at least a it smells awful. she and many other homeowners feel they have nowhere left to turn. >> people are to the point where we don't know what to do anymore. >> some people are hoping the federal emergency management or fema will help those without insurance rebuild. they will be touring the damage this week but pasco county says don't expect a big pay out. >> i want to set the expectation for everyone in this community that fema is not coming out handing out red cross debit cards and things.

the average pay out is $6,000. they are anxious to give fema to give this area a federal disaster declaration. >> we'll be able to elevate homes that continually flood. >> homeowners like carol are looking for a new place to live. >> i have no money to get back in there so i have to move on. >> she says she isn't counting on fema home. this all comes as pasco county is urging homeowners to clear storm and trash debris from their homes. they're picking it upstarting on monday but it needs to be properly sorted so everything you need to know about the categories on our website at abc action news. just click on this story. reporting live in new port

as pasco county families work to rebuild, neighbors are coming together to help friends and even total strangers who lost everything in that flooding. the facebook group operation pasco hermine hoping you'll donate food and other items to flooding victims there. some of the things they canned need include toil trees, pet food, blankets and stuffed animals for children. you can drop off the items the sheriff's ranch and flooding victims can pick up what they need in the afternoon. this weekend the first steps are getting underway towards getting citrus county extra help with their flood clean up. the teams are going door to door tomorrow and sunday. a fema disaster declaration is freeing up millions of dollars in federal money to help residents dealing with damage. the county land fill will be open saturday and sunday with extended hours for those who

hermine. on saturday they're open 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on sunday from noon to 4:30. an update to a story we first told you about yesterday. documents show this sarasota mom accused of trying to hire a hit man was considering having him kidnapped and turn into a sex slave. jake, you have uncovered more shocking twists in this case? a judge setting a $100,000 bond which leahy says she can't

could afford $2,500 to have her ex-husband killed. the motive? to get custody of her three children living with him. >> i know she was disappointed. >> he lived next door to the family and can't believe the charges. >> i don't know how she thought she could get custody if she killed her husband. i guess she thought they would never find out that she was involved. >> that was according to deputies. she gave the undercover deputies pictures of her ex-, listed his address and gave information about his new spouse telling the detective to make it look like an accident. she was to leave town today while the hit was going on. investigators say her bags were packed when she was arrested yesterday. those who know her are still in disbelief. 0. >> i never dreamed anything like

>> reporter: she told the undercover detective she might have another job for him after this one because someone owed her money. she's being housed right here in the manatee county jail. good afternoon everybody, titan doppler radar more active than it was this time yesterday. folks heading to the miranda lambert concert. maybe there's isolated showers over the next couple of hours. nothing tremendously heavy but there are high school football games tonight. fortunately at this point no lightning with this. that's a good thing. i think showers will definitely be around and coverage maybe only 20 or 30% and if you see rain in your area, it will only last for 15-20 minutes tops. we're keeping our eyes on that with temperatures in the upper

now three circles and the orange one over south florida right now. we'll talk about that and let you know how it can impact the weekend forecast. we have some updates on serious issues impacting millions of cars on the road. >> the airbags in four million of its cars may not work when you need them the most. the auto maker says the soft wear problem could prevent the seat belts from working. the models included in the recall are the newer model lacrosses and suburbans . nissan also recalling 120,000 cars from a fire risk. the anti lock brake pumps in newer murano suvs and maximas can leak fluid. take it to the dealer for a free repair. all the models we mentioned are

abcactionnews.com. also tonight new developments in the volkswagon emissions testing scandal. >> an engineer taking the guilty plea for the role he played in the ten-year cover up. he is the first to face charges in the u.s. volkswagon spent years rigging its cars to cheat on emissions test. he admitted to designing the diesel engine. he could face five years in prison. all new at 5:00, a man accused of neglecting a sick dog that had to be euthanized is out of jail tonight. they went to james' home on a call last month and while they were there they noticed his dog gypsy was so sick parts of her fur started to fall out. she had a tumor and couldn't even walk. he admitted to police he had not taken her to the vet in four years. he's now charged with animal cruelty. new tonight in the zika fight. workers at poison control

answers chls the. the number of pregnant women now rising to 84. overnight planes above parts of miami have completed airline spraying for mosquitos. this despite protests over possible affects the insecticide may have on health and the environment. negotiations continuing on a possible zika funding bill. the head of the cdc say they are out of money and they are about to see a bunch of microcephaly in the coming months. ive inandot there are heighteneo in response to an armed robber shooting a tourist early thursday morning. he was protecting his wife when a robber shot and killed him. the tki couple were here on their honeymoon. the killer is still on the loe. police now know the namf

shooting that killed two teenagers and injured a dozen more back in july. they call themselves the bottom boys and are a home grown gang. no leads on which members of the gang are responsible for the murders. take a look at this. a boater 12 miles desperately trying to save his sinking boat. this is video shot from a coast. crews lowered a pump from the chopper to a boat. the boater is lucky he never turned off his engine. otherwise thboat would have sunk. hanging by a thread, dozs ofeople forced to spend the fight in aar. the reason tuntains in the firs. a store clerk sent flying when an suv smashes through the wall. the mistake that caused this crash. with the iphone seven coming out you may be wondering how to get top dollar for your d

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helicopters like these helped bring passengers trapped in a car at altitude 12,000 feet in the air. some cables crossed over each and stopped the cars in position until crews could come. everyone is safe and off the car. the kidnapping story his honoring the death of a montana woman seems to be unravelling. she was found dead in the trunk of her car in washington hundreds of miles from her home. her family told police she called them to say she's been abducted and she loved them.

homicide. investigators are not purr seeing a interest either. detectives are looking into all possibilities including suicide. new developments in a rut ger student suicide case from 2010. a unanously nj appeals course ordered a new trial for the man. he video taped his roommate kissing another man and posted it online. he later committed suicide. he serve 300 hours of community service and paid a fine. the rush to preorder the new iphone seven leaves many looking for ways to get the most money out of their old device. everything you need to know about selling your old cell phone. >> we are so excited about the iphone 7. it makes all the things you do every day so much better.

