we have the first confirmed case in pinelou t's no time to panic but to be prepared, stay educated and take the warnings seriously. governor rick scott will tour the state to talk about zika. aaron mesmer is live in pasco, where the governor's second stop was today. what did he say? how concerned did he appear to be? >> reporter: he's very concerned, and he said people in florida should be concerned and should take this seriously. unfortunately, this is what folks experts for months. that by the end of the summer it could very well be spread throughout florida. that all of florida could be fighting the zika virus. now it's right here in our doorstep in tampa bay. as alarming as the news is, it came with good news. the prevention efforts have been effective. governor rick scott sat down with pinellas county leaders and delivered some startling news. the first non-travel related case outside of south florida is somewhe in their county.

opmistic. e >> wcan beat ts just like we have beaten the others. >> reporter: florida's surgeon general said the state is making headway as it fights the virus in the wynwood area near miami, where t vast majority of 42 locally transmitted cases have been. officials believe they have reduced the spread of zika from about half that size. >> so we've now had over two weeks where we've not had any additional infections in wynwood. >> reporter: we're told mosquito-control efforts fro spraying to empties standing water to use mosquito repellent has been effective. the governor hopes everyone in tampa bay takes note. >> it you do this, we can control this likes we controlled chikungunya and dengue fever. >> they're not identifying the patient or say where the person lives. they don't believe moss key the are carrying the virus. florida's surgeon general explained what's next. >> the new case that we are

our epidemiologist some time to get a good history and to understand potential exposures at home, at the workplace, at other recreational events that may have been outdoors. >> reporter: and the governor mentioned chikungunya and dengue fever there in the story. the reason he mentioned those is because the state was successful in fighting those viruses when they cropped up in the last several years. governor scott has allocated $26.2 million to fight the virus. the real concern is there's no federal funding at this point. congress recessed without passing a bill, and they're not due back until after labor day. after that happens, mark, who knows how long it will take before they pass any kind of bill. >> mark: sure in south florida with miami was one thing. we he second mro area. we nee more help for sure. aaron, thanks very much. >> kelly: the confirmed case in pinellas brings the total number of locally transmitted cases in

our dr. jo has fol zloweika closely for months now and joins us. i know health officials are investigating to find out how this person contracted zika. how does this process go on, and how long does it take? >> kelly, it seems like it can take up to a month to get all the results then disseminated to us. it's a lengthy process because they have to identify the person and confirm the person has zika. there's a test to be done by the cdc. once that is done and they know for sure that zika problem, then they test the individuals around that person. it can be contacts in their household and family members. did this person go to an outdoor event, and do we need to test those individuals? there could be co-workers as well. as soon as they think, though, that there is zika involved, they dispatch the mosquito control individuals. they go to their home and look around for standing water and try to eliminate any kind of risk there would be mosquito di. certainly i think they would

process. so a lot of it begins even prior to that ultimate confirmation. that lapse time, i think, is just a little bit difficult for us in the media, because we can't really get that information out to individuals. i really think, kelly, it makes a big difference when people know it's in their immediate community. >> absolutely. we don't know the name of the person or the neighborhood that you found out they are treating that neighborhood. they know, but they aren't tells us? >> yes, they are. they said that begins the presumptive test back or that person has zika, they start that process again. the whole goal is to hit this in different directions. you want to decrease the mosquito population able to then pass it on to someone else. you want to make sure that the people around them are not infected, because four out of five people don't have symptoms atsoever. the only way to figure out if they have it is to test them. then you have to figure out if they're positive, you have to do the same exact thing with their

and it costs a lot of money and entails a lot of really highly trained personnel to carry it out. >> kelly: a lot of concerned pregnant women watches right now. what is your advice to them? >> i say just becareful. an ounce of prevention is worth multiple pounds of cure. you have to remember there's nothing that can be done for zika. there's no pill or antiviral or nothing. if a pregnant woman contracts it, it's a wait and see. sometimes if the baby does develop severe birth defects, they're not apparent until very late in the pregnancy. if you are pregnant, you know, just take precautions. wear deet, long sleeves, long pants, try to avoid areas where mosquitos are. i have even heard some obstetricians talking about getting a mosquito net and sleeping in one. you can treat your clothing. that's very, very simple. have someone else in the household do that. so lots of ways to protect yourself, and certainly i think at this point inim we can't

