billow began takes a -- bill logan takes a closer look. >> reporter: the storm may be over, but millions are stuck at home. in new york city, plows are working nonstop, not to mention all the cars buried. transportation shutdown. folks had to walk in the road to get to work. >> i work in the business complex, so i've got to go there and clear the sidewalks. >> reporter: new york measured just over 26 inches, just shy of the all-time record. in washington, d.c., crews are working overtime, trying to get the airports open. the city had 17 inches of snow, the surrounding area covered by the practice facility for d.c.'s pro football team no dome crushed by the weight of the snow. a similar story outside philadelphia. this church roof buckled and crashed down below. >> there was a gaping hole in the roof. >> reporter: in new jersey coastal communities dealt with snow and icy flood waters. summer, never seen anything like this in the winter. >> reporter: bill logan, abc action news. >>> severe turbulence injured multiple people on a flight to italy last night. the plane made an emergency canad

the 12th. >> the 12th -- the fourth through the 15th. >> bill logan outside. testing the weather forecast perella.>> i wish i could have a taste of the food. but i have sunshine on my face right now and i can tell you, they are getting ready for last- minute preparations. folks are getting ready out on the water. that is going to go ahead and get a shot over the josi gasparella weighed down by the tampa yacht club. and i tell you, the pleasure boats are joining in and they are getting ready to go along with the josi gasparella as it comes up. the gate tower. flotilla will be coming up. it is a load of boats already. folks are going to be enjoying a great boating day. let's take a look at our weather headlines for you right weather. we are talking about all day long, it is a great-looking forecast for you. beatable sunshine and we will see some clouds around. but the sun will definitely warm the parade route and it will be fantastic for the hotel a -- gasparilla. local temperatures showing that we are 56 degrees in tampa. warming up nicely along the parade. sta

as abc action's meteorologist bill logan shows us, they're coming out in record numbers. >> reporter: since they dwindled to 1800 in 2002, the manatee have been staging a come back. researchers counseled 6,000 last year with more than 2600 as the weather turned colder this week, it seemed this was common as researchers counted over a thousand in citrus county waters alone. here in apollo beach near the power plant, those familiar with the manatees say it could top the 600 plus that called the canal home in 2015. >> lots of manatees. you have lots of sharks and rays and fish. there's a couple hundred just here. you can see it. if you go straight down the canal to the end, there's a lot more manatees that don't see. >> have you seen this many out here before? >> no, i don't think i have actually. >> they love it. >> reporter: just as sure as the manatees are back, so too are the folks flocking to see them. and this year with the sightings so plentiful, the crowds have swelled. >> i was here a few years ago. this is definitely attracting a lot of tourists this winter. >> reporter: all th

. >>> meteorologist bill logan joins us. we saw heavy rain but will it be a dryer sunday? >> dryer but gray and the really cold weather sets in. we actually have a report of a tornado in cape coral just a but around the bay area, a whole bunch of rain coming down across the entire bay area from tampa to st. petersburg and lakeland and all up and down i- 4 and yes, up and down i-75 as well. a robust discussion about driving with your flashers on. out on the interstate highway we went through the evening, yes, folks it is illegal to drive with your four way flashers on if you are on the road. this is a for when you pull off if there's danger. pretty much pulled the rain out of the picture moving to the south and the front has yet to make it through. still on the mild side with a 68-degree temperature in tampa. 67 in clear water and st. petersburg. as we go through the day tomorrow. we will start to ramp the temperatures up until we hit about 70. then the cold front hits and the temperatures plummet. i got that coming up in 12 minutes. serena. >> deputies in polk county have

more details available and updates constantly on my twitter page on bill logan, coming up. is offering courses on how to start their own business. abc action news reporter clip clipton french showing us one veteran leading the way. >> it is only a year and and a half where she retired and now a ceo of her on business. i help the company hire veterans. veterans come with a unique skills set beingdisciplined and working under pressure >> she went through hillsboro community colleges entrepreneur program and got her business running. now,hcc has recruited her to help veterans starting their own businesses. working with an a group of college to kick start the program. this program is not for college credit,it is free training. a veteran comes to the table withtheir idea and they are then taught how to get it off successful >> this is all about access. >> beth curley is as business professional with fcc, she explains the program is built in three phases. the firstphase of the training is online. >> it covers the basics, the second phase is on campus where travel and lodging and all meals ar

