>> this is an urban mosquito found close to home. >> dump and cover artificial containers. >> there is one reported case but it was from someone who was traveling and brought it back here. mosquito control was called into action to keep it from spreading. >> when there is a case of an illness well go out and canvass the neighborhoods and we look for the containers and talk to the public. >> this is an abundled dance of caution especially for those of us here in tampa. >> the main concern is for pregnant women or women trying to become pregnant traveling to countries the virus is prevalent. >> this would be a good time to change the plans and maybe travel somewhere else. >> that's because the virus is being associated with a birth defect where babies born with an abnormally small head and possible brain damage. and

is spread by mosquitos your best protection is repelant. >> other virus viruss like dungay and west nile spread the same way but what are your chances. in 2015 the florida department of health saw 11 west nile cases, one case of dungay fever and no cases of zika. >> now, activities in our state can be year-round but there are things you can do to protect yourself. the most important avoid traveling to areas with an active infestation, again, using an epa approved bug repelant and wear it over your sunscreen. and finally protect yourself inside your hotel rooms. sleep in an air conditioned screened

resources on the virus and extra ways to protect yourself at wtsp.com. just click seen on tv. looking out for your safety, we're expecting storms but will they be severe. >> you can tell the sign of change is coming from the cloudy skies on the sky 10 network. we're tracking a few showers out in the gulf but it's the main line over texas that looks to come in in a couple of different rounds. we're at a mar began mall risk for wednesday. but we've got a couple storms that we're tracking and a few of these could become severe fairly quickly. it won't take a whole lot to do so so we'll talk about the timing of these storms and what you can expect. i'll walk you through it you are hour by hour.

home i'll take you through this at 6:15. right now chicken pox so far 8 students have come down with the virus. our partners say it's all happening at plumb will the tear school of the all children in florida public schools required to get vaccinated but there are ex exceptions for religious reasons. tonight at 11 we're digging deeper finding out if any of the kids received a vaccination. schools could be required to let kids out for place for 20 minutes of free place recess every day. moms of school children testified frustrated that board members have resisted recess time. it's your choice 2016 and do you think you're ready to video this year. election supervisors across the state say not so fast. the three biggest thing

your first ballot. >> number one we have a closed presidential primary that means to vote in this election you need to be registered as either a republican or a democrat, third party and no party affiliation you can't vote. number 2, the primary is on march 15th. that means the deadline for you to register is february 16th. that's three weeks from today. and number 3, if you're taking a vote by mail ballot you need to update your signature. if it's changed substantially since you registered and don't update it you risk having your vote not counted at all. we have a link to all the forms that you can use to get prepared online just head to wtsp.com. okay and while you're there at our website you can learn all about the candidates, you can find a list of biographies.

uncovered tonight. detectives walked into a home filled with 204 marijuana plants. they entered with a search warrant. and they also discovered the house was hooked up to the grid illegally. a man was arrested and faces multiple charges. taking a look county by county no need to boil your the city says the water is safe to drink after a three-day water boil notice, but we found only restaurants continuing to serve tap water despite the warning. the city only relies on the media to get the word out because there's often too many to notify. in manatee county help for business owners from last week's tornados. you need to fill out a damage assessment survey online.

assessment found just three residential properties were impacted boot storm totalling less than $175,000 in damage. in sarasota a community is trying to keep its library open. more than 600 people have signed a petition to keep it open for at least a little bit longer. it is overcome with mold and sarasota county plans to close it on february 1st. petitioners wanted the county to find a temporary location to move the books, meantime a temporary drop off location is setup but there's no place to keep the books. an open discussion on forced labor be in polk county, there was a big risk of becoming victims of human trafficking. everyone is asked to keep an eye out and to report anything suspicious to law enforcement right away. dangerous bicycle route.

about a safety issue. we found the florida department of transportation seems to be ignoring the federal highway administration's policy. >> the cycling club rides 30 miles a day. >> i love riding. it keeps me healthy. >> but when ride leader are gets to u.s. 301. >> i stop to warn people that this is going to be a very dangerous stretch of road. >> that's because of the rumble strips. >> you can't see anything, hear anything you just fly out into the road. >> this woman did just that. >> i hit the strip, went down, broke my elbow. >> i measured here and it's about three and a half feet wide. the strip is just over a foot wide. that only leaves about two and a half feet. u.s. 301 is a state road. according to the federal highway administration's policy strips

used by bicyclists unless there is a minimum clear path of four feet in which a bicycle may safely operate. i contacted the florida department of transportation asking why u.s. 301 is an exception. i haven't received an answer but you can count on me to keep pressing until i get one. >> we've had promises that they would do something about this for many years but they say well next time we pave it, well they came along and paved it and did the same thing. >> you can see this small portion was repaved and a safer audible safety feature was added, but james says that's not enough. >> it's going to get people killed along here . >> yeah, that guy's probably right. if you've got a traffic issue you want to be investigated send an email, you can also send a tweet.

