p p>> anchor: right now at 6:00 .m. a powerful tornado turns pdeadly for one family in pmanatee county. p>> team coverage how those phardest hit are coping with the pdamage and what the state is pdoing to help. p>> . p>> anchor: good evening thank pyou for joining us. pdeveloping first and i severe pstorms ripped to the bay area pearly this morning and the pcleanup is still underway. phere they live love at the

owerful tornado hit homes just pleveled to the ground, pieces pof wood everything there all pover. pthis is one of three spots hit phardest overnight. p>> we have a view from the air pkey. plater winding its way down to pbay winds drive in sarasota. pit skipped over lakewood ranch pand hit the mobile home on palbritton road in duets. pwith deadly results here. pand here's a closer look at the paftermath of the discussion. pthe town of duet is in maddie pcounty. pthe tornado hitting there, pleaving the community shaken. pa husband and wife are dead pafter a tornado swept up their pmobile home. pwith them, their son and four pgrandchildren inside. p>> anchor: authorities say pit's lucky anybody survived. pbe great it is a hard job for pneighbors and friends. psorting through the pieces of pwhat used to be mobile home and pat the same time, through their pgrief.

pwas here and gone quit. pvery quickly. p>> reporter: randy sharp said phe knew the storm is coming. pjust before 4:00 a.m. he had ptaken cover. pauthorities say that is when a ptornado passed by albritton proad taking with it his pneighbors mobile home. pinside, were stephen kelly pwilson who neighbors say went pby katie, their son stephen and pfour grandchildren. p>> man: were trying to call pabout 3:20 am and cannot get pany response from their phone. pand we saw a red light go by pthe house. pi actually got a text from psomebody saying that there was pa direct hit on albritton road pand i had already seen the red plight so then i knew. p>> reporter: manatee county pshirts and steve wilson, 58 pyears old died in the storm. pkatie, who is 51 suffered a pfatal heart attack on the way pto the hospital. ptheir son stephen was able to pcrawl from the wreckage, gather pthe kids ages six through 10 pand gets me neighbors house for phelp. p>> man: i am amazed to see

pif you look at the debris pbehind us here, is complete pdevastation for this home. p>> reporter: you can see pbehind me that the tornado icked up the mobile home clear pof the cinderblocks, ripped it papart and scattered debris well pacross the roadway. pthe national weather service psays this wasn't yet you ptornado with wind speeds of 225 pmiles per hour. p>> man: where an el niqo pwinter and spring will have pmore sausages through april. pnow's a good time for people to pfigure where is there tornado pshelter. pwe would rather have left well pbefore hand a half hour before pthe storms arrived.>> preporter: neighbors in a sad preminder of mothers nature's ower. pwhen they will have to live pwith the rest of their lives. p>> man: the grandkids, they plove the neighbors.they would pdo anything in a row for panybody anytime. pthey were just wonderful eople. pthe world will not be the same pwithout them. p>> reporter: in manatee

p>> anchor: last i say to the pkids had for serious injuries. p-- all of them are expected to psurvive. p>> today governor rick pstopping his respects to the pfamily of stephen and kelly pwilson. phe visited what was left of ptheir home, his family again icking up the debris. pbox 13 is live on albritton proad with what the governor had pto say. pbe free haley, study for peveryone to list dining for all pof us. pthe same is true for governor prick scott. phere he is just a couple of phours ago arriving here on palbritton road. phere he is meeting with friends pand neighbors, he put his arm paround him and told him to stay pthat the state of florida would pbe there for them and he was pthinking of them. phe remarked that it was articularly awful that this phappened in the middle of the pnight and also awful that the pchildren were inside of the phouse came crashing down around pthem. p>> i think the most important pthing is they know that to the pextent of their services needed

pup. pi think whenever you go through psomething like this you want to pmake sure people know how pimportant it is that the pgovernment will be there and i pcan tell you, anything that i pknow the county is doing their pjob . p>> reporter: sheriff brad of pmanatee county commons is it pthey are doing a good job. phe says he had been shared here pfor the last 10 years and does pnot remember a tornado striking pin this way with these deadly pconsequences. pobviously there been hurricane phere, but we have not had paccording to the sheriff, a ptornado strike as deadly as pthis one and indeed they are pused to the hurricanes and pthings like that. pmostly in the middle of summer, pseldom something like this in pjanuary. p>> anchor: touches the all the pdestruction. pthank you. p>> duet was actually the psecond stop for governor rick's pcafi. phe went to siesta key earlier

