reporting at lake okeechobee, ben kennedy, local10 ns. billions of gallons of water are being released from lake okeechobee to the east and west but not to south florida as it's being raining so much here, and there's no room for additional water. >> calvin: now to a problem that we can actually handle. that's pout layers. we need layers. >> laurie: we can do that. betty. get the long sleeves ready for all of next week, huh? >> betty: i think some people have t tse sleeves out already tonight, laurie, but definitely them. it looks drab out there tonight. we're staring out toward the atlantic, and not a good look but at least it's not pouring rain. still on the col side, though, with these temperatures holding in the mid-60. 67 in fort lauderdale, miami and pembroke pines. i hope it's a great friday for you checking in at 66 degrees at this hour. the forecast for the rest of the day, well, between now and 8:00 thin mainly dry even though we'll have those clouds, and those clouds will tend to be around for tight with in a few neighborhoods

plenty of rain from fort pierce, all the way back through lake okeechobee. the rain continues in through fort meyers, naples, and plenty of lightning. and all of this stretches into the eastern gulf of mexico. there is the possibility tha that line of strong thunderstorms will reach us later on tonight. now, we do have a bulletin that just came in from the national weather service suggesting that funnel cloud, eight miles southwest of north county airport in palm beaea county, and it's moving northwest at 5 miles per hour. so here's once again the timeline that we're looking at. the line of strong thunderstorms contins to the east. and now already over western palm beach county, and possibly over broward by 6 p.m., and leavinin miami-dade by 8:00. so between 6:00 and 8:00, that's when we should see the healthcast rain moving n this is what we should be preparing for, the possibility of an isolated tornado and gusty winds and even small hail. we'll be tracking this with more later on. >> lynn: well, self twisters confirmed along the gf coast. >> danielle: at

>> a record amount of rain the season has caused lake okeechobee to flood with polluted water. city managers have run out of room to store the overflow. high water has threatened river sea life they are now urging city leaders to buy more land to hold the water prodigious shows that what happens with lake okeechobee impacts florida. >> they had helicopters flying up, chew and you can see the it looks like chocolate milk. >> another impact of el nio. >>> another chance of showers and storms, some of these could be on the stronger side even severe as we head towards midweek. outside right now in the 50s, lower 60s in brevard county 63 cocoa beach, but mainly the 50s outside 57 sanford, 55 orlando, winds are barely -- fairly light right now. that will be the trend as we go through the remainder of the d ay. just a light southerly breeze around five-10 miles per hour. the light winds with the light winds outside of her continue to monitor the visibility. the possibility of patchy fog. a couple of scattered clouds out there mainly in the northern half of the area. skies will be more

to lake okeechobee, there's the possibility of frost developing. i know this is going to be cold for us, south floridians, any time it dips into the 40s, and you work overnight in the morning, make sure that you dress in players and wear hats and gloves. and obviously protect the plants and pets. but an important safety tip. a lot of you use space heaters, and make sure that they're away from walls and curtains. stay safe. exercise caution if you're boating, a light chop. that's the very latest from weather and we'll be back with more. >> lynn: all right, miami-dade superintendent, carvalho, commenting on the shooting outside of the school in miami gardens. caroler is high school. shot into the school it appears. not at the school, but it appears that they were shooting at an individual who was walking in front of the school. as i said, 29 minutes after dismissal. there are two bullets on the fence, and two bullets struck glass, hurricane proof glass, shattered the glass but did not penetrate the office. i said that we avoided a tragedy because ins

future radar covered up, lake okeechobee to miami. what will be a player in our forecast is the declining temperatures. we'll be down to 64 degrees by 8:00. down to 58 by 10:00. come the 11:00 hour, 56. the skies gradually clear up going into the night tonight. but the wind never lays down. i'll be back to talk about how breezy it's going to be tomorrow high tomorrow is going to be. >> matt:ounds good, tom. thank you. >> don't forget, you can get breaking weather alerts and live radar anytime on our free news 6 pinpoint weather app. just search wkmg in your app store. we're also keeping an eye on the cape right now. a launch is set for 6:46 this evening, if the weather holds up. the window lasts until 8:23. news 6 reporter justin warmoth is there for us right now and will have the latest coming up in just minutes. >> lisa: the same line of storms that rolled through here today caused serious damage along the gulf coast, including in northwest florida. we're getting a look at some drone video from the pensacola area. a tornado ripped t