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tonight appeal 8:00 ncis, followed by ncis new orleans and then my favorite limbless. and then join us at 11. sarasota county may soon join 40 our florida government necessary banning the sale of puppy mill pets. >> now, one side argues they're trying to save the animals while another says it will kill their business. >> pet land known for selling a furry friend has been the target of animal rights groups. >> they're kept had in cages their whole lives and receiving no medical care and then they bred until they're spent or killed or augusts. >> if i was selling dogs that were sick and having issues we wouldn't have people coming back time and time ago.

happens at out of state bredders commissioners considering a ban on all retail dogs. >> brad parker brought the store a year ago and says he sells about 100 dogs a month without a problem. >> and i keep the reports for every single breeder. >> but animal rights advocates say the guidelines have failed animals. >> the local cities have said enough. >> the sarasota ordinance would limit to four females. >> a buyer can inspect the conditions a dog is is bred in and see its parents. >> we would ask for a clean ordinance to stop the sales of

>> and they promote the adoption of animals filling local shelters . >> we've posted information on tomorrow's public hearing at wtsp.com. now, 10 investigates has busted backyard bredders in the past. we've posted the five things you must know when buying or adopting pets also at our website. it's time for 10 weather. >> if there was a day for you to golf you should have golfed today. >> i was thinking about but due to dedication and people depending on me to be here i showed up. >> look at you. >> i'll have to make sure that we get one of your days off some nice temperatures. >> you have the power to do that? >> yes, he does. >> you didn't see all the vodoo stuff going on. no, it is going to be a wild ride. 70s on storm tracker 10.

what a ride from 30s monday morning. so within 48 hours and really 36 hours we've seen temperatures jump 40, 45 degrees so a quit he teller ride out there from what was 30 this morning crystal river around 69 for you out there, we made 40s this morning. 70 in carollwood. no precipitation showing up but that will be changing pretty rapidly as we go through the next couple of days. tonight we start off cloudy and no rain for the next hour or two but as he wet deeper into the night some spray showers will be possible as well as late tonight and then for wednesday we're looking at a couple of rounds if not a few rounds of showers and storms possible, the heaviest concentration does look to be starting mid to late morning carrying through the afternoon hours, but that doesn't mean you

sun comes up and that's why i want to talk about this and time it out. and you can see from snow in canada to rain all the way down in mexico it's a pretty large system that we're tracking. the north end pulls away from us it's these two lows right here that we're tracking for you, and it will take a good day and a half to two days to get it through the area. now, i'll show you the big picture and we'll zoom in and slow it down. they'll start late morning and carry through lunchtime and start to wind down on wednesday. we still have the second one to track do that in a moment. mar beganal risk for severe weather which means most of it should be rain and below severe limits but we will have a chance that a couple of them could windup quickly on us and produce some strong if not

isolate tornado is possible although i think having this come in in a couple of stages will help reduce the severe weather threats of the so looking at the throng east storms right around late morning and late afternoon, a few dinner time showers and storms could still fire up south ward. now, if any of that changes as far as timing the one thing i could see changing is what i'm tracking right here am those showers that are coming up fighting a very dry air mass right now but that's quickly transitioning. so if there are any changes to the forecast -- and i feel like we need to watch that for a couple of hours to see how quickly the atmosphere is changing. this is another model this is our high resolution and note the time at 4 a.m., and it's a 50-50 shot. if this does

see at 11 with the latest that could mean some moderate heavy showers already there and although the heaviest and strongest line again is is still to the west to come in later in the day we would be looking at some of us maybe even being slowed down on the morning commute. we need a couple more hours to watch that to pinpoint if the day break showers happening. and then thursday that low for now looks to be tracking a little farther south still likely to see rain ask showers and that's the thing we're really trying to pinpoint down is the exact track that have second low. there hasn't been very good agreement on the models. so 7-day forecast, again some showers possible late tonight ask through the morning commute but the strongest stuff should be midday and widely scattered but the pay off will be really nice crisp cool mornings and very pleasant averages for gasparilla or anything you want to do saturday 68 degrees and 73 be on sunday if you know day that's your golf

>> i'll have an update at 1 #11. the pirates taking off. >> first they took the key to the city of tampa, now, they're

tampa buccaneers. >> 13 years ago the bucs were crowned the kings of the football world winning super bowl xxxvii in blowout fashion, hard to believe that fateful night was that long ago, and next week john lynch could be the third member of that team to be called into the pro football hall of fame. >> there's so many great memories, more so to me you remember the journey what it took to get there and that's what i spent a lot of time when i think back to my playing days what she is it took to get to that goal. >> it's crunch time for the race just 23 days until pitchers and catchers report to spring traininging. more players could be added, but regardless the manager is itching to get started. >> it's time to go, every is

can't wait to see, from, you know, it's been, four, five months and we're going to see some new faces that we can't wait to welcome. pediatric cancer kind of hit home for us, my wife had a history and her family and once we had our two kids we wanted to help kids out. >> him and his wife show how big their hearts. you won't want to miss 10 sports at 11 how they're helping families. it's gasparilla season and the pirates already busy invading. many of them took over tampa again hospital this morning. this is the crew of gasparilla, the original crew. they passed out beads, cannon balls, coloring books to the children in the hospital. >> for us we are -- we're year-round.

or 40 events most of us do 25 or so events and handing out beads. >> they also visited all children's hospital in st. pete. >> i love this because it's like a little taste of gasparilla all in the community all year long. >> indeed. love it. >> they do so much good. >> that's it for 10 news at 6, everybody. we'll see you back here at 11.