pstore damage there. pand that damage could be seen pfor block. eople gathered what they could pto find another place to stay. pthe tornado first started off psiesta key, three condos were pdamaged eerie fast 15 kimberly preports tonight, resident they pcould have been much worse. p>> reporter: the bad weather pstarted slowly. phe said first there was a lot pof rain and then you can hear pthe wind picked up.>> preporter: it was enough to pmake of susan colton and her phusband as a seven there siesta pkey condo. pthe warnings without, then the ptornado hit. p>> woman: there was a distinct pthrough. pfloor. p>> reporter: others at pexcelsior condo hit heard it ptoo. p>> man: there is a roar, the pwind got really very loud and pthe next thing we knew, the pceiling fell in. p>> reporter: this one lives pforce. p>> woman: my dog started

pwhat it was, it was over. p>> reporter: outside the pdebris was everywhere. pscreen porches for brendan and pchris and arms and dozens of pout. p>> man: you could see the roof pif you would like and there are ptorn. p>> reporter: shingles were pspread across unit and the roof pon building five at excelsior pwas blown off. p>> man: the unit that i am in pis not, you cannot live in it. p>> reporter: people gathered pwhat they could insert sony the plast sarasota county pfirefighters responded with rogress. p>> reporter: they cannot pbelieve your eyes and realize phow lucky they were. p>> man: we're fine, we tested pa number of our friends said pdon't worry we heard on the pnews, we are good. p>> woman: we are very, got to pcampus. pbe great. p>> anchor: sarasota county pofficials are asking to list a pweek and the damages crews

pif you have any questions you pare to report damage, they are pcounted as you call 941 861 p5000. p>> and you hurt people in the pstory thing in her like a train pcoming by outside. pthat seems to be that train plike noise. pone it is, by nature their loud pstorm they are kicking up a lot pof dirt, debris and they're pmoving in the atmosphere phundred and 25 mile an hour pwind. pthat is going to be loud. pand it is something that we phave mentioned many times, is pthat mobile homes unfortunately pare not a safe place to be when pthe wind is blowing 130 miles er hour. pi just feel awful for the pfolks. p>> this guy tower was going poff as that. p>> anchor: and that's what it pis for. pand now the application is such pa nice job of alerting you. pit gives you a voice pinteresting tornado watch in peffect, severe one thunderstorm pwarning in effect. pwhen you're lying in bed and p3:30 a.m. and you hear that poff, it awakes you out and that pis really with the application pis designed to do. pand it will wake people that phere, then people turn on

pmike and i were on last night pto follow with the tv. p>> literally can mean the pdifference between this ptornado i it was interesting pthat it skipped over lakewood pranch. pand went into duet. p>> anchor: the signature and pbecame unsure if the ethic he pwas pretty impressive. pit weakened a little bit pthankfully over lakewood ranch pwhich is a populated area, then pit moved up into central pmanatee county and intensified pagain. pthat. pin a bit but this is an ef2 ptornado and it is similar to pthe hit kate coral a couple of psaturdays in the woodwind at p130 235 which is almost a pcategory three hurricane if pthat -- so the problem is, and pthe piece that we had earlier pfrom the national weather pservice is exactly correct, pthis is the start of a winter pthat will feature more events pjust like this.

phave more on other storms. p>> anchor: up next, continuing pcoverage of the of your storms pleaving a mess in our southern pcounties. p>> i have been here for 43 pyears, this is the worst storm

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p p>> anchor: from one severe pweather seemed to another, a phome torn apart by a tornado pwas visible just across the pwater from the condos on siesta pkey damaged by this -- can run pit is an area where fortunately peveryone is like that but pmother nature did not spare psarasota when it came to ptornado damage. pthere was not a single home on pthe wind driving sarasota that pdid not have downed trees and proof at the park or window pshattered. p>> anchor: we get a closer plook at the damage. p>> reporter: homes blocked in pby debris and trees that are plike dominoes. pthe devastation seems unreal pfor residents on sarasota's bay pwinds drive. p>> man: i lived on this block psince 1976, i have seen the pwhole street developed and i