we have a team of reporters covering the aftermath and meteorologist bill logan is standing by. >> the storm killed two people. news. rortmac-- >>reporter:you can see the evidence of this powerful storm tornado. power lines snapped electrical lines down debris everywhere from farm buildings. pieces from homes and properties that were damaged. look at the power of this wind several trees like this one. two people have died and a home ended up here. and neighbors are coming together to support each other in this time of grief and looking for the blessings. >>reporter: that happened this morning, the mobile home was ripped off the blocks and thrown over here to the road. all that is left now is debris as this community mourns the loss of beloved neighbors and grandparents. >> i cannot believe all of this. >>reporter: the debris stretches for hundreds of yards. >> wonderful people, you couldn't ask for better neighbors or friends. >> this tornado was so powerful. it tore through this mobile home and snapped a telephone pole. dead in the wreckage. >> i was yelling, where is steve? where is

. >>> bill logan joins us in the kids' parade and the chilly temperatures, but you know what? what is the trend look like going forward. >> it will be chillier. the kids will have to bundle up. let's look outside at our heightened doppler radar and you can see as we back things up. some rain pushed through but the clouds moved away. we got clearing skies. just in time for the parade. with those clearing skies. come cooler temperatures. right now we are at 50 in tampa and palm harbor and 47 in brooksville and 48 in kathleen and lutes49 and check out the temperatures tonight and tomorrow. tampa will bottom out at 37. 32 in inverness and that's why we got a freeze warning for the that will be citrus, hernando and parts of pasco county. between 3 and 9 in the morning. how low will it get in your back yard. we will look specifically with that action weather forecast in 12 minutes. >>> there is more. because we have got that snow that we are still dealing with, guys. >> that's right. the blizzard of 2016 is here and creating a mess up north. >>> several states in the east coast are

. >>> meteorologist bill logan joins. a good day to watch the game. >> kind of a wipe out. so too was the weather. we knew it was coming through. mostly through as we take a look live from the river gate tower cam. we are seeing most of the big stuff moving off to our south and that's the good news. the bad news is that well the rain is ending this evening. we are going to be seeing some cooler weather as that front moves through. wait until you see the temperatures as we go to the work week. there's the front. a fast mover. kind of pitching in through the towards the east. it's mostly moved off to the south and east of us across tampa bay. current temperatures mostly in the upper 60s, lower 70s. we will see they drop as we work through the evening tonight. and those showers continue to move through and clear things out tomorrow and into monday. once we get that front out of here, oh, boy. it is going to get cool. not so much tomorrow morning. about 65 in tampa and 66 in lutes and 67 for apollo beach. by monday the temperatures will come down. through the evening tonight, u

. >> bill logan has areas of concern with weather advisories. >> we got freeze warnings and also wind chill advisories for the bay area. as a matter of fact, as we take a look at titan radar, you can getting a clearing right now and with the layer of clouds and that blanket that keeps of warm, we will get very chilly. as a matter of fact, here is the temperatures right now. take a look. we got 46 in loots and kathleen with 44 and 48 in tampa and 54 in longboat key. warmer along the coast. by tomorrow morning, oh, my goodness, it will get chilly. 37 in tampa and 35 for braden and 32 in inverness. we have freeze warnings and we will take a closer look and let you know more in a bit. and, of course, we are dealing with the snow up north, john. a wollop in the northeast. in new york, the area is getting two feet of snow. we see how they are coping in the nation's capital. >> reporter: millions of americans in the northeast still socked in from the crippling snowstorm. >> didn't expect to be caught in the middle of snowzilla. >> the d c police chief stepping into shovel out stuck patrol ca

. >>> i'm bill logan in apollo beach where the manatees are back, a sure sign of winter. we will look how many are back. >> live from the station taking action for you. this is abc action news. >> now at 5:30, anyone who battles all of the traffic tie- ups will be happy to know that public transportation is expanding. >> i'm laura harris. the latest project, a new bus connection between hernando and pasco counties. as ashley explains, it could lead to more public transportation options in the future. >> reporter: the ribbon is cut and counties are now joined. >> this is a very big deal because it opens up so much more for so many people. >> reporter: tanya marsh is one of those people who relied on the bus for years to get to, would. now she can use it beyond hernando lines. >> with the bus you have hope and it gives you that moment to know that, oh, wait a minute i do have hope and the means to get somewhere. approach has high hopes for ridership.