and the rivers are take water from lake okeechobee when high levels threaten the age dike and the water below. it it damages the river's sea life and prept health risk. water managers tried to minimizing the damage by restoring elsewhere but they have one out of room and high water has wild life seek higher ground from southwest palm beach county south. chunk land sowncht the lake. give us a piece of land to hold that water and flow that water south. >>> >> taking you cross county now. hot wheels on a highway in illinois fl cameras rolling on a sneak snoak smoak can i scene ave bus caught on fire near chicago. it's chard shell is what remains after being fully engulfed in flames. officials say there were about 40 passengers on board at the time when that blast happened. >> w4 i heard the the first boom. i was in the the bath room and came out to a lot of smoke aipped couldn't get off the bus because it was full of black smoafnght as a got off to catch my breath of and started walking down the high way, the bus blew up again and fire came from every where. >> danielle: scary situation. t

the next front is expected to stall near lake okeechobee this weekend. our rain chances will remain low. 72 in miami and ft. lauderdale. opa-locka. kendall sitting at 71. the winds are really light. you can see that we've got sea breezes here on both coasts. the wind converging towards the middle of the peninsula. if this was a summer day and we had enough moisture, we would be seeing thunderstorms develop right around here across the everglades with a breeze coming onshore from both directions across the state. the winds will die down. less. the high will block the progress of the fronts headed our way. the next one to come close to us will be near lake okeechobee on thursday. it's not expected to make it to south florida. weather. we'll probably by wednesday start to see some high clouds sometimes even those high clouds allow for the sun to filter through. let's look at tomorrow first here on the future tracker. a few clouds in the morning. the future tracker picks up on an isolated shower. the chance of rain is 10% or less. i'm not going to put it int

you can see that almost clear skies reaching lake okeechobee. it will continue to clear out over night. temperatures right now already in the low 60s. 61 in fort lauderdale. 60 in miami. key west 65. average low is 62. the models are calling for upper 40s. you're wake up temperature tomorrowolder in the western suburbs. then we slowly start to warm up. valentine's day right now. a morning low of 61. we'll have a lot more on our >> lynn: phil, thank you. >>> a driver arrested after a killer crash. medina tried to with vehicular homicide police say he crashed his porshe into trees and a light poll on iew new year's day. the impact killing a passenger, an 18-year-old college fres freshman. medina and another@ passenger suffering head injuries. police believe speed was indeed a factor. >> a restaurant up in flames in the florida pan mandel. the blaze breaking out at aj's seafood and oyster bar. at least 20 people inside at the time. no oneas injured. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> danielle: a historic change in cuba has people come

right now, it's all light stuff, all offshore or rolling down south through lake okeechobee. heavy showers there are dying out or going out into the open it's this big stuff here in the gulf of mexico that has our name on it. the good side to all of this is the big energy is all up here. that's a tornado warning happening right now in the state of florida and south alabama. so it's a big mess. it's rocking and rolling. lots of lift here from jackson to new orleans, cold front knifing in the hot air. by the time it gets to us, it wouldn't be that rough. we're talking temperatures in the 60's and 70's across the state. 73 right now in orlando. 72 in the villages and 71 in daytona beach. on-the-town forecast for tonight, cloudy, stray showers early and then late night towards tomorrow morning at daybreak, that is when the cold front brings the big rumbling to us. i'll be back to pinpoint the arrival of those rumbles and talk about how quickly it all goes away. >> all right, tom. thank you. >> sure. >> as we take you live outside to daytona beach, you can see that the surf is pre

water from lake okeechobee will be released into the everglades to help with the dry season. a spokesperson for the u-s army corps of engineers says it could happen as early as this week. water will be released a few inches at a time through a reservoir to help clean it, so it won't be polluted. the only other times this system has been used is after tropical storms or hurricanes. if you want to go to one of the best beaches in the world, you don't have to go very far. according to trip advisor, clearwater beach was picked as get this...out of 25 beaches, clearwater beach came in at 20. trip advisor picked the beaches and ratings over a year period. the world's best beach went to grace bay in turks and caicos. you'll want to tell your coworkers a montana family gets some unexpected visitors as they were in the middle of watching a popular t-v show. but first, a woman is facing charges all for taking her actions too far at a wendys. tonight in primetime on 10 news.. an hour and a half of survivor staring at 8:00. at 9:30.. the big bang theory and then code black at 10:00. then

fishermen thought the recent release of millions of gallons of nutrient-laden freshwater from lake okeechobee has something to do with dead fish. researchers have taken samples it and won't determine a cause of death for weeks. when they first thought it was a manatee. we all have them...toiletries from staying at a hotel... but now more hotels are trying find out what you do with them so you keep coming back to visit. a sea lion is now in its forever home after fighting off a shark in california. here's a look at what's coming up on 10 news and c-b-s tonight. starting at 8:00, the big bang theory, followed by life in pieces at 8:30. at 9:00, mom. at 9:30, two broke girls. at 10:00, elementary, then tune in to 10 news at 11. don't forget to stay up for the late show with stephen colbert and his guests tim daly and krysten ritter. live look at a severe storm system that caused destruction in the carolinas and virginia continues to move up the east coast. the storm turned deadly. we know that at least five people in the town of waverly, virginia were killed...after the tiny town was hit by a tw