pthe whole street destroyed. p>> reporter: at least one ptornado is believed to have ptouched down on the streets paround 3:00 a.m. sunday. p>> man: all of a sudden i pheard a sound like never heard pbefore. p>> reporter: for don garvey it pwas the sound of his group pripping apart. phe says he is fortunate the pdamage was not severe. pbut just one look at his pneighbor's home and you will psee everyone was not so lucky. p>> woman: it is really really pawful. pit is terrible. p>> man: these were the nicest phouse in the neighborhood. pbe great arizona firefighters phad to rescue a man and woman pfrom the second floor of their phome in the roof last trapping pthem inside. p>> man: we had to call in our pspecial operations team uses pnationalized equipment to lift pup the roof and stabilize it. p>> reporter: take a look at pwith this waterfront home plooked like before the damage, pand now what is left behind. paccording to property records pis owned by nick and nancy pdevito.e

pnearly every yard is littered pwith pieces of other people's phomes. pit is a dangerous environment, pthe county officials want presidents to avoid its plearning.>> man: we do not pwant. pthere, we are not best -- we've pnot seen all of the damage. p>> reporter: to see the damage pto total more than $3 million pcountywide.any resident pneeding to report damage is pbeing asked to call emergency pmanagement at 941 861 5000. pin sarasota, fox 13 news. p>> anchor: electricity was pshut off through all of the phomes on bay winds drive. pmost of the homes on hollywood pboulevard this morning due to pfear of downed power lines. pthey expect to have service pfully restored to residence by ptonight or tomorrow morning. pthe bay area is not alone when pit comes to powerful tornadoes pright now.

pdealing with the p p>> anchor 1: the people living pin southwest florida continue pcleanup efforts after two ptornadoes ripped through the parea in less than a week. pfriday in fort myers, and ef1 ptwister brought down power

phomes and last saturday and peven more ef2 to the left lant cape coral with pdestruction to hundreds of phomes and causing millions of pdollars in damage. p>> woman: weather changes real pquickly, of course it is a plittle sunshine but when peveryone like that comes up, pespecially when it is best ptornadoes you have to take it pseriously each and every time. p>> anchor 1: luckily there pwere no reports of serious pinjuries or death from the ptornadoes.>> anchor 2: with pthe severe weather we hear have phere in florida they suggest peveryone gets a radio. ponly a handful of the cities phave tornado sirens. pwinter park for example is one pof the cities. pcome cell phone carriers also psent tornado alert and of pcourse, you can download the pfree box 13 sky tower weather papplication for your phone and pthat is what went off in the pmiddle of the night for us last pnight. p>> anchor 1: we said that pbefore, it is so important it's pfree and you can save your plife.

pnothing more disconcerting than plying in bed at 3:00 a.m. and phearing a roar outside and not pknowing what's going on. pyou're disoriented because he pjust woke up, so that time of pdangerous. pwe see these el niqo tornadoes pare typically a between pmidnight and 7:00 a.m. and that pwas the case here it will phappen again so lesson learned. plet's not let anyone die again pin a case like this because pthere really is no need for it. pyou have to see it coming so if pyou know is a night where there pis a high severe weather pthe past. pso we have some data and i will pshow you some of this as they pmoved unsure last night. pmike ben and i were here. pdoesn't it? pa lot of green and a lot of red pand using what is the deal with pthis. pi'll show you, this is wind pvelocity and as we put into pmotion and i want you to look psouthwest of tampa bay. pyou'll see the winds pintersecting green moving ptowards the radar site, right paway and then as we put this pinto motion you'll see

psee that? pthat is a tornado, the water pspout moving toward siesta key, pvery strong here and weakens a plittle bit toward lakewood pranch but intensifies again pyour duet and moves north east. pand then here's one moving pthrough six sarasota county, pthat is the radar signature we pused to find these tornadoes pand last night about 2:30 am, pmike and i were in the weather poffice saying this does not plook good and, this is a huge psuper self that was off the pcoastline that actually pintensified. pnow the environment is pcompletely different. pall of the energy, all of the pmoisture is a way on the pbackside today, it just felt plike a wet winter day. pwe had some occasional clouds, pthe wind was off, the surf was poff today. pwind off of the coastline 30 to p35 miles per hour for a time. pthe cold front is gone and is pbusy and the radar was last pnight, in fact, i did the pnewscast last night and we had pa group of thunderstorms here, pnow it's completely gone.