we definitely hav to do the best. >> kelly: do their best and talk to their doctors. hank you so much. we're tracking the tropics right now. i'm sure you heard about this. the is system everyone needs to watch. let's go to paul to find out what's going on. hey there. >> paul: it doesn have a name yet, and theoretically the first hurricane to hit florida since 2005 is still a storm with no name. it is invest 99l, invest short for inst development. i mean, it's fighting a lot of dry air. it's moving to the west-northwest. hurricane hunter plane today took off from st. croix, took a look inside the system. did some investigation. in the invest did not find a closed circulation. for now we're not talking about it being a depression or storm, but it is predicted to move to the west-northwest, probably skirting north of puerto rico and getting out by the turks and caicos in the bahamas where the water is certainly warm enough

then after that, i mean, there's all kinds of potential solutions on what the storm could do. i have to stress that the european model, which, you know, over the past five years or so has done a great job in forecasting tropical development. you think back on joaquin and superstorm sandy, the european model did great. it shows the hurricane approaches south florida and moving across the peninsula and get kind of blocked by this high. that's the key, what's happened in north carolina. strong high here prevents the storm from curving out to sea or heads up to the carolinas. the storm is likely forced back to the west. when does that turn happen? it gets into the gulf where the waters are ridiculously warm in the gulf. head up to louisiana, mississippi, alabama, a lot of potential solutions here, and we talk more about that, plus big storm it is outside right now. your complete sky tower forecast

see you then. >> mark: e have an update for a story we first told you about last night. four people accused of killing . adam hillary went on a date with a woman he met on the website plentyoffish. after the date being took her back to the apartment and she cased the place. she later returned with three others and they robbed and killed hillary. >> kelly: investigators say the couple and biting the man's face may have ingested chemicals from the garage. 19-year-old austin harrouff remains in critical condition a week after the attack that killed john stevens and michelle mischon. the fbi is running tests to see whether hour rauf is under the influence of bath salts under the attack. he told deputies that they would find no drugs in his system.

before he randomly attacked the couple. a 21-year-old man sits in a land o'lakes jail after coming from new york to hook up with a 13-year-old girl. the parents of that girl found them in their bedroom with their daughter. he's 21 years old. he melt the 13-year-old online. he also had a number naked pictures of the girl on his cell phone. he's facing a number of a string of fires at bay area mosques as the muslim the community alarmed and atf taking a closer look at the investigations. anjuli davis reports tonight why the investigators believe this may be a chain reaction of copycat crimes. >> anjuli: a once sacred room reserve toed prayer is reduced to rubble. >> the drywall is rotten. it's insulation, the carpets. we have toe redo everything.

bush boulevard was originally thought to be caused by an electrical glitch. turns out it was arson. >> some people are scared. >> reporter: sibley of care florida it is the bay area muslim community is increasing security measures. >> all mosques especially at services to hire an off-duty sheriff's deputy. that's important. have greeters who can keep an eye on who is coming in and out. have security cameras. >> reporter: atfonfirm another fire at the islamic country was burned intentionally. at least two others are under investigation.he have a suspect in mind for at least one of the blazes, but don't believe the fires are connected. instead, may be the work of copycat criminals. >> we don't know what the motivation is right now, but for me the motivation doesn't matter. the fact that a prison is willing to set fire to a building where children play is enough to tell me all i need to know about that kind of person,

seriously. >> in the meantime local mosque leaders continue to pray for perseverance and peace. >> whatever it takes. $1 at a time. you'll be back together for anybody and everybody. we have the god-given solar energy in florida. let's take advantage of it. >> we do indeed.

