hello, and good afternoon again. security stepped up nationwide and right here at home as well. >> lynn: that's right, it is, and brian is there live at miami international airport with what is being done there to keep people safe. >> reporter: lynn, the police say that they're on a heightened statef alert. they have added under cover officers here at the airport. and looook behind me, there are a number of additions and terms here. they're even doing random searches right now at airport entrances just as a precaution. let's go to video from inside of the airport. you see federal agents all over the place with their tactical gear, and the police bring in additional canine units and bomb sniffifi dogs. the important information, there are no credible threats to south florida. and meanwhile, want one flight to brussels is delayed. it's going to be rerouted to a different airport in brussels,

the passengers are frustrated, waiting in concord g right now, desperately trying to communicate with their family and friends back home. >> my family started texting me and they were really scared. they thought i was there, and they said are you okay? and i said i haven't left yet. >> there wl be a lot of security, and unfortunately, it's part of the world that we live in now. >> reporter: this right here is new video just in from orlando, this is video of the plane that the folks here are waiting for. it stopped in orlando. it is undndgoing a security check right now, and then we're told that it will fly here to miami. everyone here will board and it will go to belgium, but it will land in a different city, and not brussels. police making note that this was a very difficult time with spring breakers and the message,

airport well in vance of your flight. >> lynn: also, heartbreaking image pouring into the plex. this is the check-in counter, moments after the explosion occurred. nicole linsilata has more devastating imaged. >> reporter: well,l, lynn, these images are difficult to look at, but they give us an idedeof the horrific act of ter. they reach far beyond belgium. people like these, passengers lying helpless in the smoke filled terminal of the brussels airport. after the blast, one woman on her phone and another with a bloody face. in frustration, the shock and horror felt by many who were just there to catch a flight.

reporters snap pictures as ambulances rush to the scene to help the hundreds who are injured. and cameras capture the show of force as armed police evacuate the passengers. across europe, images of french soldiers checking unattended boxes left on the flat form in paris, france. security increased at all major airports, in russia, poland, germany and great britain. new york city, as images continue to pour in from belgium. horror and hope as some walked away from the blast unharmed, wrapped in blankets, and others seen hugging each other and wiping away tears with yet another bloodyct of violence. and social media playing a big role connecting loved ones after

them to declare themselvevesafe, or unsafe or not in the area. nicole linsilata, 7 news. >> anchor: okay, so why is terror such a high-risk in brussels? >> lynn: aside from its countryside and chocolate and beer, it's infamous as a recruiting ground for jihadi fighters. 7's diana diez with that. >> reporter: terror striking belgium without warning. the country saying that his untry is at war. ladies and gentlemen, what we feared has happened, said the prime minister, charles michelle. our country and our citizens have been hit by attack. belgium, prior to paris, there were no immigration checks between the two countries in the europe union. the intelligence officers had

arrest of salah abdelslam. after his arrest, friday, he told the authorities that he had created a new network and he was planning attacks. the authorities say that it's unclear if the brussels attacks were already planned, if they were a direct response to the terror reader's arrest, or if it was his terrorist network that set it into motion. officials had been after him since november's attacks in france, and it was not the end of the search. monday, the another attacker, lacroix. diana diez, 7 news. >> lynn: stay with 7 news for the latest on the terror in brussels. we'll have a lot more throughout thisnastic and updates any time as they happen on the website,

wsvn.com. >> well, another historic change coming to cuba, i new venture preparing to set sail in havana. >> anchor: carnival cruise line has been improved by the cuban government. >> lynn: and this is the first time in 50 years that a cruise ship will go to cuba. this is a big deal. >> reporter: lynn and jeff, it will be all board for cuba soon enough. for about 2 grand, you can be part of a seven-day trip that hasn't been taken from a cruise ship from america in over 50 years. cue the commercialism. crowds of culture hungry tourists and the cruise ships. so far it's just one ship, operated by a subsidiary of carnival cruise line. but come may 1st, it's officially scheduled to be open for you saw to cuba business. >> carnival has become the first