plast night were moving between p70 and 75 miles per hour from psouthwest to northeast. pthe thing is, even though we phave cleared up, look what is pstill around. pcan you still do subtropical pjet? pit is down across the atlantic, pacross south florida. pthey had bad weather earlier ptoday. pthen his life is over central pamerica and out in the pacific. pthis subtropical jet is going pto continue to be a player in pour weather for the next couple pof months even though it will pnot be severe weather every 3 pto 4 days, the fact is still in pwhether to go. pin fact there is another otential of some bad weather pon friday. puntil then we will stay cold at pnight and chili during the day. p50s now, dew point seven pdropped and as the wind has pbeen rushing in from the west pand northwest, the wind speed pright now is running 10 to 15, pthey will diminish tonight and ptomorrow should be a pgood-looking day with bright

p57, dew point is 43, when does pnorthwest at nine and around pthe country, cold and snow in pthe east. pvery cold air across sections pof the planes, two in chicago, pfor below in minneapolis, 37 pnashville, 44 degrees in patlanta. pforecast for tonight is easy, pjust clear, breezy early and pthe much colder, double fours psunshine tomorrow. pnot a bad looking day but a pchilly winter day with a high pof 61 and then on tuesday, psunshine prevails and still pchilly we're back to near 60. pif you are voting, wins north pabout 15 knots, 40 6b minor pchop on the bay. phigh tide comes up at 8:00 ptonight and your seven day pforecast, the next potential ptrouble is going to be on pfriday with a chance of rain pand storms. pthis weekend looks cold, with p30s and 40s for nighttime plows and 50s and 60s for phighs. p>> the sunshine state showdown

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p>> it's always a defense wins pchampionships but if you look pat the 33 teams are advanced so pfar to the championship games, phow about this, it is all over. pthe cardinals and other anthers which are the nfl's ptop three in scoring. pare in pittsburgh is the pfourth. pthis is the first way for pcarolyn. phow about jonathan, take the phandout scampers 59 yards but pis the longest run against

phe punted in three plays layer, pis also the first touchdown. pa rushing touchdown the hobbits phave given up the pleasure. pseattle's first position leads pto more points but for the anthers, move the bus should phave directed -- 14 nothing pcarolina. pfinally, it is camden's turn to plight up the scoreboard. pcheck out this text from greg polson. pand it puts the panthers in pfront, how it is 31 nothing pat halftime. pis the most points ever anthers into quarters with a psensational right there. pgame over, not with seattle. pcarolina think they can cruise pand shut it down, seattle is pthrowing it back for 24 punanswered points. pwilson finds jermaine for the pspectacular touchdown catch. p31 21 seattle trails now pafter a seattle field goal made pit there to one 24. pthomas davis there from pcarolina, the panthers learned pa valuable lesson. pcan't shut it down as early but pthey still advance. p31 24.

pdenver, peyton manning has six pof his passes dropped.the ptrail 10 and nine and have pfound the list at halftime. pthis has to be the best ever layoff game in history. ackers done by touchdown, two pminutes to play they go 86 pyards convert on a fourth and p20. pthen this one, coming up five pticks left for alan rogers, he pavoids the pressure, he is pgoing to launch the hail mary pand jeff janice goes up over ptwo defenders to tie the game. pthis is the second time this pseason rogers has converted on pa hail mary pass. pit is up to overtime. pthis thing gets better, you got pto watch carson palmer the porder for the cardinals right phere. punder pressure, almost sat him pa threat is across the field to plarry fitzgerald who is wide popen and he is motoring.he is pgoing to take this one. pall the way down to the three pyard line and the packers have

ptwo plays later, carlson, take pthe nap, shall pass right there pto fitzgerald for the pgame-winning touchdown. pthe cards had pro-coach said pthey had been playing the less pthey had been saving that they pall season. pcardinals asked advance. p-- >> you just have to keep pall your emotions in check and pgo to the next light. pno matter what happens to the pneck on the last one. pand you know, that is basically pwhat a football team -- what pour football team did. p>> a little too calm there. ptoday emily arena will say it p-- panthers took both games pagainst lightning back in pnovember and sit at the top of pthe eastern conference right pnow. pthey are the team that is the pmost hunted at this point. pthe lightning have one for pstraight, need to wait to take

pboth teams feeling each other pout in the first period, the plightning pulled florida to pthree shots on goal, they both ick up the pace in the second. ptyler johnson right here with pa point-blank shot. pthe but minutes later the anthers get caught in a pchange. palmost from the same point goes pover, high over longest pshoulder and lighting. plightning leads for nothing. pright?

