john rogers live in charlotte county down there. so eagle 8 hd is getting a extensive the damage. with a look. >> reporter: good evening. we are over charlotte county and let's look at the damage. and the damage is widespread. here's two houses, three houses side by side with damage to the roof. there's also downed trees and if i pull up and push this way, you will see where the damage goes. you can almost draw a line and follow the damage. here's damage to this house and if i move up here again to this house, this is some of the more severe damage that we have seen. and this one, these two cars look like they were pushed up towards the garage. and you can see a tree down in the front yard. actually that's a power pole. and if i look up here and show you the roof, you can see a lot of the roof has been torn away. in this whole area in charlotte county down off of rampart boulevard. and back here, more trees down. we will have more information as we get it. back to you. >> paul in eagle 8 hd, thank you, paul. >> yeah, i think we're g

see the worst in our area actually in the southern spot, sarasota county and south of us near charlotte county. so we can take a close look at the rain that we're still dealing with but it's mainly southeastern highlands county. polk county dealing with a few spotty showers but things clearing out for us. and a look at the storm reports from today. a couple strong wind reports from pinellas county, a lot of us saw the heavy rainfall and the strong winds but we had a couple trainer reports as well. this one to the northwest. this was sighted from the area. it was a rural area, likely a weak tornado. so we are not expecting the out and survey that but where you saw john rogers in charlotte county, there's where earlier today. and the national weather service is in progress actually heading out there to survey the damage and then they can decide if it was in fact a tornado and also what strength it was, ef- 1, ef-2, we can determine that. good news, things looking quieter, drier air pushing in and winds have picked up. while the storms have come to an end, we are expecting strong winds throughout

i'm melanie michael tonight in charlotte county. jen, back to you. >> thank you so much for that live report. >>> our team coverage continues now with 8 on your side meteorologist steve jerve. we're in the clear now, right? >> absolutely. these storms have pushed well this was just an early morning thing off in the gulf of mexico that eventually came in the morning hours. you've all been to an afternoon event as well. let's look at first what's happening. all the activity has cleared the activity, as i mentioned, maybe a few clouds left in the southern part of highlands county, but generally the thunderstorm and shower activity well to our east. the storm reports today, strong wind gusts in pinellas county, but tornado reports, the one in duet there in the northeast part of manatee county and these in charlotte county were significant earlier today. the murdoch tornado as they are calling it about 2/10 of a mile path, 100 yards wide, wasn't too bad for a florida tornado, but this one with 97 mile-per- hour winds enhanced fujita 1 on

most of it is south of the bay area, right around charlotte county. eagle 8 hd flying above the destruction. >> reporter: good evening. we are in port charlotte. this is actually tidy lane below us. and if you look, here's some damage from the storm that moved through this afternoon. take a look at this, that's the roof that's been torn off. and i want to show you something really interesting, take a look down here. if you look at the tree, you can see all the insulation wrapped around. and you can actually see the direction of the wind. also parts of the roof, broken tree, the cars down here have damage as well. well. and if i pan back up here, you can see the extent of the damage and out back is where you can see more debris and there's quite a bit of damage around here from screen porches to the trees to vehicles. so it's a pretty widespread area of damage and as of right now, we have not heard of any injuries but if we find out, we will give you more. back to you. >> all right, paul, thank you. >>> and here's a look at some of the damage right arou

the damage was extensive across numerous areas in charlotte county. the roofs of many homes were ripped up in a neighborhood off of rampart road. power was out for many residents in this area after power poles were pushed aside, left leaning toward the road. up but officials are thankful there are no reported injuries. reporting in charlotte county, john rogers, news channel 8. >>> today's weather caused a lot of problems for homeowners north of the piece river and tonight they have a lot of debris to clean up and repairs to make on their homes. earlier this evening news channel 8 photo journalist journalist paul lamison surveyed the damage. >> reporter: good evening, we are over charlotte county and let me show you, this is neuroemburg road, there are one, two, three houses and patching the roof. they have laid tarp but you can see behind them the screens are gone off of the screen porch and if i move back over here, the power crews are out and if i pan up here and look over, you can see more damage, here's a house with part of the roof and the scree

are possible this afternoon, especially for the far southeast corner of our area halifax & charlotte counties flooding and damaging effect for everyone until 7 pm wind advisory until 4 pm for wythe counties 5 p-m for our 90 minutes of daytime blue ridge.. i'm natalie >>> welcome to "daytime blue ridge" on this soggy wednesday. i am natalie fauce. >> i'm lindee katdare. >> we were talking about how tired we all are and it has to do with the weather. >> yes. >> it is true. i usually get up in the mornings and i've been sleeping in and it is rainy or cold. >> very hard to get up and super tired. hopefully we can get this out of here and will have a decent we can. and he and i were talking about the different types of mothers we come across and he talked about which one we identify with and which we identify with. the pta mom, the uptight mom and the laid-back mom. which are you? >> i'm partially the scatterbrained hot mess mom and

most of it is south of the bay area, right around charlotte county. eagle 8 hd flying above the destruction. >> reporter: good evening. we are in port charlotte. this is actually tidy lane below us. and if you look, here's some damage from the storm that moved through this afternoon. take a look at this, that's the roof that's been torn off. and i want to show you something really interesting, take a look down here. if you look at the tree, you can see all the insulation wrapped around. and you can actually see the direction of the wind. also parts of the roof, broken tree, the cars down here have damage as well. well. and if i pan back up here, you can see the extent of the damage and out back is where you can see more debris and there's quite a bit of damage around here from screen porches to the trees to vehicles. so it's a pretty widespread area of damage and as of right now, we have not heard of any injuries but if we find out, we will give you more.

