the harvest moon, right? we'll be harvesting until it gets too cold. 81 in st. pete. if you are traveling north, temps in the 20s and 0s already. 81 as far as the it 'em chore, but it there -- as far as the temperature. but it already feels like it. i think we're looking at average rain chances here. oh, good morning. they've got two cameras pointed at me for some reason. this is the one with light on the top that i should look at. as we check in on the tropics, we have ian, julia, and karl. temps this afternoon climbing to 90 and will feel like 90 and that will be the case. that sounds terrible but it's one of the things woo he have to deal with. >> so this camera, right?

light. >> we're good. we have a crash to tell you about. we have one lane blocked here. if you are heading out the door, heading into tampa, you will notice the flashing lights. make sure you slow down and use caution there. as you can see, it's taking 22 minutes to get from county line road into downtown tampa. a quick check of your roads outside, this is i-275 traffic is looking great right there. back to you. >> all right. thanks very much, janelle. video to show you of a large sinkhole to open up in mulberry sending contaminated water gushing into the florida aquifer. as for how deep? it appears to be bottomless.

company's containment ponds. 250 million gallons used to process fertilizer has drained into that hole which connects to the aquifer. the company is pumping contaminated water out of the aquifer and back into the plan, a process that could take months to complete. so far, the bad water pose nose threat to the surrounding communities. we found several past epa enforcement actions. just last year, they agreed to pay nearly $2 a federal lawsuit. that covered 60 billion pounds of hazardous waste. the company agreed ato clean up six sites. the epa claimed mosaic was improperly storing chemicals. the epa called it a major victory for clean water. you can read more on our web site, abcactionnews.com. a fight between two homeless men in st. pete beach ends with one of them dead.

when they got into a violent fight. witnesses say wilson repeatedly hit darling on the face. when deputies got there, darling was on the ground and pronounced dead at the scene. the navy says pilot error killed a blue angels flier. the marine captain was practicing in june when he crashed. a new report says his jet was flying too fast and too low when he transitioned from a climb into another maneuver, he tumbled from the report says fatigue and weather contributed but say he did not black out. new information on the ex- convict arrested for setting fire to a mosque. the suspect is admitting to the crime. according to an arrest affidavit, 32-year-old joseph shriver told officials he was embarrassed and never intended to hurt anyone. it was the same one the pulse nightclub shooter attended. shriver is being held without bail.

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5:09. good morning as we check in on forecast 78 this morning. about 87 by lunchtime. temps in the low 90s and heat index approaching the low 90s. 5:09. also coming up, an fbi agent poses as a journalist but not very well. the obvious mistakes he made and the fallout from the case.

. >> are you thinking of buying the new iphone 7? if so, you can get your hands on one today. abc action news lindsay logue is live to explain. all right, lindsay, what's the catch? >> reporter: we are outside an at&t retail store. a out. already, the jet black iphone is on back order as well as the iphone-plus. you have to wait until november. despite the initial grumblings over the head phone jack, which is by far the biggest complaint, sales have exceeded expectations. apple's stock went up 12%. the first water resistant

made. if you are not in a rush and you can wait, wait until you get the one you want. also again, all plus models are on back order. the iphone 7 looks a lot like the iphone 6s. so if you don't want to upgrade, the phone looks the same. it's just different on the inside. you can still get the operating system ios10 that was released later. we'll let our friends sleep a little longer and find out what they are here for. not the only line, of course in florida. gave in tampa, i'm lindh -- live in tampa, i'm lindsay logue. an fbi agent did not violate rules by pretending to be a journalist but i did

he didn't have a comma between the town and state name, used a period in the tag line and used the number instead of the word. so that's how he got busted. >> ivan cabrera never makes a mistake. that's why he's the most accurate reporter. >> that is an actual forecast. we're continuing to see temperatures in the next few hours continuing to climb up by the time we get into the afternoon. we'll be about 91 but the humidity will make it feel like 100 degrees for later on. rain chances will be average heading into the upcoming weekend. our coverage is 40%. we have of course julia, ian, and karl will continue to make it over the atlantic. as far as futurecast, we'll have a few sprinkles by the

hour. really, it's the afternoon heating of the day and we'll continue with rain chances at about 40%. that will be the case as we head through the weekend as well. pretty similar setup here. julia is still impacted with the carolinas, although not as significant. we have ian well up into the north atlantic. then the next feature we're going to watch is our tropical depression, which is tropical storm karl, that will be making westward progress over several days, in fact by next tuesday it's still out there. by then, the category one hurricane has plenty of time to watch that as we've been talking about and looks to be curving to the north. so excellent news there. as far as temperatures this afternoon, lower 90s factoring in the humidity. it will feel more like 100 to 105. the humidity is as high as it gets. so now the typical average is 89, 90.

