. >>> and what you need to do if your home or property was damaged by hurricane hermie. >>> they have the money, now they just need a plan. we could learn how federal fundg the zika virus. >>> a morning and thank you for joining us on this monday morning. let's get an update on your action weather forecasts. >> we're talking about matthew, just getting an update about some changes. by the way, the storm just passed over noah bully, we're it is continuing to move to the north with the high fluctuating. this is going to be heading north as a major hurricane. that hasn't changed. we are going to be talking about torrential rain and the eventual track as it passes east of us. i want to get to the local weather with temperatures in little cooler, upper 60s right now. by later this afternoon we will get back to some showers and storms. i think by lunchtime is just some isolated stuff going on with a potential wet evening commute. >>> we have had crashes on i 75. we still have a few flashing lights out there but nothing slowing you down. as far as you drive through downtown tampa, interstate

let's refresh memory as to how it looked following hurricane hermie -- hurricane hermine. we were here watching those low receding waters. a fema says that you must register with them if you need help, telling us they had assistance for homeowners and people who rents. we spoke with blood victims yesterday who expressed doubt they would get help. >> not so much, basically if you own the trailer that might help you with damages, but i think with you renting a >>reporter: fema is telling us there are grants, low interest loans for home repairs, and this is for homeowners and renters. again, if you need help you have to register and the best way is to go online at www.disasterassistance.gov. >>> today we should get a better idea of how newly approved funding will be used. senior officials with the us department of health and human services will give us an update this afternoon. congress passed $1.1 billion to prevent the virus from spreading. we're still waiting to see how much will come to florida. we are learning preliminary testing suggest that there are still infected mos

. >>> and what you need to do if your home or property was damaged by hurricane hermie. >>> they have the money, now they just need a plan. we could learn how federal fundg the zika virus. >>> a morning and thank you for joining us on this monday morning. let's get an update on your action weather forecasts. >> we're talking about matthew, just getting an update about some changes. by the way, the storm just passed over noah bully, we're

i look at this track, and we saw this in hermine, and bad in the states but imagine for a second, hermi hermine was1 and imaginen this going this way. this is why these impacts are huge to our state and we are on the good side, the west side. the problem is along the east coast if that center rides right up i-95 or a1a it literally becomes a buzz saw and you have a long stretch 115 and 120 miles per hour. and you know the topography along the east coast, things jut out like cape canaveral, and coco, and you are talking about potential wide-spread devastation that could rival andrew in places. i don't want to overdiagram tiez and if it's this distance, we are in huge trouble on the east coast, and i'm just hoping that i'm wrong. if i'm okay, i'm fine with that but i'm not going to sit here and downplay this threat that is certainly life-threatening along our east coast, and eventually the storm will move out to sea. we'll worry about that next week and see how this plays out. and worst weather will be east of our viewing area, but if you're watching us in polk and highlands, a 40 to 60 m