mel is live in charlotte county. wean the people in that area are hurting, and -- wean the people in that area are hurting. >> reporter: you know they have gone through so much already, and today this is one of the areas that you mentioned the governor toured. he wanted to walk the path of the storm. and people around here still shocked by all the damage left behind. >> reporter: we were there talking one-on-one with the governor as he met the people of charlotte county. >> yeah, and you can hear from people, what their needs are. >> reporter: from the panhandle to punta gourda, his heart goes out to the tornado victims. >> this is one way to survey the damage? >> i couldn't get down here earlier today. it'd be nice if i could have seen it in the morning. >> reporter: ezekiel is one of the survivors here. >> it was like a roar of a lion. just a big roar. >> reporter: some waited patiently all day to meet the governor. >> we just said this is our time. because we thought it was -- we thought the wind was gonna suck us

the cleanup is full force in charlotte county after dozens of >> the clean-up is in full for in charlotte county after the tornadoes yesterday, and governor scott visited several of the homes tonight. >> he did indeed. >> i'm standing in the backyard of one of the most damaged homes in all charlotte county. and 55 homes were damaged. trees came down in this family's backyard and this entire pool area was completely decimated. this house may have $100,000 in damage and tonight they got a helping hand from their governor. >> this is no home for a fema live familyto live in. >> tornado warnings you hear them all the time, it's not going to happen to me... until it does. >> i saw these trees going like this and my wife was here with the dog and you know, she hit the floor. >> the home is one of 55 damaged in charlotte county where emergency responders say there may be $1.8 million in damage. governor scott came to say he was thinking of them. >> the city is going to do their part and the county and the first responders are going to do their part. >> but getting federal aid may may not meet fe

danville martinsville up toward lexington and even an enhanced risk as you head toward halifax and charlotte county isolated tornadoes cannot be ruled out today main threat will be flash flooding and strong damaging wind us out of these thunderstorms but again like imagine isolated tornadoes not out of the question today if we scour out these cooler temperatures should climb into the upper 50s back down into the 40s but sunday and monday we start to warm back up today were in that cool air wedge early but that it scour out this afternoon that's when we have the best chance of seeing some stronger storms as the main low-pressure center stays to our west we still get that gulf coast moisture and atlantic moisture all wrapped together you forecast for today rain likely isolated storms temperatures topping out pretty much into the fifties to near sixty degrees or so and as you maker way over toward tonight would in a continue would some rain showers changeover snow showers in the mountains seven day planner linda that will have quieter weather and deride air-conditioned friday saturday and sunday we re

the mountains just a marginal risk is you had toward halifax i mean over toward halifax and charlotte county you're actually have an enhanced risk your the best chance of seeing those severe thunderstorms and isolated tornadoes also dealing with areas of fog thick fog up toward the highlands into the roanoke valley over toward lynchburg finding some areas of dense fog can barely see out of the mill mountain camera there temperatures in the thirties and forties right now same stories you had out toward say washington dc but look at bristol fifty four degrees that's that warmer air is that's can a try to drive-in here later on today we could see temperatures topping out upper fifties low sixties down toward the south side but on average would talk really get that southerly push that will start to scour out the cooler temperatures and then from the west we get a westerly to northwesterly winds that will bring temperatures back down lateron. we get that twisting of the air. that's we could see the spin up tornado something will have to monitor very closely rain likely today isolated storms tempe

we caught up with the staff as equipment and will drive all of it to charlotte county. this this year they are taking more stuff than usual including jerseys and pants just for spring training. >> we are taking basically more than 12 cases of baseball gear to spring training. more than three pairs of pants more than 100 jerseys. with a lot of miscellaneous stuff. basically everything starts here today spring training for us. >> the truck leaves tomorrow morning. once it is in charlotte county unloading will take about two pitchers and catchers report to training camp saturday, ferrari next day. >>> the rays want to make sure to watch them play this year so they are running some special when attendance could be the lowest. on monday active military veterans, you get two free tickets. wednesdays. on thursdays fans 60 and older get it for $15. on friday, students get their own discount. you can see the full list of deals on our website wtsp .com. >>> tossed around by storm and tonight they are still at sea. >>> passengers on a royal caribbean cruise cruise get closer to la

in charlotte county, john rogers, newschannel8. >>> tonight, more people in hillsborough county need to be on alert for rabies, the disease has been confirmed in another cat. that cat bit someone near the mallory square apartments. this is the second cat with rabies discovered lately. the first one was in citrus park. in this case, people in the community had fed the cat and it was used to being around it could have spread the disease to all sorts of wild animals including raccoons and possums. the rabies alert will last for 60 days. health officials say you need to talk to your kids too about not petting or touching any wild animals or strays. >>> skateboarders who like to shred it at a local skate park are upset. the city of lakeland has it has been open a number of years but incidents have prompted the city to move it up from 10:00 to 8:00. >> most of them are good kids. there are a few bad seeds but even with them, good people will pressure them to be better because if not, they are going to be further consequences for the park. >> if city wants to see if the changes have any imp