it'll feel a lot more humid. have a beach day out there. boating looks good. we'll have winds going onshore. westerly is at 5:00. there are the tides. let's check in on the extended forecast in the next two days. rain chances are about 40%. temperatures are right around 90 for both saturday and sunday. then heading into the early part of next week, woo el have much more of a typical pattern for late summer. the heat index is still 105. so you bet i'll have the vest off by the time we get to work. i don't recommend layers today or any kind of extras. >> i am going upstairs, would you like something? >> i would like coffee, thank you very much. we have one crash we're watching on iphone westbound. so it's off to the shoulder. traffic seems to be getting by just fine. we're up to speed. no issues.

through the flashing lights. your drive across the bay is looking great. this is what it looks like as these cars are coming in to tampa. it's taking just seven minutes to get across the howard frankland. your drive times on the veterans, if you are heading to the airport, you should get there in no time at all. 19 minutes from 54 to 275. deiah? 18 minutes after 5:00 right now. coming up, a disgusting disdiscovery. a man found living in a with 350 pigeons inside. he wasn't cleaning up after them. if you can stomach it, we'll show you how bad it is. >> a blind man fights off two armed robbers. he was able to identify one of them based off his voice and

welcome back. they say the fathers were flying in a house raid on long island. police found 350 pigeons flying freely inside of a house in north merrick. a man in his 70s also lived in there. he was taken to the hospital in a full protective suit used for hazardous materials. the pigeons were allowed to roam around as they pleased doing what birds do.

thick in some places. a blind man was able to fight off two armed robbers. he was a former gang leader. he said he arrived home when someone hit him in the head. in the struggle, he managed to grab the attacker's gun. he recognized their voices and thinks the attackers are teenagers who belong to the bloods, the gang that he started in dallas. >> i don't know what i could tell them right now. i want to tell them something so harsh, but my heart won't let me. >> he is now a vocal anti-gang advocate. 5:22. coming up, the surprise statement the trump campaign made overnight and what hillary

florida's aquifer. a fertilizer plant is creating a dangerous situation. >> good morning. we're watching your traffic cameras. this is a live look at i-4 right through plant city where we have a crash. you can see the flashing lights there not causing any delays right now. coming up, we're going to check your drive over in pinellas

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now at 5:27, the unlikely person who wants to help the person behind that offensive 9/11-themed mattress commercial we told about good morning, i'm deiah riley. >> i'm dan shaffer. let's start this friday with traffic and weather together. no major issues on the roads, we hope? >> no major issues. >> i feel like we need to talk about something but it's really quiet on the roads and up in the sky. maybe i missed it already, but harvest moon already has a full moon coming up. tonight it will rise at 6:59.

that will be spectacular. we'll have thunderstorms to deal with. lower 80s are usually reserved for the areas with water nearby. so the coast once again is very steamy across the interior with temps dropping in the mid-70s before we get to sunrise. so we are hot and humid no question this afternoon. we'll have the hundred degree temperatures as far as what it feels like outside. the chan average here. we'll talk more about the tropics. three systems out there that we don't have to worry about at this point. between 1:00 and 4:00, that will be the chance for rain today and coverage at 40%. so you have a preview of what is coming up on the traffic report here. janelle? >> we've been watching the crash on i-4. if this continues

4 is very busy heading in through tampa right through plant city. hopefully it won't cause too much of an issue. a live look now over in st. pete. i-275 in gandy looking great right now in both directions. we can check the average speeds from the sunshine to the gandy. northbound 65 is looking great out there i checked the other major roads throughout pinellas county. no major problems out there, either. six minutes if you are starting off downtown to get to the howard frankland. back to you, guys. video this morning of this large sinkhole in mulberry. >> a giant sinkhole opened up it he mosaic fertilizer plant

gushing underground. rodney dunningan, this discovery was made weeks ago? >> reporter: deiah, in fact, the company found out about this issue the last week of august and this hole, as you guys mentioned, is massive. it is about 45 feet wide. they aren't sure how deep it is because they actually can't see to the bottom of this thing. this video is incredible. let's take a look at this. the aerial view gives you a great perspective of how massive this hole is. it containment pound. about 215 million gallons of contaminated water used to process fertilizer was actually drained into that hole. the problem was discovered by a routine inspection. >> one of our field technicians whose job is to monitor water levels in the ponds, when they were making their rounds, they