we will be updating on facebook and abcactionnews.com and bill logan will be here. if things get rough we may come in saturday night into early sunday morning. this could be kind of nasty. i don't think we're necessarily looking at a tornado watch set in stone but it's a possibility. something to keep our eyes on. exactly like today, look what happens sunday afternoon. if you're lucky, you can sleep right through it on sunday morning. and then by later in the day, skies clear. patch of rain of an inch, maybe more in spots. and entirely from 4:00, 5:00 a.m. on sunday to 10:00, 11:00 a.m. sunday and then the rest of the day looks good. for boaters west winds at 5 maybe up to 10 knots. this is crazy. two to four foot waves off shore. as windy as it was today, the gayle warning in effect, tomorrow the waters will be smooth. how about that. a huge change in a 24-hour period. there are the tides. sunrise at 7:23. sunrise at 5:57. here is a look at florida's most accurate 7-day. sunday, that's the stormy day. right now make the weekend plans for at least tomorrow or the se

i'm bill logan, abc action news. >> we were live during the announcement and we streamed it live on our website. you can watch the entire press conference on abcactionnews.com. >>> we also brought you the decision as breaking news last night on facebook when it happened. so many of you still upset, sounding off on our facebook page. many of those we cannot show you on the air. so many disappointed. others say they actually saw this coming. we want you to weigh in right now on the firing of lovie smith and who you think should be the next bucs coach. >>> imagine losing your home because of phony paperwork. it is happening around the country. a rising problem but there's a way to protect yourself. scammers are filing fraudulent quitclaim deeds. one woman lost her family home and living on the streets for weeks. now the pasco county office offers an alert system that will let you know when any official record in your name is filed. >> one of our employees recently got married and received an alert and she thought what is going on. she looked and it was her marriage license that was recorde

bill logan is here now and forecast and he'll be on it over the week for you as well. storms sunday morning. and in the afternoon, we'll be clearing out and drying out. and you'll see a big cooldown behind the next system. so that is the big difference between the system today and what we'll see on sunday. as we continue through the week, a high of 59 on tuesday. i am not likeing that at all. -- liking that at all. and dennis will be in tonight with updates as well. the models will help us fine tune what will happen over the >>> still ahead this morning, only a few dozen charitys from the tampa bay area have received the good news that her on a short list of a coveted award. and next on positively tampa bay we'll look at why they are going to our version of academy >>> we're staying on top of breaking news in polk county. an arrest has been made in the murder case of a beloved softball coach. sheriff judd is holding a news conference in a few minutes and we're on the scene and we're streaming this live on our website and our free abc action news mobile app. >>> you can see the heavy rain, r

. >> we are here with bill logan. we have team coverage this morning with you and dennis covering this since 3:00. >> we knew what the storm track is going to be. wepresented this yesterday morning. i have been in weatherfo years. >> i have been here since 1997. this is amazing. >> we don't see a tornado staying on the ground this long. we also see storms hitting further to the north marion county making their way into lady blake and that happened back to 2007. for the south of what we saw and fort myers last week, we this el nino is sostrong, this should be a wake up for all f of us. >> make sure you are prepared. sthoo these sort of thingsare going to be rolling through the next several weeks. >> we have another one on the extended radar looking for the end of this week after we get through another cool down. definitely, something to keep in mind as we go through a day of cleaning up. and clutching to each otherand being thankful that we have come through this okay and comforting those who have not been able to make

they will not have a cool bow tie like the one bill logan is wearing this morning. >> he's got the awesome gasparilla getup today. >>> we are heading out there live in a little bit and you can see already the activity beginning along the channel, a boat there making its way along the davis islands shores as we are starting to see the light of day. we are seeing clouds coming in from the west as well, streaming across from the pacific, across mexico and these won't bring us any rain today but they will give us cloudy skies from time to time. let's check the temperatures out. right now 49 in fish hawk, 48 in lutz, tampa 52 degrees. pinellas county, check that side of the water, 49 in east lake and palm harbor, clearwater 48 and largo, 51 in pasco county, looks like 47 in hudson, getting ready to start off the kumquat festival in dade city, 44 degrees there. looking through the day today, it's looking pretty good. we'll some high clouds around but the forecast looks all right. brisk start, about 50 degrees, 59 by 10:00 and are you ready for some beads? 69 degrees along the parade route throug