the showers into brook neal and light rain toward charlotte county. reports of light snow sticking in nelson county and toward i-81in nelson county and toward i-81. a look toward whitville. a pocket of heavy snow that is moving across as well as pulaski county. this snow will make its way up i-81. watching us from blacksburg or roanoke, the snow will be increasing. a closer look at the snow that falling is along the interstate. back toward lynchburg, mainly rain and even if do you see some snow, it is going to have a difficult time stick as the temperatures are too warm. right now we are in the upper 30s, so we are above freezing, freezing the next few hours. so if you do have to be out, maybe headed to the grocery store or headed out to dinner, the roads are going to be wet and not icy. temperatures in the up -- temps in the upper 30s. blacksburg down to freezing at 3223732. rainbow at 37. and lower 40s toward danville as well as south boston. now here is what it looks like four for the next couple of days. midnight tonight. it is not it very well on

. >>> cleanup is underway after two tornadoes touched down in charlotte county. in a matter of moments, dozens of homes were badly damaged in the home's wake. this is a case of deja vu. some of the areas were struck by hurricanes in 2004. it will take a lot of time for all this to be cleaned up like it did in years past. >> reporter: it certainly will. take a look at where i am. i want to show you the damage here. i'm standing in what used to be a pool cage that has been crushed like a soda can. are insulation and nails everywhere. plants plucked off the ground, trees stripped. this is just an idea of what a number of residents are dealing with. people across a wide area. santoro felt helpless. his backyard was gutted after the tornadoes. this all came as quite a shock. >> what were you thinking? >> i thought what the heck is going on here? on. >> reporter: charlotte county emergency officials say the two tornadoes destroyed several homes and damaged 25 others. trees are uprooted. garages are bent out of shape. and roofs are torn apart. today, power crews and con

. >> here is some eagle 8hd video of the damage in charlotte county. one of the tornadoes down there is leaving an erratic path of destruction. >> these families have to be shaken up. >> they are surveying the damage here. >> reporter: this storm struck suddenly catching many people off guard. it brought back some bad memories. >> this looks really bad. >> yeah? yep. it is. >> reporter: selia's backyard apart her pool cage and uprooted her trees. >> oh. look at the tree! >> reporter: for her this is all too familiar. >> this is the second time. >> reporter: this area was ravaged by hurricane charlie in 2004. residents were forced to rebuild back then. now this is deja vu. >> this is what it is. this is what it is. >> reporter: charlotte county emergency officials say the two tornadoes destroyed 11 homes and damaged 25 others. across the area, garage doors have caved in and roofs were left torn apart. since yesterday, power crews have been out in force working to bring everybody back online. and contractors were quickly trying to make these homes livabl

schools were closed in jacksonville due to the threat of severe weather in charlotte county. multiple homes were homes were damaged by what we now know was a tornado. we begin in pensacola where we are getting a look at new drone video of tornado damage. you can see the roofs ripped apart, power lines down, debris scattered all over and many of these homes are unlivable tonight. speemac i pushed her in there and went in there behind her. and when she went down there store, was that powerful. speemac we didn't even have time to grab a flashlight or anything. we were trying to get the door closing get in the closet we are both pulling on and it wouldn't close. speemac the gov. spent much of the day walking around the hardest hit areas getting a firsthand look at the damage. >>> in the jacksonville area folks are cleaning up after possible tornado touchdown there. there were reports of wins as strong as 60 miles an hour, knocking down trees and damaging buildings including a correctional institution. >>> closer to home where confirmation the two tornadoes hit south of the bay ar

. >>> well this morning, people in charlotte county are cleaning up after this week's tornadoes. he is assessing the damage to determine if he can request federal aid. the governor visited with storm victims. one is a veteran. he explains he thought he was going to die. >> we just said, god if this is our time, just let us be with you. that's what we said. because we thought it was that bad. we thought the winds were going to suck us up. >> and of course, that storm did damage dozens of homes and vehicles in charlotte county. and wow, those pictures tell the story there. >>> and now change is in the air for us. cooler weather into the weekend. >> yeah, you will notice the difference when you walkout side this morning. it's not as windy as yesterday morning. that's allowing temperatures to be a little bit cooler. i will say we will start in the morning. and then each hour, we kind of struggle to get up. we will be up to about 54 at 58 at noon. and then the winds pick up again through the early afternoon hours. and of course, a very chilly evening. if you're out for friday night, a

buckingham, 38. 40 toward brookneal and charlotte county, pittsylvania county, martinsville in the mid-30s. and upper 20s and mid-30s in your 7-day forecast, notice the low temperatures are going to be in the teens as we finish up the week. we're going to stay below freezing on thursday. and valentine's day weekend looks like a good weekend to snuggle up. temperatures, 20s for highs. >> danner: right now, you can easily see what public employees make, but that could change. the senate committee advanced a bill that would bar that information from the public database. it would also raise the threshold from public employees' salary being public. >>> they go around the world everything you need to know about life, you can learn from granola. keep it simple. make every piece count. let other people know what you're made of. always be real. don't be fake, don't be artificial, but always be sweet. and of course, wear sunscreen. nature valley granola bars. >> danner: as global conference continue to grow over the zika virus, medical professionals in california are working to make sure that it