50 years to be granted approval from cuba to sail from the you saw to cuba. >> reporter: they made the historic announcement on the day that president obama teamed a meeting on entrepreneurship. >> the first carnival cruise is expected to pull into havana in may. >> reporter: here's how it would go if you expected to take a cuban cruise. it starts on sunday, and you get to havana late the next morning. you take in what the cruise company calls the flavors of havana. >> we take you to revolution scare, to see places where the pope has visited and given or races, and where whether or not you agree with the politics, see a lot of the places where a lot of the speeches haveeeen delivered. >> reporter: the visits to historic sites, and after havana, you hit facingose and

>> what they're building is completely new and different. and exciting. >> reporter: but the booking process isn't enough. through carnival's website, you can book a trip to cuba. it will run you a minimum of $100. but the cruise liner will remind you that you'll be one of the first american cruisers to hit havana in more than half a century. so here's what you need if you want to make this trip. a $600 deposit. a passport, visa, and affidavit proving that your trip is for cultural reasons. we're live in the plex. >> lynn: coming up from the news station, we're keeping our eyes on the developing story of the day. you're looking live atp the eiffel tower, colors of the belgium flag and solidarity, their hearts a with the people in brussels, two experienced two

one e the airport and the metro station. over 30 are killed, over 200 injured, and some are critically injured. >> anchor: putting the brakes on wrong-way wrecks here i sufficientliful ? >> a turn in temperatures in south florida. we're feeling nice in afternoon ar the chilly start to the day.

forecast, stay tuned. >> lynn: wrong way wrecks have become a trucking trend in south florida. >> anchor: and a south florida company is working on life saving technology. >> the hard to tell if it was related. >> reporter: one vehicle was traveling in the southbound lanes of i-95. >> lives lost in the twisted metal. >> go deep inside. who washis guy? why he driving the wrong way? >> reporter: the heartbreak, the reality of recent and very violate wrong way crashes. >> you sayomeone is pinned? trapped in the car? >> reporter: inspired research into potentiallyllife saving deterrents.

drdrers out of bike lanes and away from pedestrians at night in off-ramps. >> what we do, we have a steady light, a flashing light. >> reporter: a south florida company already brought the flickering red warning lights to test the inload technology upstate beten pensacola and tallahassee and they want to expand the program locally. >> they would run for a minimum of 15 hours, bed on sunlight and rainy days. >> it triggers an alarm. >> reporter: in the meantime, their own@experiment, stepping up their monitoring to the tune of $400,000. >> we would activate a sign that says wrong way, use stream caution. >> reporter: on the sawgrass and

executivive wrong way warnings, cluding signs that can snap photos. watch here as this driver self correct. >> we had, you know, 23 instances since the eipment was installed in the fall of 2014, where the equipment was activated on a legitimate basisis that it actually went off, anda wrong way motor resist was detectct. in all of but one of those instances, the vehicle going the wrong way self corrected. and while we hesitate to say that it's solely because of the sign or solely because of whatever, it is promising to know. >> reporter: the florida highway paol dispatch is also linked in, getting relate information, not f fced to wait on a 9-1-1 call when it mayaye too late. >> head-on collision, two victims ejected. >> reporler: the tragedy, the panic, the loss. as the technology is put to the test across the state.

we're using about seven lighth and the driver in any direction would be looking at this. >> the inroad lights are easy to install and economical. >> to install, five or six thousand dollars. >> reporter: now in talks with the miami expressway authority, ready to expand their experiment to several off much ramps for widespread application. ann keil, 7 news. >> anchor: coming in off the satellite, a problematic pinch leaving trouble in orlando after pinching a boy's butt at school. she was originally only placed on suspension until the boy's mother decided to space charges of battery. >> i don't regret it.