pback, military p p>> anchor 1: we have a new preport that mcdill i military pstrikes against isis. pan unclassified document says pcoalition military forces have

piraq and syria. pthis weekend we are told they phave been three remote pairstrikes against isis in psyria and 26 in iraq. pcoordinated with the help of plocal forces. pthose airstrikes taking out pmultiple tactical units, pweapons and strategic fighting ositions for the terrorist. pand americans coming home and pcutting up every path for iran pto get a nuclear bomb. p>> anchor 2: chief pcorrespondent -- p>> reporter: this is a pcombination of 14 months, the resident said the americans pdeal. p>> has said many times a pnuclear deal was never intended pto resolve all of our pdifferences with iran. pbut still, engaging directly pwith their government on a psustained gate basis for the pfirst time in decades has pcreated a unique opportunity. pa window to try to resolve pimportant issues. p>> reporter: in addition to

pwas arrested in 2014 and pconvicted of spying by and i pran court, -- a us veteran as pwell as american students and p-- little is not about their pcases. pa jet carrying the americans parrived in switzerland. pand there being debriefed and preceived medical treatment in pgermany. pone of the wives spoke pcautiously. p>> seems surreal. pit came at a time i was not pexpecting. pit does not feel real until we psee him. pbut i know it is real. p>> reporter: the prisoner pexchange came just before peconomic sanctions on iran were plifted under the terms of the pnuclear deal struck left psummer. pbring up tens of billions of pdollars of present assets and popen global markets programs pmassive oil and gas reserves.

pon the intelligence that iran pis holding more americans, some pof the names are not public. padding the regime has not pearned a page on its -- p>> anchor 1: while the news is pall good for the families of pthe freed american, there is pone family still in distress. pformer fbi agent bob levinson pwent missing in iraq in 2007. phe was working as a freelance pfor the cia on an unapproved pintelligence mission. phis family reads release the pfamily the leslie say pstatements and we're happy for pthe other families but once pagain while he has been left pbehind. pwe have devastated. resident obama says iran has pagreed to help find the pseven-year-old.>> iran has pagreed to deepen our pcoordination as we tried to plocate levinson missing him paround for more than eight pyears. pi even as we rejoice in the psafe return for others will pnever forget about bob. peach and every day especially ptoday, our answer with the plevinson family.

phe is still alive, he has not pbeen seen or heard from in pyears. pin 2011 his wife received an panonymous video and pictures of phim and change wearing a pjumpsuit with a long beard. phe was holding a sign that said phelp me. p>> anchor 2: president obama palso spoke about lifting peconomic tensions against iran. pthe united nations nuclear pagency certified saturday that pthey have met all the pbenchmarks under terms of the pnuclear deal struck left psummer. pthey will now have access to p$100 billion in assets. pthat had been frozen overseas pas well as new opportunities in poil, trade and finance rate pspeaking from the white house pearlier today the president psaid the deal has made the pworld a safer place. pturn on the bottom line is pthis, whereas iran was deadly pexpanding his nuclear program, pwe are now cut off every single ath that iran could have used pto build a bomb. p>> anchor 2: there are still psome sanctions in place against piran for violation of human

pand its ballistic missile rogram. pthe democrats running for resident are getting ready for ptheir fourth debate. p>> anchor 1: boxes caroline is pwith more. p>> reporter: previous debate phave been pretty cordial paffairs between the democrats pbut thanks to tightening polls, pthat changes tonight. psupporters fired up outside the pdemocratic debate and head of pthe magic between hillary can pthen, bernie sanders and martin po'malley and tulsa south pcarolina. olls show the two front prunners clinton and sanders pcontinue to compete for both in piowa and new hampshire. p>> had differences and that's pwhat i'm focusing on now. pwe're going to have a spirited pdebate i expect tonight in pcharleston. pcertainly senator sanders has pbeen pointed differences. p>> she does not have a plan. p>> reporter: battles over pguns, help their and regulating pwall street have been the psharpest point of contention. p>> we need to change and now i

pflip-flop in the right pdirection. p>> reporter: meanwhile sanders phave been focusing on tying pclinton to financial pinstitutions. p>> she has received psignificant sums of money from pwall street and what the pamerican people are seeing is phuge bailout for wall street. pwhile the middle class pcontinues to disappear. pwe're going to end up. p>> reporter: another storyline pdeveloping that the p70+-year-old sanders was hysically fit for office. p>> i my medical effort precords. pthis is all part of the pexpectation. p>> absolutely, force. pthey should be a two-page pstatement of her health precords. pwe will certainly do the same. p>> reporter: this is the last pdemocratic debate before the piowa caucuses. ptime for them to seal the deal. pin charleston, fox news. p>> anchor 1: the next story, p-- p>> anchor 2: makes me think pabout cookies, tree falls in pthin mints samoas are great too pbut now there is a cookie pcontroversy involving the girl pscouts. pup next, why some people say

psell sheet to work could be bad prun. pstay tuned.