southside, danville, charlotte county, pittsylvania county, mainly light rain. the bulk of the rain is going to stay in the carolina. we've had some snow flurries reported in nelson county, we're going to stay above freezing until nearly tomorrow morning. 37 right now with no wind chill. martinsville 33. 36 in blacksburg. roanoke at 39. upper 30s in southside. midnight. and the bulk of this precip staying to the south of lynchburg. if you were driving south at 4:30 a.m., there'll be areas of rain and a few snow flurries that direction. at 8:00 a.m. on your wednesday, we're going to be dry. and we're going to stay dry tomorrow. we'll have a few clouds around, but the rain is moving out very early tomorrow. so it will be a dry day for your wednesday. the temperatures are not going to stay below freezing very long. we're only going to be near 30, 32 in the morning. i don't think we're going to see any significant refreezing. you have to get down to the 20s before you see reicing. and by 9:00 a.m., all of us will be above freezing. mid-40s at lunchtime. highs in the

severe weather near duette and in charlotte county. there was one in the green swamp in polk county across caused no damage. 83 -- .83. >> and 8.71. rain over us is goneky say that the next 5 to six days it is rain free. >> there is left over rain strong storms by miami. that's their problem not our problem and today is strong storms one by. the rain moves away. high pressure in. lots of sunshine. and observation from workers out in the field earlier touched down in the field. no damage and a survey team for the service in russ din on the way down. >> that was between noon and 2:00 this afternoon. the satellite radar shows cold front moving away. low pressure moving away. we have this, lots of red you know what that means that's the dry air. multiple days in a row filled with sunshine chilly nights. 40s for lows and 60s for highs. cooler by tomorrow morning at 5 a.m. with maybe some clouds coming in off the gulf. small craft advisory up. lots of sunshine through friday. temperatures now are in the 50s. 60s. 70s. 80s south of us and the

palso down towards punta gore ptoday into charlotte county. pwe've seeing some rotation in pthose cells down to our south. pbut we're going to continue to pkind of focus in on the these ptwo areas, the one which is psitting off the coastline, you pcan see here as we measure that psitting probably about 12 to 13 pmiles off the coast. pand then, we also have this area phere, which is now moved to the pnorth, and a state road 64. pnorth and east of lakewood pranch. pwest of myakka head. pwest of northwest of myakka pcity. pmoving in general direction of pduet. pbut i have to tell you in last pfew minutes here this is really pshown it's that its kind of pweakened quite a bit. pand this will continue to work pits way on towards the pnortheast. pstill we're talking about pretty pstrong thunderstorm in this area retty gusty winds as kind of pflip over and look a just preflectivity. pshowing rainfall in this. pyou can still see very strong pthunderstorm. pnow working iths way over 62. pbetween parish and duet. pvery, very heavy rain in that parea. pwe

that is how much wind there was in charlotte county and that was between 1:22 and 1:25 this afternoon. now all of the severe weather is gone, and this is the same storm that produced produced all the bad the one that hit pens po will pensacola was an ef3 with winds up to 145 and behind the front, dry air moves in and it will be here several days. the last in the small line is out across cape hatteras and nag's head, but there is still severe weather near philadelphia, and strong winds and there are a number of watches up including a severe thunderstorm watch including all of new york city, back into the poconos and all of long island and connecticut. huge thunderstorms west of new york will proud wind storms and so it's a necessary mess in the northeast. the winds have shifted behind the cold front. the dewpoints have plunge and so no more humid humidity for the next remember how cool it was, it was outstanding and this weekend is likely to be as nice as last, not a good boating day tomorrow, though, gust judge and y and northwest windows. this is this friday at 5:00 a.m. and by satur

elsewhere in charlotte county a bank building was damaged. we got out of the way of the windows and into the safe room. >> pieces could be spotted. everyone was okay but shaken. >> you heard a lot of things rattling. the wind is blowing strong and the trees looked like they would blow into the grass. >> it brings back bad memories for. who question what will they do. >> we're too old to redo it. we went through it with charlie. we cannot do it again. >> they were fixing the lines. as of now we're told there have been no injuries in charlotte county. kimberly kuizon, fox 13 news. >> the governor got a look at the damage the twister left in pensacola. they damaged 70 homes and residents in the panhandle without power. get things back to normal. >> moms and dads say their children's own bus is making them late to school. constantly. and late coming home sometimes by an hour. >> and it's not just once or twice. the district says it is a shortage of suns duty drivers. and evan lambert has been getting answers for parents today. what did you find o

the tampa bay rays are packed and ready to make the move to charlotte sports park, in charlotte county for spring training. we were there on tuesday when they loaded up supplies, equipment and get this, more than 300 pairs of pants and more than 100 jerseys for the players. pitchers and catchers report on february 20th and the first practice is the 21st. this is a story that's going to put a smile on your face this morning. a jacksonville police officer was on the job when an unexpected visitor shows up in his patrol car. take a look at this picture. he was sitting in his patrol car with the door open when this dog jumped right in a made herself comfortable in the passenger seat. thankfully, her owner was located and was able to get her out...eventually. the jacksonville sheriff's office posted this picture on their facebook thousand times. a mother's facebook post shows why you may want think twice the next time you want eat fast food. the shocking amount of time she's had a happy meal...that still has not gone bad. but first, we'll introduce you to this little guy who is getting a lo