>> reporter: the officials said that if she completes a program and does community service, the charge would be dismissed and her record would be clean. >> lynn: a flight attendant caught carrying illegal luggage in california. the officials made this shockckg discovery. inside of her carry o. the police found what is believed to be 66 pounds of cocaine. how could she squish all of that on her carry on? she took off during the search and has been on the run ever since. >> anchor: hot wheels spotted in indiana. flames engulfing a load of cars in indianapolis. traffic was halted in both directionsnsor hours as firefighters work to detained flames on on the highway. they looked to see how it

7 news back after this. >> and it's turn out to be a terrific tuesday, south florida. after that cool start, jackets necessary this morning, at least ound daybreak. highs, or rather the low temperatures at that time, well, they were just in the 50s across most of the area. key west, not quite as chilly, but not too different either. 60 , and it was 57, the official low in miami.

56 in fort lauderdale a 71 . so the temperatures were able to bounce back, highs this afternoon calmly in the middle 70s with the breeze off the ocean, 17. and the air dry, the humidity 46%. so we don't expect to see very much on the radar, at least in the short run. that could change as we get deeper into the week, and as the moisture starts to increase from the south, that could be the case by especially late thursday and also on good friday. here's the setup from the satellite, notice these clouds coming in off the ocean, just a few strands along that breeze, ande could see a very -- in fact, we'll see a very quiet night tonight as the breeze continues to hold. as far as the temperatures, they're going to be working their way up, especially as the winds turn more out of the south in t next 24 hours. the bad news about that, while

you're heading to the beach, the threat of rip currents will remain quite high as we go through the week and the beaches with a lot of spring breakers around. so good idea to only swim at guarded beaches, and maybe get on the sand instead of getting in the water. here's the vantage point. the lack of clouds from the texass to the carolinas, looking beautiful and bright skies and high pressure in control. a few snow showers in the eastern great lakes, where it's just chilly enough for that, and then a m m out west with rain and higher elevation snow. this is part of a front that will continue to develop down in the southwest, and then it tends to track across the middle of the nation with stormy weather across the heartland by torrow afternoon and thursday. so still very far from us, so the weather going to remain quiet in south florida. and good news there. here's the forecast as we have

we have seas up to 5 feet, at least occasionally with a choppy biscayne bay. and from the keys, a new extension from this advisory, now until 11:00 tonight with small craft and very choppy waters around the keys. temperatures will fall, but not nearly as far tonight. instead of the 50s, mild, 60s across the ard, nice, and stronger breeze to coastal locations, and then tomorrow, 5 warmer, the temperatures perking up to highs near 8 on, and more seasonal temperatures for this time of year. it does get warmer, notice the mid 80s on thursday and friday, and we have to incorporate at least the slight rain chance for the easter weekend. and then the next one that could get close to us is still about a

that's the 7-on-7 forecast. >> the sound of terror are my taken. travelers duck for cover after a blast near the counter at the brussels air powmplet can see air stroller left abandoned. othehehuddled or injured near their luk luggage. suddenly 200 to 300 people were rushing w w from the security check point toward the gate. packs direct to the tarmac as official shut down the airport but it wasasot over. an hour later, an p explosion ripped@through the mall big metro stage close to the european complex. video of the immediate aftfrmath shows survivors trying escape in the dark. outside they tried to to saft douse enwounded. 's like war. it's unbelievable. it's rlly bad.

i have almost 34 years of service and it the first time i've seen something so terrible. >> and now owe figure shall belie they have a picture of the suicide bomber. the # mep on the left. each wearing one glove on their left hand. investigators think they tried to to hide debt to nay tore in those hand. and they found three belts packed with explosive among thehe debris. now look at man on the right in a lig colored jacket. he is now a wanted man. police believe he may have crucial information about the attack. the attack belgium owe figure shall have been waiting for. ladies and gentlemen what we feared what been hand happen. and our citizens and country has been hit by cowardly attack oomplet and plez obama wrapping up his trip to cuba condemning the attack. this is another reason why the world must unite.