p p>> anchor 1: you could call it pthe sign of the times. psome girls start the list. pare not going door to door to ptell cookies like they used to. p>> anchor 2: instead there

pmeet their sales goals. pjennifer has the story. p>> reporter: you know is pcookie season where colleagues ass around those order sheets pin the office. pyou pick your favorite pdetermined the midlands, the pthin mints. p>> man: samoas. p>> woman: been met. p>> reporter: and wait for your pboxes your death. pfor kids and parents is a playup, it is a guaranteed way pof selling dozens of boxes of pcookies and making the rest of pthe troop rule with nb.but pthere is a problem with that psaid doctor joe emanuel with a pchild's mind institute. p>> woman: they don't learn the pskills of doing on their own. pthey don't have the still pgoing up to someone and be able pto say can add thousands it to pyou? p>> reporter: and she said you plose a sense of pride that pcomes with making a sale on pyour own. p>> you can have parents doing

pturn on the snow at the girl pscout motto is about. pi get what it is but that's not pthe point of what the girl pscouts is. p>> reporter: in fact it is pwritten on the boston five pthings that girls by making ptheir own self like money pmanagement, people skills and pconfidence. pit is something girl scouts of pamerica supports writing a pstatement. palthough arrington girl scout padults may exist, it is the pgirls who should make the sale. pfor the child who is puncomfortable with doing it all pherself, doctor emmanuel has psome advice. p>> partner with them, say how pwill we get this done? phow will we collaborate and pwhat is your first step? pwhat is the next that? pwhat is our overall goal here. phaving a fun thing they can do pas a family together. pnews. p>> anchor 1: pretty sure that pabout. pthe cookies are great white pspeaker the bottom line is now pi'm hungry for girl scout pcookies.>> anchor 1: at pdinner time and we can put in pan order.

pgirl scouts but every little pboy's dream is to make it to pbig-league baseball. p>> one out of 10 minor wow. the internet is crazy fast here. i know, right? over. hi mmm. i just laid an egg. does anybody want it? joey, you want some gasoline? yes, please. mom, guess what? having tiny little clown babies.

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oints to hear meyer was a pdirty first round player.as a erfect example of what can be pachieved through hard work. p>> perform and do what you phave to do and kevin is a erfect example of that. pyou can play in the big leagues pfor us. p>> for the young players is pnot what is on the other side pof the tunnel is about doing it pthe rays way. pand that includes their pcontributions in the community. p>> there always going to do pcharity. pwe go to the ymca, mick still pso they can see their peer pgroup to see who helps their pcountry and they allow these pkids to play baseball. p>> puts us out there and let eople know we are doing good pthings and we are still people. pit is not like we are still pthat's it. p>> there no guarantee that all pof these players will peventually make it to the pmajors but this is showing them pthe way to do it. p>> anchor 1: these really are pthe 20 best talented players to

pthere still probably 3 to 5 pyears if they make it to the pmajors. p>> anchor 2: thank you. pthe traffic is falling again on pthe sunshine skyway bridge ptonight. pit reopened this afternoon pafter being closed for hours pdue to high wind and heavy prain. pand the powerful storms moved pthrough the area. p>> they still spawned ptornadoes that were extremely owerful.one hit duet in pmanatee county where a husband pand wife died in their mobile phome. ptheir son was injured as well pis a couple of grand shoulder. palso the storm ripped through a pkind of competency is the key pbefore heading on over to duet pto read rip apart some homes on pthe street in sarasota across pthe intercoastal waterway. pit comes ashore in siesta key pand then it moves across the pland sort of hops over lakewood pranch and then comes down in prural manatee county. p>> does not stay, usually turn pit on his trip will have time pwhere it lifts up a little bit pand then it can intensify

