had to walk out. >> where flooding is the biggest worry. >> let's get straight to it. tropical storm hermine is inching ever closer to florida moving in on a section of the panhandle around big bend. >> scooting back and forth with new information coming in, and it came in just a few minutes the "we weather center. and this shows the wind speeds up and the pressure dropping. this storm is now predicted to be a hurricane before it makes land fall closeo or just east f app apalachicola, we are going stay kind of on the wet and unstable side tomorrow and b

rain developing around tampa bay. th winds will pick up in speed during the day and can the storm intensifying, we will see with the long fetch that is going to pile up the water. our coast line anental shfut ab and if you go a b west wind, you get flooding, like splashing water in a bathtub. the hurricane hunter plane was cross-crossicriss-crossing and a

they go. we are confident on this track, this is being picked up by a trough. it's not going to an elena or do a right hand turn like charlie did. details but this is going tofine move north-northeast, and the track may have adjusted a little this is tomorrow morning at 8:00. and a c 1 hurricane here. so when the hurricane is here at 7:00 we have a south and southwest wind and probably bands of rain on us or just offshore, and tides will be running barac above average. there will be flooding tomorrow d could impact the northeast by labor day. as i said, the computer models are locked in on the track. it is not going to shift and move our way at all.

high-tide issues. the first high tide tomorrow is midafternoon, running around 2:45 in tampa bay, and then another tide that will happen about 24 hours later or 12 hours later, early on friday morning and with that the winds are coming up from the south-southwest, piling up the water, and so could expect some flooding tomorrow. swreel your complete thursday >> and because of hermine, schools are closed in citrus, hernando, pasco, pinellas, and others. we'll have that information crawling across the bottom of your screen. you can find it there. >> and now to the news alert out of pasco county.

evacuation because of an electrical fire there, and what a night to be moving people out of the hospital. where are we now with this, evan? has it gotten any better or are they still taking patients snout. >> i will give you an answer to that question, first of all, it hasee g br,he power is about halfway back on but there is still not enough piece. told that this building b told that 50% of the building or so is back on, so that means there is some power in the building but it's not quite enough to stop this evacuation and so far they had 290 people in this hospital, almost near capacity, and 12 of the patients were in critical condition and they were moved to

43 total patients so far out of the 290 have been moved to other area hospitals. it took a tremendous effort to get them there. we are told that a fire that started in a generator room happened about 6:30. there was a malfunction and they tried to go to back-up power but a switch broke thereby putting off power to the rest of the building. at this point bayonet point cannot say exactly why this patients from here to other area hospitals across tampa bay has been nothing short of stunning and heroic. 40 ambulances and f five buses some of which can handle stretchers and some of these patients had to be brought down from the third floor they were on or the second floor and brought by hand, carried down by hand and brought into the

we just heard from the ceo of bbayonet point. >> it's basically getting to the critical patients but i am so proud of our staff for taking care of the critical patients and getting them to the next level of care they need. right now we are going to be getting the hospital back in order and we'll do that as quickly as possible. >> unc will by fully back on line but this emergency room is closed and they are not accepting patients. we just got a tweet from someone that says we should discuss the staff that mob so well toe protect the patients. i was a and so there is a greatorsementrom a

and then hit option 9 if you are trying to get in touch with your family members. we are at b bayonet point in hudson. >> what a night for something like this to happen. thank you, evan, and as you heard him say, emergency tries still trying to work with patients and get the power back on, but one family took matters into their own hands, and now josh joins us live with that to roberta fleming. her 82-year-old mother was admitted to the hospital earlier today and they were here when this whole thing went down. as she described it when the power went on the hallways became dark and she had to use her fell cr phone light to see where she was going and she described it as a feeling of chaos and fear, and described it

they got out on their own, other otherwise they might still be in there. >> it was very scary and my mother was totally in panic mode and had to get out of the building and they were moved between laughing and crying on the way home, like we just escaped from some sort of prison, because that's what it felt like, and we d wrong, too, but i'm glad we did it. >> she said her mother will be fine overnight and they will go to the prior matter care doctor tomorrow, just one story. and there are likely many more just like it as this dramatic scene continues to unfold tonight here in hudson outside the hospital. thankfully her mother is okay and we have heard no injuries to any of the patients during this evacuation process. >> i'm sure many, many stories

course developing in pinellas county. tropical storm hermine has taken its toll on city sewer systems leaving some streets underwater. and in largo the city is asking residents for help. >> we are he on donidan road this manhole cover has been swspewing seuss seuss and the storm has overloaded parts of the sanitary sewer systm and the storm water is getting into the pipes, this before the storm has even hearimadelandfall, and the citys or doing>> my car wouldn't maket

soyou had to walk because i couldn't get my car out. >> some businesses shut down and others invited people inside to relax and wait out the storm. whether or notchools reopen frida is still up in the air. reporting from largo, i'm haley h5n1s news. >> we have all of the inhi coune area on our website. >> and now that we know it's getting stronger, check that tomorrow morning when you get up. and it was a problem then, and