chadham danville charlotte county. halifax county. martinville getting freeze range and also i-81 buchanan towards roanoke watch out for slippery conditions. 8:00 pm tonight we have freezing rain. now, ap midnight we are going to see things improving. as the temperature going to be warming above freezing. so this means instead of freezing rain just going to be regular rain, but going to be heavy rain. we any plans in morning, really probably want take your umbrella with you as we will see soon heavy rain half inch possibly over an inch rain total by noon rain will be ending he dryer weather by afternoon. as rain moves east. and out so overnight tonight really not going to have low temperature as we are going to warming getting milder throughout the night. and then morning, testimony mid up 30s with 40s moving from the south. your hourly weather tomorrow shows near 40 at 8:00 am. and then by lunch time, all temperature well above freezing, tomorrow nearing 48 in lynchburg and 50s for highs towards south side. rain going to earlier in m

madison heights and amherst, 49madison heights and amherst, looking at south side, including charlotte county, halifax, pennsylvania county, highs in the low to mid-50s. martinsville at 52. and if you live in the mountains, maybe toward floyd, blacksburg, vinton and roanoke, highs reaching the upper 40s. you will notice the breeze tomorrow and not overly breezy. here is that weekend we are talking about after the cold start in the morning. 63 on saturday. on sunday, we will also see a high between 60 and 65. it a few small showers are possible on sunday but not expecting very much rain. if you have something planned on sunday, you are only expecton sunday, you are only expecting a few small showers. stay with us. we will keep you updated on that. looking toward tuesday, rain likely. if it does get colder we could see a winter mix. >>> we are following up on a hargrave military academy. >>> hargrave military academy is investigating a threat that is potentially linked to isis. >> mark: tola adamson is live in chatham with everything we know tonight. tola, bring us up to speed. >> reporter: i j

also a lot of storm damage in charlotte county as well as halifax it county. right now the storms are making their way to the north and northeast. let's zoom toward the richmond area and you are going to see worse for us locally and but back to where we live, take balk into the heart of virginia where you could still see a few small showers and see a little bit of light rain near lynchburg and bedford county and brook neal and campbell county. only going to see a few small showers and the worst of the severe weather has ended. however, we will talk more of where the tornadoes have occurred and showing you the storm damage. take you live in will stafford with more. >> will: george, as we look at the hrrr, the high powered rapid radar model. a good grip of where things are at this hour. our system may be gag little on the slow side, george, because it has been in use all afternoon long. see if that one works. there it is. a fairly good grip where things are now as we advance -- also a fairly good grip. we can see showers through the overnight hours threw through

the other two plants are in desoto and charlotte county. >>> students might be moving around in polk county as the school district opens a new academy. a civic's academy will open in august. zoning changes will affect 1400 students from six schools. school board will make final decisions in the coming weeks. >>> around the state the house and senate passed dualing budgets and you can expect big negotiations next week. meanwhile the house passed a tax cut package that could give you more tax holidays. school holiday as well as the tax breaks on computers, smart phones, rifles, tents and fishing supplies. governor rick scott is pushing the legislator to cut taxes by $1 billion this year. >>> coming up, a burglar takes off with something that's irreplaceable. >> reporter: thieves broke this window to get in this new port obvious stuff. gaming consoles and tablets. it is what was on this ledge this family. (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, needs a real pla

it will be through south side, so this means campbell county, pennsylvania county, halifax, charlotte county and toward martinsville and henry county could you see a small accumulation of snow. when you get going tomorrow morning, it will be all east and out of here and dry weather for your wednesday afternoon. by the time you wake up on wednesday, most of that snow and rain will be out of the part of virginia. tonight, we will see lows eventually falling into the upper 20s to lower 30s. not a hard breeze. barely make the freezing mark. bedford at 30. smith mountain lake at 30. altavista at 32. and south boston at 34. below freezing through 9 a.m. on your wednesday. tomorrow lunchtime in the 40s and 45 and highs reaching the upper 40s for most of us. if you were watching us toward south side, you will see highs altavista at 50, 53 danville. up to nelson county, amherst county and lexington, you will see highs in the middle 40s. your seven-day forecast, a gradual warm-up over the next few days. thursday looks good. a high of 46. and into the 50s for friday. jumping ahead toward your weekend.