. >>> i hate to be the bearer of bad news, so we'll turn this over to bill logan here. >> remember, i'm only in marketing, not in distribution. i have no control. >> we get to blame you, right? >> no, no. >> a little bit? >> i'm giving you the warning, giving you the heads up. it's a beautiful day right now. we have some low clouds around. there's a dense fog advisory for our southern locations across the bay area. river gate tower, things are looking really nice through south tampa and along into davis islands. taking a look at the radar, live scan with a little ground clutter and some fog showing up. we are also seeing a brightening sky as the sun has now officially risen. 63 degrees in tampa, clearwater and st. petersburg. we haven't moved much as far as temperatures since we started this morning at 6:00. but we will begin to see some changes as the winds go from north to northeast to south and southwest as a front approaches and we get some rain later on. as a matter of fact, as we send the crews out later on, we are letting them know about the dense fog advisory for most of the sou

. >> bill logan for the now tampa bay. >>> this time of year, rv parks are at max capacity in florida. you have seen them out there and more are on the drawing board right now including high in locations including the newly announced by harvey outpost harvey -- rv park your 46 acres. some sad and breaking news right now. celine dion's husband has died his long battle with cancer. you have seen him plenty of time speaking on different awards euros. people magazine now reporting the family has released a statement saying the family requests that their privacy be respected at the moment. more details will be provided at a later time. he did have cancer. celine dion tweeting out that her husband died at his las vegas home. >>> right now, it it could be the end of the exploding hoverboards. overheating laptops and cell phones. all dangerous because of the lesbian ion batteries in -- lydian -- lithium ion battery here is what the material looks like on the new battery. itself off when it gets too hot and it powers itself back on when it has cooled down. there is no word yet when the compani

. >> bill logan went out there to look at the numbers how many of the manatees are gathering. we will see that story at 5:30. >> we're also going to see storms tomorrow unfortunately rolling through here and cold air. the manatees won't like that by the time we get to saturday and sunday. chilly temperatures over the next few days. we have to get through the storm. it arrives tomorrow. we're in the pattern. the potential for severe weather. i showed you the maps earlier. i'm going to show you again because it's important that we track the storms for tomorrow. these are tornado watch boxes all of this will push to the east. now, conditions are going to be more favorable for severe weather the further north you go, the closer to the low. but our area is not out of the woods. from citrus all the way down to portions of hillsborough county we're under a slight risk. that is level 2 for tomorrow. it would be between 9:00 and the hours of noon. that's when the line moves through. let's put this into motion and show you what happens. not much between 6:00 and 7:00 a.m. by 10:00 a.m.,

here at 9news looking toward the skyline in denver, you can just make things out against bill boulevard and logan looking went this morning. we are very fortunate because temperatures stayed relatively mild overnight. snow is heaviest in the southern part of the metro especially right along county road and e-470. kind of in the park meadows area. also southern aurora getting moderate snow, light snow as you can see coming down here in the backyard. up north the snow has rt started to slack off so we're seeing some of the last bands of snow around here. temperatures have been holding after above freezing and that's allowed a lot of the snow to melt. really this will be limited to -- i would say grassy areas. at the latest. again trace amounts, perhaps up to an inch in parker and southeast over and down south up to 2" in the jeffco foothills and down into douglas counties. say goodbye to the snow and hello to the sun with temperatures moving into the 30s and 40s with sunshine and i would say -- will be sunny by noon at the latest around here. amelia, not going to stay long but as we say, the timing