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and it should guide you from there. jackie callaway taking action for you. dennis doesn't have anything to do with that today. >> we need another storm. he's throwing his equipment around he's so board. >> there's a couple showers. >> do you need the clicker? >> a garage door opener is what it is. outside it's beautiful but there are folks headi t amphitheater and there are showers over there. not a huge issue but if you have lawn seats you might see a five or ten minute shower moving through. river gate looks like a typical summer day. we're only a couple weeks away from the first day of fall. if you're interested in cooler, drier air, we have our share this week. we are looking at showers that continue to move east to west.

plant city and east of downtown tampa. coverage might be 20% of the area picking up these showers. even if you do see rain no lightning with it. that's a good thing and they might last 10 or 15 minutes. that's it. more coverage later into the weekend but still a very nice weekend ahead. great beach weather and good news for folks dealing with flooding issues from hermine. just getting a chance for the water to come down quicker. anywhere from the low to mid 90s upper 80s in palm harbor, 85 degrees and dew points are back. the dew point near 80 degrees. the humidity is back and we had our taste of fall for a couple mornings and now it's gone. i would say at least the next 7-10 days no cool or drier air back any time soon. we're talking about the topics but we'll do that in a couple minutes. low 90s across the area. the satellite looks similar to

is moving more to the north. yesterday it stops in the hillsborough manatee county line. the big issue is always lightning. at this point there isn't any. any updates on facebook always on abcactionnews.com or our facebook. outside is dry and water vapor continues to show limited moisture seeing widespread rain. same thing tomorrow and sunday. if you're looking to do something outdoors you're good to go until 4:00 or 5:00. maybe a quick storm and same thing on sunday. although i think a lot of folks may be inside on sunday watching football. a lot of sun sunshine and better chance of some storms later on in the day and that sets us up

even through monday and tuesday european models are dry. low 90s and maybe middle 90s tomorrow just like we had today. not talking about record breaking heat but close in some areas. go figure, not one or two but three areas that we're watching, remember about two weeks ago there was a very vigorous area off africa that fizzle out. now it's the hurricane center says there's a 40% chance this could become a depression over the next couple of days. look how close it is to us. either way, it doesn't amount to anything and if it were to develop, it's going to continue to go west away from florida and fizzle out at that point. no worriesven though you see an orange circle around florida. this will fizzle out but this won't. this is likely to become a hurricane. it's going like this and curving

the atlantic. bottom line, no worries. for the boaters choppy water in the bay and 84 degrees. your next high today tonight at 6:13. your hour by hour forecast, mostly dry and warm and muggy weather has returned which means it's a great weekend for the beach. sunny skies and warm and dry until maybe a couple showers in the early evening. here's a look at the accurate seven-day forecast. rain chances bump up week. still a nice seven-day with highs each day around 90 degrees. thank you. alligators spotted near a florida bus stop and one woman sa she sees them every single day. the reason the school district refuses to do anything about it. >> what the hell? where's my baby. that's my reaction. >> the scare involving school buses in a mix up that put a six year old i harm's wound up all d the two things her school will

get stranded again. classroom infested with bats. coming up at 6:00, the disturbing pictures you need to see to believe ask the steps the school is taking to get rid of

right now a new protests marching through ebor city as we speak. they're demanding the hillsborough county deputy be fired. the sheriff's office says they were serving a warrant when a swat team member felt threatened and fatally shot him. the deputy involved is now on leave. an suv plows into a

it happened. the clerk gets pushed into the counter and was seriously injured in this. the driver accidentally hit the gas pedal and drove right into the store in connecticut last week. the location of a new adult store has people angry because of where developers are planning to put it. >> it's going upright next to a chuck e cheese. >> the new location is coming oon and that address is store next to check e. cheese. no signs indicating it's a hus ler story but they're going through the process. they will sell less than 25% of adult material so they won't be classified as a bookstore. they will be listed as retail and won't be violating codes. >> we don't know what kind of case we as a community of concerned citizens can possibly

a zone ordinance. >> community members plan to fight to stop the store from opening. a usf student out on the street thanks to a bed bug in fes infestation. how to make sure your home

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a bed bug problem so bad, one student forced to sleep in her car. a problem sure to make your skin crawl. >> a usf student coming to us to complain about bed bug inif he is station. >> live outside the apartment complex where this is happening. these tenants have the marks to prove it. >> reporter: that's right. andrea wright moved into the homes here two and a ago and it didn't take long before she was waking up every day with large well ps all over her body. it was due to bed bugs and lotds of them. she doesn't go anywhere with rubbing alcohol to protect herself and says the conditions are so bad inside the apartment she's been forced to live on the street.