talking about game planning many for the first 3 years, they donated 10,000 hats and jerseys from charlotte county. >> it's special since my tie is personal from little league baseball and some that i got to play with and grew up in. prodigy. so much as they drafted the win team over all. fast forward for today, trying to deliver on that promise. addu not in uniform or against his old squad. preseason friendly and checkout the extra action there. passing the line to the 28th minute. luciano and taking another look. pulls darnel king and touches the ball out of bounds. should have been a foul. they still lose. >> bill murray always delivering a lap. they are having fun. to the action, phil nicholson with the lead and lefty on the lead with tomorrow's final round action. at 6:00 tomorrow in the arena. the lightning will have a chance to win at home. it will be a record if they pull it off. extra for bishop. talking to him about it today. he says he's really excited. >> we are excited too. vo: know you have a dedicated advisor and team who understand where you come from. we didn't really have anythin

most was south of sarasota county, charlotte county and port charlotte, but still we had to worry about that and keep our eyes on it. that is now over. and that same system that brought in all of the rough weather today is now bringing in cooler temperatures. so while the skies will begin to clear, temperatures will begin to drop as we see the mercury drop down to the 40s and 50s over the next few days. we will tell you when we will hit the 30s coming up. >>> remember you can get severe weather alerts no matter where you are using our storm shield app. it's available for apple and android phones. >>> congressman david jolly is fighting to make sure that the planes to keep us safe during hurricanes stay in the bay area. as we first told you last year, the air force has ordered noaa to remove the specialized planes by july 1st of 2017. jolly telling the u.s. secretary of commerce, he will work with both organizations to make sure that the hurricane hunters and their specialized workforce stay right here in our area. hurricane hunters have called mcdill home since 1993. >>> the man who pol

in florida at least three tornadoes ripped through de soto and charlotte counties knocking down power lines and tree limbs after it moved through pensacola tuesday night. no major injuries or deaths reported there. barbara: further up the coast strong storms moved through building collapses, tearing roofs off homes and towning trees and power lines. lancaster county reported most of the damage. no twister has been confirmed. no injuries reported but you can see residents will have plenty of clean up. john: a different weather issue in the midwest. snow causing massive flight cancellations at chicago airports, school blowing off lake michigan could bury it in up to 18 inches. barbara: a united express flight is diverted after losing cabin pressure. it was going from washington to dallas. it diverted to dallas-fort worth and landed safely. john: fire damages a house in fayetteville. mental crews respond -- emergency crews responded to quincy street just after 10:00 last night. kitchen and spread into the attic. firefighters were able to sop the flames and limit the damage to the house.

they have company..the killians home is one of 30 damaged..charlotte county emergency officials estimate 11 homes are uninhabitable. nats..cutting trees..or nats of cleanup the tornado's path of destruction stretched more than 2 miles.the twister shredded roofs, took down power lines and trees.blew away pool cages..and hurt. sot...23:37: 31 "it happened, we're alive we're lucky." standup 23:45:45 "more than 700 customers are still without power. fpl hopes to restore their power by early morning. in punta gorda isabel mascarenas 10 news wtsp" the hillsborough county commission is gridlocked-- in how they'll pay for billions in "critical transportation needs." everything is on the table. and as 10 news reporter jonathan petramala learned -- that includes-- how much you pay at the pump. hillsborough county is running out of time to fund transportation needs that are billion dollars. the only hope to come close to funding it is a half cent sales tax but there's a problem voters would have cent tax in a referendum in november just as the pressure but even that wouldn't put enough in the tank

and high 81 and small sprinkles near roanoke and south side looking toward halifax county to charlotte county and near danville. there are showers. the bulk of the rain will move in later tonight and tomorrow and wednesday and small area of rain which is moving on top of lynchburg with a larger batch of rain very easy to see. the big ol' blob of rain in the south and east and northward and into virginia. as far as the timing of the rain, between 8 and midnight. we will see the rain increasewe will see the rain increasing so very early on your tuesday morning. any travel planless you have the roads are going to be wet. the rains tapering off during the morning and are not going to see that much rain around at lunchtime and most of tomorrow afternoon dry, and here it comes again. another batch of rain advancing northward into the heart of virginia. you can also be hearing some thunder as the temperatures will be slightly warmer on wednesday, especially toward south side. and rainfall totals, this map gives a good estimate. this shows that by 5 p.m. tomorrow, most of the rainfall totals will be

they will driver to charlotte sports park in charlotte county. they are taking more stuff than usual this year. >> we are taking basically more than 12 cases of baseball's to spring training, more than 300 pairs of pants, more than 100 jerseys. we have a lot of miscellaneous stuff. recently everything starts here today at spring training. >> today they loaded up the truck, he will leave tomorrow they will unload which will take about 223 hours. pitchers in pictures report to training camp saturday, four board 20th and will start >>> today is fat tuesday and is local celebration you can celebrate tonight. >>> what pinellas county is zika virus. >>> it is chilly in large part we have have gusty northwest winds sustained general around with havertys furniture, your home can be perfect. our presidents day sale is happening now. from classic to contemporary, havertys. the zika virus is in the headlines again this time for what officials are trying to do to keep it from spreading. >> in just a couple of hours, officials will be at the pinellas county s

the wheel, including three duis in hillsborough county alone, and a careless driving charge in charlotte county. we are told the tow truck driver, known as roger perez, was a husband and father. his wife and child are still in venezuela. now there are many questions as to how she was able to drive after so many duis. >> why are we allowing this to happen? why are we so lenient? why is this incredible human being dead? >> reporter: many questions left to answer still for perez's family, too upset to speak on camera today. hoffman's family told us to leave when we stopped by their house. where she may be, call police. >> this is just the latest in a trend across florida, new numbers tonight showing hit-and- runs in florida went up in 2015. officers investigated more than 92,000 hit-and-run crashes in 2015, more than 7500 more than 2014. those crashes killed 186 people last year, equal to one person dying in a crash every other day. >>> a tampa woman went out of her way to drive the wrong direction on i-4. officers tell us alexandra luckem went the wrong way on the i-4 ramp and even pulled up to t