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>> windusts fm the thunderstorms over mcdill, 56 miles per hour a few minutes ago. it slides to the southwest, and just a second ago they issued a severe thunderstorm warning for pinellas county until 6:45. we'll show you that on radar in a second. first, here's a look outside and you can see it over tampa with very heavy rain. that has jumped over the bay and right now it's approaches downtown st. pete. that's the view from the johns hopkins children's hospital cam. lots of heavy rain. the main threat of this thunderstorm is straight line winds in excess of 60 miles per hour. that includes every place you see in this polygon, which is covered in orange. we'll zoom in, and today's high in tampa was 95 degrees. there's a lot of energy for the atmosphere to work with. as we alluded to yesterday, more

woul lead to better coverage. that's the case, so now the severe thunderstorm is jumping over the bay and needless to say, the commute over the bridges is tough. you've got very heavy rain. you've got a heavy rain, frequent lightning and winds probably 50 to 60 over the bridges right now. that extends down to feather sound and all the way down to northeast st. pete and just about to downtown. this is moving to the west-southwest. if you watch us on the pinellas county indian rocks, you'll be looking northeast at heavy weather heading your way in the next half hour. the warning expires at 6:45 tonight. once again, the main threat is going to be strong winds. oviously, you get the heavy rain and lightning. strong winds are the main factor, and then another storm up by carrollwood. this is sliding southwest towards t.i.a. there's other storms up by new tampa. everything is following in a

from polk county kind of curves over the green swamp and close to zephyrhills. that's also diving to the southwest, and then from ruskin down 75 to almost ellenton, there's heavy rain just to the southwest of sun city center. if you watch us in sarasota, pretty good thunderstorm is kind of flirting with you right now jumping over towards leto. severe thunderstorm warning for pinellas couy the main threat will be strong winds, and temrares have cooled dramatically because of clouds and rain from 95 in tampa down to 82. 81 in st. pete. away from the rain, it's 95 in punta gorda and 93 in sarasota. we fly to the southeast, and this will be, obviously, we talk a lot about this in the next four to five days and maybe beyond that. this is a pretty strong tropical wave. it is not a depression yet. hurricane hunter plane was in

did not find a closed circulation. this is a spot where usually you don't get a lot of intensification. it's going to move out of this zone, probably kind of skirt north of puerto rico and then get up towards the bahamas where the water temperatures here are running 85 to 90. just a lot of potential energy, and certainly the water temps can support a rapidly developing major hurricane either east of florida or west of florida. water temperatures are warm, and also the depth of that warm the surface, and that's what yo. invest in short for investigation. computer models have a track to the west-northwest. there's many solutions here, and even there was a hint earlier today the storm could head up to the carolinas, but it's all about the turn in how it really develops as it approaches the bahamas and or state. the european model -- here's how it plays out. we'll let it go.

east near miami, kind of slicing across miami and kind of has, i hate to say it, kind of has that katrina path where it moves, you know -- katrina hit miami, too. it moves across the state, and then it kind of slices up towards louisiana and mississippi and alabama. this is a distinct possibility. it's not a sure thing, because the other model, which we kind of lost a little faith with over the past five years, the gfs model says will happen. this is the run here which shows a broad area of low pressure monday at 4:00. obviously, it's not a clear-cut situion. we blogging on this. we're tracking it on myfoxhurricane.com. latest tracks and models, interactive model tracks and live hurricane hunter flight feed and our tropical blog. check it out at myfoxhurricane.com and always on twitter and facebook. keep you up-to-date 24/7. tonight storms will end,

back up to at least 92. 95 today. more of the same on thursday. the weekend forecast will hinge on what happens with a tropical system. if it slices south of us, we could be drier. we had a hurricane past south of us from the east, we don't get mu. low 90s for highs, and then 75 to 80 for lows. mark. >> mark: this is one of the great ironies in florida. we're first in sunshine but way behind in solar energy. solar is fill amendment 4 on tuesday's primary ballot. >> lloyd sowers shows us what it means. >> reporter: at irwin tech in tampa, dan harmon learns to install and repair solar energy systems, a good job but also a passion. he wants to end relying on the utility companies for power. >> what we want to do is change that and put more of the power to the people so we can produce our own electricity and change the policies around. >> reporter: and make solar