pof the storm was literally 70 pmiles west of sarasota all the pway up to duet. pthat is almost 115 my lower ptrack. p>> you watched it while it was pout of the gulf and you saw it pcomes ashore. p>> we were in communication pwith the weather service and we psaid we need the warning and pthey did it. pit was about 10 miles off the pcoast. pand that was the warning was pthere, i will say this, no one pwas caught by surprise.we pknew there was a tornado. p>> we were here six and last pnight we talked about it. pyou called it right you said pthe biggest threat for severe pweather is south of tampa. pand that is exactly working to pshore. p>> is in pretty good pthunderstorms. pi was watching the cameras poutside with a lot of plightning. plet's take a look outside. pafter all they talk about a pquick hitting system, it was in pand out. pit moved 70 miles per hour from psouthwest to northeast.

pare getting sign of el niqo pmoving across the gulf. plook at that guy, that is a pnice way to wrap up the weekend pon the sky like that. pat 6:50 pm and 57 degrees, it pis a nice night. pit is going to be a chilly pnight as cold air rushes in on pthe backside of the departing plow and the cold front so the pstage is set for a couple of pcold nights and chilly days. pwe will be colder tonight pobviously as the cold air pfilters in. pand i know prosser present when pyou head out the door tomorrow pmorning, a lot of you have the pday off and it will still be pchilly with many 40s on the pbay area. pright now mid-50s and the wind pis mixing things up so ptemperatures are pretty uniform pevery place you go.50 in st. ete, 56 in westchase, seema pbrooksville. p55 wesley chapel, mid-50s sell. pso most checkpoints are in the

pwachula to arcadia.57 dew oint out of 43 and windsor pnorthwest at nine. pthose subside as the evening pcontinues. phigh clouds coming in from the psouthwest, arctic cold front pbehind that, it is very cold in pchicago and green bay and pminneapolis. phere we go again with another pround of very heavy rain and pmountain snow from california pall the way up into british pcolumbia. pnot much rain down by la prima psan francisco north that we pcite easton look at this, 70 pkansas city, little to chicago, ueblo minneapolis, 37 pnashville, where going to stay pin a chilly weather pattern for pa couple of more days. pthen we kind of watch and wait pto see what happens on friday. pthat is the next chance of rain pand potentially some severe pweather. pso tonight calls, 40s ptomorrow, highs only in the 60s pwith a good deal is sunshine. pmaybe some high clouds around ptwo, here is futurecast. pthe low has moved away, high

phigh serous clouds around ptomorrow. pthat's a dim sum a little bit, phigh pressure builds in the psoutheast and by wednesday we pwatch up here and that is the pnext potential of some rain for pus. pagain that would happen on pfriday and then colder for the pweekend. ptonight clear, breezy early and pmuch colder 44 degrees. psunshine tomorrow and just a pchilly winter day. pwe're back up to 61 on tuesday, psonny and chilly highs in your p60. pthe only trouble spot we will pwalk us through the week as we ptrack it will be friday and pthat produce your weather? pwe'll see how that plays out. pi do know next weekend looks pcold 50s for high on saturday. pback to you. p>> the children's play for pgasparilla next weekend.

pless than two weeks p p>> anchor 1: hot off the resses, gasparilla merchant is pnow available as invasion pdrives there. pallison shows us the new pdesigns and styles for 2016. p>> reporter: my name is prichard moore, -- >> we are phere with gasparilla and where pthe official life. pwe make all the merchandise pwith their logos for the arade. pwe're proud that we can work pwith an event this local, pay pemployees are local and keep peverything local within the pcommunity.

pgarments whether it is men's pt-shirts, longsleeved psweatshirts, we've added a lot pof different items, caps and pbeanies, sweatshirts, bags, ptotes, a cozy bottle and this pyear we have another bottle. pyou can find it at most major pretailers like target, public pwalgreens cvs, walmart. pemma bierce other local pretailers will have it so we pwant to make sure everyone has lenty of gasparilla shirts and phats and other items so they pcan promote the city of tampa pand this great festival. pthe big will be next week, the pmerchandise will be the pretailers and from there we pwill focus on the parade event pitself read so a little hectic pbut i think when it is over i pthink, you are ready for it to pbe over. p>> anchor 1: time to gear up, pit is almost here. pfrom mourners follow us on ptwitter and the news is always pon our website. pb3 will see tonight at 10:00 pand 11:00.

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