. >>> governor rick scott is in charlotte county looking at the damage done by two tornadoes. almost 100 mile-per-hour winds ripped roofs off of homes in just seconds. but this roaring sound. i mean it was just so intense. >> thankfully no one was hurt. today people in the deep creek subdivision had a hard time going through wreckage of homes. of the houses damaged 11 are too dangerous to live in. >>> south florida wasn't the only state slammed by tornadoes. gulf states georgia, north carolina, virginia and pennsylvania had the storm move east. four people, including a toddler were killed in virginia and dozens other hurt. one man was killed by a fallen tree branch knocked down by a gust of wind. in north carolina homes along with a small airport were torn apart. that huge storm system bumped snow on illinois and the midwest. look at these roads near the illinois indiana border. even though they are used to this weather over there. up close to 40 vehicles were stranded for hours today until crews could help them get out. the northeast cars are also getting stuck after baltimor

looking towards southside, charlotte county, gretna, mid-30s. on saturday it is going to be really windy and cold. a strong north wind and wind chills in the single digit. chance for winter weather for monday and tuesday. >> mark: an area food bank says it's thankful for our generous community. and kroger presented feeding america southwest virginia $20,000. last year the group provided 1.3 million meals every month in every county that it serves. >> even though the state and station is experiencing 4% unemployment. in southwest virginia, a lot of our communities are in double digits still yet. in southwest we have not recovered economically and we need help as much as we did in the beginning of the recession. >> mark: the food bank said is meals for 140,000 preparations are underway for the lynchburg regional air show. they want to make sure that the same missteps made in the show five years ago don't happen again. they're expecting 40,000 spectators this year. that's up from 32,000 that came out in 2011. the 2-day event will feature the blue a

we have two river flood warnings up for halifax and to charlotte county. the heaviest of the rain just about ready to push off of bugeyeland lake and done for our area. where it is not done right now, continuing to rain actually rather hard in norfolk and cape charles up to williamsburg, wakefield and franklin and suffolk seeing heavier rain as the boundary continues to push off toward the east and a very down to panama city. a line of very nasty at least heavy rain and maybe even gusty winds, maybe a rumble or two of thunder and the rest of the country fairly quiet. an area high pressure kind of blocking things out. the boundary, we get into that influence of high pressure into the western part of the map. the area of high pressure continues to slide closer by. we will see those clouds decrease tomorrow and the sunshine increase on the way for friday afternoon, then we will be talking temperatures. temperatures actually kind of steady as she goes the next couple of days for that area high pressure. the model fairly accurate where the rain is right now. we

. >> this home is one of the worst damaged in charlotte county. there were 55 homes damaged altogether totally $1.8 million. a tree today down into his backyard and his entire pool area was demolished. he also lost his roof and some windows. the governor says they may be eligible for state aid but it is too early to tell. >> we have great charities, red cross and salvation army who >> and chances are it won't hit you but take precautions. >> this maybe a busy few weeks of tornadoes in our area as two grandparents were killed in manatee county several weeks ago. in this case, no one was hurt. >> and once again tonight, they have called off the planned launch of a falcon ix rocket. a technical glitch forced them to scrub, and they have not said when the next launch will be. it was kind of windy out there. >> it was supposed to be 6:45 and i tweeted at 6:44 and i think they are still throughout waiting. the rocket is still on the pad and i feel bad about that. >> but the weather looks good, take a look near the skyway from karen madson eliot. this is

developing this morning, governor rick scott -- getting a first hand look at tornado damage down in charlotte county. he arrived around 7:00 thursday night and walked around communities hardest hit by wednesday's severe weather. you can see the governor here meeting with a disabled army veteran whose home was destroyed when an ef-1 tornado moved through his neighborhood. a lively presidential debate as the republican candidates battled it out for the final time-- before super tuesday! it pretty much turned into "trump versus rubio." and when you look at the latest numbers out of florida-- that's mostly how it's shaping up as well. donald trump out thursday. 44 percent of the vote-- compared to rubio's 28. it was explosive, at times the arguing devolved into noise. trump versus rubio, with ted cruz taking some big swings at the front runner as well. 10 news political reporter mark rivera takes a look at will that be enough to make a difference to voters on super tuesday? the first big snipe of the night on immigration and illegal workers...and the first big snipe of the night on immigration and illeg