more affordable. solar advocates saying voting yes on amendment 4 would do that. >> if somebody wants to, you know, reduce their expenses and reduce their electric bill, they shouldn't be burdened with taxes to do so. >> reporter: a yes vote on 4 would exempt the assessed value of solar devices from a tangible personal property tashgs, meaning if you install solar, your taxes can't go up because of it. amendment 4 is getting support from both environmental and business groups. in november will be drawn for a different solar amendment. right after the august election, these activists planning to work against november's amendment, amendment 1. it would put in the florida constitution the right to own or lease solar and insure people that don't install solar aren't required to subsidize backup power for those who . they say it will constitutionalize current law. >> current law got us less than

solar. yes on amendment 4 in august and no on amendment 1 in november. >> reporter: in the next two elections, solar will be a hot issue in the sunshine state. lloyd sowers, fox 13 news. coming up in sports, the amazing tim tebow baseball experience kicks off exactly one week from today. how many big league teams will be at his showcase, and will the rays be included? i'll tell you next. josh the bucs, w

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(scott) the bucs beleive their will be benefits from practing against the cleveland browns for two days.... but it was the bucs believe there will be find positives after the practice today. roberto aguayo melted down again today with another shaky performance at practice. after missing three kicks in the first two preseason games, the troubles continued for aguayo at practice. misses started to mess him a little bit. he misses his third one wide left, made three in a row and then this. shanks it into the line. he missed back-to-back kicks before finishing 3-6. dirk koetter says there's no

>> yeah, he's struggling a little bit right now. so he's got to work his way through it. i mean, we talked to him. he knows what he has to do. i mean, he's working through it. >> is it mental at this point? >> i think so, and i think he believes that. >> however, aguayo is not the only one that struggled today as kevin o'donnell tells us. both teams had issues in the first dual practice. the planned practice session didn't go as scheduled, even on the bucs home turf. day one against the browns looked eerily similar to day one against jacksonville last week. unimpressive, especially to the bucs head coach. >> no juice. no juice. no one wanted to practice today. >> reporter: dirk koetter didn't see how his defense matched up against the browns, but his players give themselves passing grades. >> i feel like we played our keys and what we needed to do.

perfect and that's the thing, perfection. >> while dirk koetter wasn't impressed with the lack of juice on offense, josh mccown was impressed with the new level of intensity he sees in the bucs defense. >> they're flying around, and for these first two weeks. ilts it's early and nobody is happy wherer this. they're flying around and playing hard. >> what's most disappointing about the bucs on offense is it came against a browns defense that withered in the extreme heat. rude awakening for them. >> they had a lot of towels on their head. >> josh mcgowan said they need to hydrate. >> i try to tell them. the best thing to do is turn your shower on as hot as you can and get in full pads and walk out and try to practice. that's what it's like. i try to tell them, but you know, you don't know until you get down here and experience it. it did not let us down. >> on the second to last day of

kevin o'donnell, fox 13 sports. next week the rays will be likely among 20-plus baseball teams attending the tim tebow baseball tryout. that is right. more than 20 teams send scouts to l.a. next tuesday to watch a guy that havyed competitive baseball since high school. essentially, this is a tryout for a pro contract. the 29-year-old former quarterback has several backers that think that he can do it. former big leaguers gary sheffield and chad moeller skill set. he received two major league contract offers.