logan in the arab spring. >> some. >> in most of them, bill. we saw it in egypt.d now we are seeing it happen in europe. >> last word. >> what's the logical conclusion you shut down immigration in the european union you have to be very careful with that because then it leads to authoritarianism. they should investigate allowing people to arm themselves legally in europe so people like that are discouraged because they don't know if a sweden. >> you have got to be very, very careful. >> of course. >> when you have a mass migration. ladies thanks for the good debate. plenty as the factor moves along this evening. movie "13 hours what happened in benghazi when ambassador was murdered. we will talk with the director michael bay. under attack on the far left. wait until you hear why ♪song: "that's life" ♪song: "that's life" ♪song: "that's life" ♪song: "that's life"♪ that's life. you diet. you exercise. and if you still need help lowering your blood sugar... ...this is jardiance. along with diet and exercise, jardiance works around the clock to lower blood sugar in adul

logan from indiana had the grand champion hog. last year, it sold for 36,000, this year, it sold for 53,000, one animal gets special billing. it is the grand champion steer which gets to take center stage and the main lobby of the brown palace downtown. these kids spent almost every waking moment with their animals. 16-year-old macy gareska got emotional talking about the steer named remy. >> he is one of my best calves that i have had. it is hard to explain the kind of bond you can have with cattle. >> bidding started at 35,000 top bid at 100,000. when the gavel landed it was $170,000 for remy. she plans to use the money to help pay for college at iowa state. >>> hi there, meteorologist danielle grant here in the backyard. we are less than 48 hours until the big broncos game. we are celebrating down here in the city as well as up in the mountains. take a look at these shots. from crested butte, they are shows off their broncos pride. this one along the continental divide at the loveland ski area. dustin schaeffer is dressed in orange. early on, if you are out there tailgating no problem. it will be cool. kickoff low 40s .

logan today. the patriots back home today denver. a shot at a consecutive super coach bill belichick talked about the match-up and focused on the future. byron barnett has more on what he had to say. there is brady! throwing it! it is intercepted! >> reporter: the devastating defeat in denver. head coach bill belichick summed up his assessment o'. >> that game. >> denver is a good football team. and you know, we had some opportunities but in the end, just came up a little bit short. >> reporter: belichick still has high praise for his team members who played through injuries this year and fought to the end for the afc title. >> you know, our team competed. i'm proud of it. you know, the guys battling right to the very last play. >> reporter: one particularly painful moment, the missed extra point early in the game. >> i feel like i lost the game for the team, and you know, i should have been out there kicking that time, an extra point and helping us go into overtime. >> reporter: but belichick said no one individual is to blame for the loss. >> we all feel that way. i feel

logan airport to raise wages to $15 per hour. erin: school lunch menus could be getting another overhaul soon. a new bipartisan bill in the senate would revise the healthier meal standards that have been implemented in recent years to allow more flexibility in what they serve. they would also ease requirements on whole grains and give schools more time to reduce sodium content. many schools have complained that the standards supported by first lady michelle obama are will not eat the options required. trader joe' s is recalling its raw cashew pieces because some may be contaminated with someone a lot. no illnesses have been reported. trader joe' s has pulled all raw cashew pieces from its shelves until they figure it out. sean: iran says that now certain sanctions have been lifted and it wants to increase its oil reduction by 500,000 barrels per day. experts say there is already an oversupply of oil. it is also driving gas prices lower. the national average for a gallon of regular gas is now down to $1.89. in new hampshire, we are paying $1.91 per gallon. we can expect prices to drop m sure the plow trucks are enjo

logan airport in boston, where 100 people staged a protest to rally support. six demonstrators were arrested of the terminals. erin: school lunch menus could be getting another overhaul. a new bipartisan bill would revise the healthier meal standards that have been to allow schools more flexibility in what they serve. on whole grains. many schools have complained that the standards supported by michelle obama are burden some and that students simply want eat the options required. trader joe' s is recalling its self branded raw cashew pieces because some of them could be the product was distributed in two dozen states, including all of new england. trader joe' s has pulled the they figure out the problem. sanctions have been lifted, it wants to increase its oil production by 500,000 barrels per day. experts say there is already an oversupply of oil, which is driven prices below $20 per barrel. that is also driving gas prices lower. the national average for a gallon of regular is now down to $1.89. in new hampshire, we are paying $1.91 per gallon. we can expect prices to drop another $.10 to $.20. the news gets better. erin: it is on the slick arrays for some people who -- it is almost like