@this is in charlotte county, @ford meyers. @no one was hurt but dozens of @homes were torn apart. @thousands don't have power this @morning. @to the west, the national @weather service in chicago @issued a blizzard and storm @warning. @they are calling for a foot of @heavy, blowing snow in the @windy city. @lots of flights have been @canceled. @we are taking a live look @outside. @on i-90. @they passed through avon. @you can see wet roads in front @of them. @>> things could get worse as @the day goes on. @what are we expecting. @>> we are waiting for the @temperatures to drop in order @for that rain that they are @seeing on the roads to turn to @snow. @it's a little warm and a high @of 35 for today. @here is a look at the system. @we have the area of low @pressure plaguing the south @moving to the midwest and now @up to the northeast. @on the tail end that energy is @enough to bring snow bands our @way as we head through @thursday. @let's get to it. @if you live in choi choi @county, lake, geauga or @ashtabula, you are under a @winter advisory. @a few reasons it was issued, @becau

charlotte county in the upper teens. danville at 17. for tomorrow stay below freezing. most of us will stay below 32 degrees all day in the morning. sun shining at 8 -- 18 degrees. at lunchtime, sunny breezy and cold at 28 and lower 30s during the afternoon. around the rest of the area tomorrow, we will see a few temptomorrow, we will see a few temps above freezing toward south side. danville and south boston mid-30s. bedford, 32 and roanoke and if you were watching us from blacksburg, we will stay below your seven-day forecast show the coldest weather of the season arriving for your saturday and sunday. we are going to stay below 32 all weekend. highs only reaching the 20s. the coldest night and morning, we are going to see it will be saturday night and sunday morning with lows near 8. then on monday, a chance for rain and snow. this does not look like a major winter storm, but this will give us the new information if there are any accumulations and then the warming trend kicks in for tuesday and wednesday. >> mark: sports is next. uva got its payback last night while

south boston and charlotte county near 24. altavista, 23. bedford at 23. your hourly weather for your friday show we are going to have a cold start in the morning. 22 at 7:00, and before 9 a.m., the temps will be below well above freezing lunch. highs in the upper 40s. barely nudging 50 tomorrow. light south breeze. cool and dry for you. around the rest of the area looks good everywhere for your friday. south wind not overly breezy, 2south wind not overly breezy, 2-10. 51 altavista. and mid-50s toward danville. jump ahead to your saturday. this looks like a great day to play outside. and snow continues to melt awayand snow continues to melt away. at 9 a.m. on your saturday, 43. upper 50s at noons and highs reaching the lower 60s. jumping ahead for your sunday. most of sunday will be dry, and we are not going to see that much rain across our area but a few small showers are possible. slight rain chance for you on monday. then for tuesday, wednesday and thursday, right now, look like most of the preis going to be falling as rain, but as it does get colder th

have lighter showers left over from keysville and down toward charlotte countyand down toward charlotte county. at midnight, the rain well east of our area and you wake up tomorrow morning, the weather will be dry. we will have clouds for your thursday morning. fog will be possible, then we are going to see afternoon sunshine. so your outdoor plans will be okay for your thursday. friday looks good. we will see a lot of sunshine across the heart of virginia, no rain, so we will remain dry into your weekend. tonight's temperatures really aren't going to change very much from where they are now. 40s. lynchburg, 42. altavista, 44. danville at 47. it is going to stay extremely humid for the evening. your hourly weather for your thursday shows for most of us, we are going to be in the 40s all day. upper 40s at noon to near 50 during the afternoon, and around the rest of the heart of virginia for your thursday, we will see some 50s for highs toward altavista. danville, 54. south boston, 55. appomattox, 53. and a touch cooler upper 40s toward amherst. your seven-day forecast, all eyeyour seven-day for

the other two plants will be in desoto and charlotte counties. all three plants will have a combined one *million solar panels. it will *triple the amount of solar power f-p-l can provide. the construction will also bring in about 250 jobs. the groundbreaking starts at ten a-m. 3 nascar is racing onto the u- s-f campus. daytona international president ( joie chitwood and nascar driver matt kenseth will visit with students, as part of their state-wide promotional tour for the "daytona 500." kenseth knows a little bit about the daytona race... he's already won it, *twice. they will talk with two groups of u-s-f students... graduate students in the sports management program, and students in the society for automotive engineers. the daytona 500 will be sunday, february 21st. it will be the *first daytona race... in the new *upgraded stadium. 3 still ahead: is an *finally over? why a surrender could be just hours away. 3 plus: what a big *bummer dude. why some of the best surfers in the world.... are stranded on the beach in hawaii. 3 3 3 3 3 ba da ba

then all of a sudden come noon, 12:30, warnings come up in sarasota, desoto and charlotte county. injuries. now the rains are just about not entirely. there are still a few showers across highlands county and desoto and that's about it. what you will notice tomorrow morning will be the temperatures. from 80 degrees yesterday. right now we're in the mid-60s up north and the mid-70s down south. everybody will be waking up to temperatures in the 40s and 50s as skies begin to clear.

. >>> this morning, people in charlotte county are assessing the damage after strong storms this is video from eagle 8 hd flying over the damage. and you can see some homes lost their roofs. that's a pool enclosure completely torn apart there. one of the hardest hit areas is deep creek subdivision. winds there, so strong, some fences knocked down, the pool enclosures ripped away. >>> in virginia, it's a more serious situation, several people are trapped under storm debris in a community. rescue crewers are working to free them. they -- crews are working right now to free them. the tornadoes left a path of destruction six miles long. we know as many as 25 people are hurt. >>> the time right now is 4:08. let's turn things over to leigh spann to find out what the weather is doing now. >> well, the storms are gone but a cold front has come through. and now we are going to turn to winter-like weather. temperatures will have fallen to 54. that's cool but with a 20 to 30 miles per hour northwest wind, you will need a jacket and you will need to hold on to your hat. temperatures only slowly creep