i guarantee you nobody on this block, none of those first responders, nobody whether you're a democrat or republican. >> as president obama saying louisiana shun be a political issue. went to baton rouge to survey the damage from sef flooding and critics say his visit is long overdue saying esh have cut his vacation short and went to louisiana sooner. >> we have more from den mihm springs, louisiana. >> reporter: southern louisiana

president obama is comes to baton rouge hoping to spread the message their communities will be rebuilt and not forgotten. >> even after the tv cameras leave, the whole country is going to continue to support you and help you. >> reporter: the devastation here is extensive. at least 100,000 homes damaged or destroyed. the president's visit follows criticism by some republicans who say he should have cut short his vacation to vineyard and visited sooner recalling criticism on president bush when he decided not to visit new orleans in the immediate aftermath of hurricane katrina. >> it makes people if louisiana angry and sad that the president seems to have turned his back on the people of louisiana. >> reporter: the white house says the federal response this time has been effective. fema already on the ground here registering more than 106,000 people for federal disaster aid. president obama says all government resources will be at

begins the long recovery process. >> this is not a photo op issue. this is how do you make sure that a month from now, three months from now, six months from now people still are getting the help they need. >> reporter: the white house says $120 million has been approved for flood victims here. that's a small number compared to the billions it will cost to rebuild the region. in denim springs, louisiana, kevin >> mark: donald trump will come to tampa tomorrow. he's stumping at the fairgrounds tomorrow afternoon, and he could face more questions about the plans for immigration. craig, what do you expect tomorrow? >> i'm not sure donald trump will delve specifically into his immigration poifl and deportation plans, but the questions may come up because buzzfeed reported after trump med with the hispanic advisory

sglaks for some leaving here illegally. trump has said his position has not changed. he and his surrogates are no longer saying this week eldeport all people living here illegally. he has said that he will focus on sending the bad ones out as he put it. where does that leave trump? what is his focus? these are, i think, things to watch for tomorrow, if not tomorrow then later this week when trump rolls out his plans. i think that will be a key focus. >> interesting. what about tonight? "money, power & politics" 11:30. what do you got? >> we have baumgartner and we're asking her to dig into the immigration plans and and there's troubles developments today and we hear stark warnings from the u.s. surgeon general murphy. what would happenf congress takes no action? of course, congress is on break. in our humor segment we have charlie and marisa in debate in

specifically at why we're politically divided and who is is responsible. hopefully we will break ground as well on fox 13. >> looking forward to it. singer justin timberlake hosted a fund-raiser nor hillary clinton. the lunch was held at the entertainer's home in hollywood hills. waiters, caters and extra security were seen first this thing this morning. a ticket cost $33,000 per person. the fund-raiser ends her two visit to the west coast kimmel live" last night. more than 1 million floridians have voted in the august 30th primary election through early voting and vote by mail. state division of elections says a million more mail-in ballots have yet to be returned. officials in virginiare a investigating a possible isis linked staping attack at an apartment complex in roanoke. witnesses say a 20-year-old man attacked a couple as they entered the pines apartment complex.

and severely injured. witnesses say the man shouted allah akbar as he lunged at them. both victims were taken to a nearby hospital. they believe it was a random attack. secretary of state john kerry heading to saudi arabia to meet with senior officials to expand the fiept fight against isis. they say they're growing more desperate. a spaul boy was kirkuk wearing an explosives belt and he was caught. he's not the only child sigh side bomber used by isis. a straj yik scene in chicago. three children including a 3-month-old baby have been killed in an apartment fire. a man also lost his life. chicago fire responded to heavy flames on the second and third floors of this building. the stairwells were immediately deemed impassable. police say it appears that the

an argument. officers are now looking for a person of interest. a man in pittsburgh went too far to impress his date. he took her to the building's rooftop and thought it would be impressive to jump from one rooftop to another. well, it wasn't very impressive. he missed the landing and he fell and wound up wedged between two buildings. the woman called police. they spent more than three hours trying to free him. they had to go through the wall of a nearby restaurant to get him. besides a bruised ego, he has a >> it's something we remember doing in school, saying the pledge of allegiance over and over again. one school district tells students they have a clois to opt out, and not everybody likes

in florida, it used to be that if a child, a senior or one of our four legged friends was trapped in a hot car you and i were not allowed to save them unless we were willing so i fixed the law to make sure we are all empowered to rescue those who can not rescue themselves. that is the least we can do. after all the love they give. dana young for the florida senate.