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>> listen to this, you are being asked to do something tomorrow. the city of st. st. pete is asg you for a favor. no long showers and please don't use your dishwashers or washing machines through tomorrow, the sewer system just can't handle all of the water flowing through them. >> the alvord facility h reached capacity and they will certainly have to release sewage into the bay overnight. now to be clear, this is not water from your toilet, what is being pushed out is millions of gallons of rainwater that has been collected over the past 24 hours. they are notifying the department of environmental quality and others of the

us ourk yard, everything. >> the water is already halfway up the driveway. >> the city increased its storage capacity this summer adding another 3 million gallons of water storage but this site manages st. pete beach, treasure island and gulf port and obviously it just was not enough to handle this much >> >> i have to check on sky town r right now and you see the bands of rain and we'll continue to see the rain increase in coverage again on thursday.

the past couple of hours and once that gets going, it's tough because of all of the things we deal with, the one thing that is sstill a major struggle is intensity forecasting. the track? pretty good, but intensity forecasting is getting better but it's not there yet. it may be a hurricane as soon as tomorrow morning, they have not predicted that but i would the rain has been increasing the past half hour or 45 minutes, with heavy rain bands coming up the bay. a good soaking rain in places like auburndale and lakeland, and others all getting hit hard this evening. there will be a lull later on tonight and then more rain

our coasts. rain still moderate to heavy, in highland's county, and solid rain in arcadia, wauchula, sarasota and manatee counties. and a couple of showers out by the mouth of the day. tomorrow morning we'll be watching for additional rain bands near the coast. there is a question as to whether we'll get into today. some of the models keep the rain just off the coast, and so it could be either way, but certainly more rain coming up on thursday, and more storms to our west. totals 7 to 10 in pi pinellas, d 3 in hillsboro, and could be

the next 24 hours and squalls could easily produce an inch or two. looking better tonight as far as development goes. we are on the east side and the question is will some of this down here kind of pivot up and rotate and impact us during the day tomorrow. changes in the watches and warnings. no longer a hurricane watch for the bay area and i have said it a number of going to have hurricane conditions but there is a tropical storm warning meaning ememeaningtropical storm conditm the swanee river, and if the stm rapidly intensities they may have a warning south but at this point i'm not expecting one for tampa bay, and there is not

drive up to a wall and oh, tropical storm is here. they have to draw a line somewhere, but it doesn't mean in pinellas you can't have wind gusts up to storm strength, and in red is where the hurricane warning is in effect with big-time storm surge issues. top winds 60, the pressure mille earlier today. that is pretty significant intensificatio a 75 miles per hour hurrica, getting nearpalachicola but as i said, they struggle and there is still a solid -- this is 8:00 and you are talking 20 hours at least of time. this is overwater, and so if this was to ramp up above 75, i certainly would not be surprised at all and then it moves over land and weakens friday and saturday. computer models are all zoned in

multiple people asking me about some sort of east shift. i don't see it happening. i don't know how it could happen. i mean, it could, and it could be a degree or two to the east, but the center is not going to take a big right hand turn as charlie did. that is not going to happen. there will be some coastal flooding with tides running 1 to 3 feet above average, and up near big bend, average, and the waving are building out in the gulf, and that process will continue, and 43 at this buoy for a wind gust, and this is a sign of our increasing wind and you will know if it's a hurricane or a tropical storm tomorrow morning when you step outside. impacts around tampa bay will include obviously more rain during the day, and the models

tomorrow. here is new computer modeling with generally 30 to 35 with higher gusts close to 75 to 80 in the panhandle tomorrow night. here is the forecast for tonight. more bands of rain, some heavy, and a couple of thunderstorms in the mix. down to 78. tomorrow, unsettled and the heaviest will be near the coast with increasing wind, too, around 82. kind of a blustery or windy day on friday, and showers coming in from the gulf. we get back to normal this weekend but still some sordz stormsaround as the memory heado about 90. we'll be tracking it. back to you. >> all right, it's been a busy day for trump. he flies to meet the president of mexico and then flies back to phoenix. >> and during his meeting with

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played tonight were looking to shine but not much "shine" in tonight's performance. this is the only action that jameis winston saw tonight. the starters of course, sitting this one out. in the rain, the defense with a few good plays in the first half. sthey sacked washington and with the rain, play was pretty sloppy, with glennon losing the ball and negative 1 passing yards. conditions really had nothing to do with this play, mack brown, with a big 60-yards touch-down run for the redskins, but the bucs do get on the boards in the second half. right down the middle. two fieldgoals and there was a loss.

>> i mean, this is not a fun way to finish preseason, it's just a sour taste after what i think was a productive preseason, not at all what we had in mind but we have to realize we were not playing our best guys and this game serves a purpose. you have to keep on reminding yourself of that and it will be great to put it behind us and get on with it. >> they try to get out preseason games without injuries but unfortunately kenny bell left the game with aon exciting, scott. the news cont continues on our website, and our app, and money, power and politics is next. >> from all of us here at fox

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