there is a firestorm of controversy over the pledge of allegiance. the leon county school district (in there's a firestorm of controversy over the pledge of allegiance. they sent up a waiver informing parentsir t children could opt out of saying the pledge, and as you might imagine, that has sparked a lot of reaction from family members of students. some shares their thoughts on social one parent writing on the waiver, this is the dumbest thing i have ever heard. our attorney jeff brown joins us now. under state law it's a choice? >> yeah, it's always been a choice for at least since 2000. for 16 years or so it's a choice they passed a lay that said on

stricts to be more patriotic to believe in what's going on with the government and with the national anthem and flag. it said they can opt if the children don't want to say the pledge. the parents can opt out. all the district school board is saying is they're letting parents be recognized that this is the status of the law. >> can though, if they enforce this pledge and make the kids say it? > >>le well, i don't think they can be penalized. a law says the child can opt from saying the pledge of allegiance if the child so preeses and that's with the consent of the parents. the law doesn't say they have to send this notice out but they have to publish in notice. they choose to send it out. it's misleading because it sounds as if they're encouraging children to opt out. they're not.

is, and that's the law in the state of florida that's been passed, which is children have the right to opt out with parent's consent. i don't think they'll be penalized. i don't think parents understand they have this chase and that's all the district is trying to do. >> it's interesting after all the brouhaha about this in leon county how many other counties do the same thing. we'll find out, i guess. >> it's widespread through the counties as parents realize they have this option. they've always had this option, but the school is certainly not this. they're just simply following the law and making parents aware they have an option. >> like you waiver you have so many other places that your kids go. >> that's all it is. >> jeff brown, thank you so much. >> thanks. doctors say it's a miracle a man is alife after what they found in his stomach.

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added 4 plt 25. a man is alive after doctors removed 40 knifes from his stomach. yeah. doctors in india say he developed a habit of swallowing blades following a car accident. he suffers from a psychological disorder that gives him the urge to consume metal. look at those knives. it took five hour to remove theo rec recover. a sinkhole swallowing two people in northwest chinz. they released surveillance video of the hole as it opens up. both were injured, but they're going to be okay. they were taken to the hospital. it's like a scene right out of hollywood. italian police seize nearly 500 pounds of marijuana after a high-speed boat chase. there it is on camera. the footage released today shows police trying to catch up to two men on jetskis. police say the chase started

helicopters crossing the a adriatic sea on high-speed jetskis. they took one man into custody along with 400 pounds of marijuana. the other escaped after reaching land and abandoning his jetski. 2016 has been a pretty bad year for traffic deaths in florida and across the country for that matter. the national safety council says traffic debts are up 9% in the first six months of the year compared to the same period last time. they've been on the rise for the once the economy improved, travel picked up and i would imagine people being distracted has a little bit more to do with as well. florida is among the top eight states with the biggest increase. traffic deaths have increased 43% in florida over the past two years. that's amazing. drive for driverless cars does continue, and that's a big reason why mobile eye is teaming up with auto parts giant delphi

be available in a few years. mobile eye used to provide technology to tesla for the autopilot system. am amazon is going spotify run for their money. amazon wants to charge subscribers four or five bucks a month. there's a catch. the cheaper service with amazon only works on the elm co-smart speaker. there are some guidelines with kids and sugar. the american heart association recommends children 2 not consume any foods or beverages with added sugars. kids between 2 and 18 should have no more than six teaspoons a day and no more than one eight-ounce glass of sugar sweeted beverages a week. a heart association spokesperson says regular consumption of foods and drinks high in added sugar can lead to high blp, obesity and diabetes. >> divorce may be seasonal

university of washington. researchers found divorces spike after family vacations in march and in august. they say part of the reason is vacations don't live up to cou couples' expectations. how about this? give your four-legged best friend an extra treat today because it's national dog day. a day to celebrate everything our beloved animal companions do for us. among the benefits of dog ownership, they can help to lower the blood pressure and of course give us unconditional love. >> yes, they do. every day is dog day at our house. >> i'm kd know that this morning when i fed him. a couple extra cups maybe. there's still tonight, though. >> yes, there is. i hear thunder rumbling, paul. >> it's busy. it's a full plate today. we have severe thunderstorms and a severe thunderstorm warning expired a couple of knits ago for pinellas. there's heavy weather underway. rain has ended over downtown and heavy rain over t.i.a. and over

first, we talk about the almanac today. 95 degrees, tied a record that was also set back in 1989. the morning low of 81. that's like amazon rain forest type of heat. 95 for a high and 81 for a low. that's tough to take. i'm sure if you've been paying to keep your house cool, i'm sure your electric bills are off the chart the past couple of months. it's tough to keep your house cool and it's expensive when the high is 95 is 81. storms cooled it off nicely, and we have heavy weather moving through pinellas at the beaches now also to egmont and st. pete beach and terra verde. it's up to west chase and over the runways at t.i.a. they're sliding southwest. they will be kind of coming over towards safety harbor and down gulfton bay in the next half

sooner. we zoom in and rain skirted to the west of downtown st. pete now. it was raining over tropicana field a few minutes ago. now that cell is moving west. big thunderstorm is right over just south of the county line between hillsborough and manatee down in ellenton to bradenton. big thunderstorm here to sarasota. this one is moving to the west to the southwest over the mouth of tampa bay and looks like it's heading for anna ma if you're watching me in anna maria now, it's tough to miss this thunderstorm as it dives your way from the northeast. plant city with a big thunderstorm. that extends north near seffner, and there's another thunderstorm over lakeland right now. that is moving to the west. that's putting out some rev rain, frequent lightning. that's kind of narrow. it shouldn't last too long. also, our friends in bartow have heavy weather moving west now down 60. the green swamp has rain in between zephyrhills and dade

will give you live radar updates and will give you audible warnings when there's lightning in your area. so it really is as a tool you should use every day during the rainy season. right now 80 in tampa after a high of 95. we dropped 15 degrees in the rain, 77 in st. pete with rain, 93 in sarasota and 90 in lakeland. the tropics getting busy. gaston should become a hurricane, invest 99l could potentially impact the state's weather sunday into monday. still, no clear-cut solution. in fact, looked at the new gfs model that comes in around 6:00 every night. that new run of the gfs is refusing to kind of play in or follow in line with the european, which is saying hurricane approaching our state by sunday. the gfs saying, no, blocking high over the carolinas. again, the european model shows a storm off the east coast of

across the state monday into tuesday or perhaps a big hurricane in the gulf. the new run of the gfs refuses to buy in. we've seen this model discrepancy over and over. i tell you, most of the time the european is right and the gfs is wrong. so we'll see if maybe this time the gfs gets it right. we'll have another update on this coming up tonight at 10:00. in the meantime, nothing to be concerned about. i mean, i yet and start stocking up on the supplies and pay attention and things change day by day as we approach the weekend. becoming clear tonight down to 78. storms fire up tomorrow. some will be heavy during the afternoon, and 92. more of the same on thursday with a high of at least 92. the weekend forecast will hinge with tropical developments. sometimes when tropical systems slide south of us, we're dry. we have a northeast wind and storms that cut across the state

us all that much. we see how that plays out and talk about it tonight at 10:00. back to you. >> thank you, paul. we'll be watching. seniors are flexing their creative talents through arpt

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>> reporter: the classes are so popular that he teaches more than 1,000 a year. >> the relaxation and the therapy side of it is probably one of the best aspects of art. >> 84-year-old edna swallows never picked up a paintbrush until they came to the art class. >> i have tremors and parkinson's disease. i come here and i can relax and paint and my hands don't shake near as much. >> reporter: the class allows students to express themself in a creative way. >> i can be my own choreographer, i would guess. i can make whatever color i want. >> you mix a little bit of this. >> reporter: john believes it's not about becoming a great painter but creating friendships and having a good time. >> i feel good and laugh. you know, i play some music. we cut jokes. we let life go for a little bit. >> you know, he devotes his time to them.

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