then especially reforming south of lake okeechobee. and more of these clouds will tend to fill throughout the overnight. did you notice the breeze today? gusty at times especily for the coastal locations. gusts at 20 but the humidity on the side and then it is going to february and these temperatures are warmer than average across the board and high pressure in control across the weather. but that high is moving away and you said we're going to watch the approach of not 1 but 2 weather systems right now bringing so rain and snow across the middle of the nation and across the northwest. here at home once again the high north of the bahamas and the wind flow with the isolated showers our way. the first run will flatten out and move another way and there in the distance and that will the wednesday through friday time frame. slight risk of rip currents and use caution for boaters and the keys and not as cool as it has been near 60 for the overnight and the upper 70s tomorrow. warming up to near 80 on tuesday with better rain chans at the e

. >> neki: crews working to prevent lake okeechobee from flooding in s. because of all the recen rainfall the water level is the heist it's been since 2005. crews are releasing billions of gal lops of water from the lake and working to repair the agent on herbert hoover diefnlgt a dam surrounding the lake. >> the importance to people in south florida is this is major flood con truck structure that keeps lake okeechobee from over flowing it's bank. the hoover bank has been one of the the country's most at rick rest fork failure for quite some time. and they are repairing the dike to lower the risk of flooding. >> todd:nd local 10 news has lerd michelle martha lee will leave ofce tomorrow the one and only obtained a letter state hag martelly will step down just after midnight tonight amid growing protest over the martelly says quote i will leave without any redwrets, any engee vee and without any desire to remain in power i band of soldier road through the streets in port-au-prince clark with those there at in the the capital. ceas laight to violence and one

the front should then be very close to lake okeechobee by 00 p.m. and then things clear out and it should be a beautiful wednesday. i'll have more on this agent bit later on. >> teens running for cover when gunman opens fire. oneictim left all alone and by the time he was found the teens were walking along some train tracks when they were targeted. robin is live for us at the miami-dade police sub station and north west dade with the story now robin. >>reporter: yes. miami-dade police are still looking for answer also as are the families. they all want to know who pulled the trigger that sent one teenager to the hospital and killed a second. >> family says tip on social media was the first clue something happened total the% boy. it was hourts before miami-dade police confirmed he had been shot to o ath. his grandmother and aunt wondering how first responds missed his body. passerby discovered it sunday afternoon few blocks from the shooting scene and called 911. >> we figure if they was called should have covered the area and tried to find out what

they were last seen in an airboat on lake okeechobee. they spent all week and searching the area by boat and air. >> he was concerned that his friend who he was out fishing with during the day and not we have located a vessel in the area where the suspect was last -- subject was last seen. jason: weather may have played a factor in the couple' s disappearance. a bill detecting the lgbt community will be heard in the state capital. bill for years. the senate will consider it. gay-rights activist save this wilson a message about florida. the orlando city leaders could vote on a plan for a ucf downtown campus. part of the donation would include 15 acres of land. it would include $2 million in a parking garage space. ucf still needs money before it can begin building. kicking panda dominated the box office between -- box office. the common it takes aim at old hollywood came in second. it is hauling in $11.4 million. "the revenant" is in its seventh we can. the super bowl is in the books. (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big differen

northeast of lake okeechobee up around fort pierce and vero beach and nothing locally in broward or miami-dade with the temperatures very consistent. 69 or 70 . now because of the fact that winds have switched around unlike say last ght and the night before, these winds will continue to come our way off the atlantic. so the mild air will continue to flow in our direction. so tonight is not going to be nearly as chilly. i want to take you into the day tomorrow though. of course it being president's day and notice the model still showing most of the cloudy skies and little specks with thrain coming in off the ocean. not the kind that lingers very long but that rain potential will be with us with the monday and tuesday and watch for the potential of another front. a very weak one moving into our state. this is not weakening in the large area of snow. any travel plans to the northeast will need to be monitored as that spreads in and, of course, out of the western states also areas of rain and snow. your boating forecast and the rip currt advisory, small craft advisory issued later on tonight after

right now, this line extends from palm beach county, lake okeechobee, all the way back herere now in through i-7 5. that little marker right there, that could be a funnel cloloud or a small tornado just south of i-75, over rural collier county. and so that's good news if qndeed it has touched down. and then we have some more heavy rainfall across naples, marco, and there's that long line of strong thunderstorms. and that's what we're worried b that's what's going to be moving in later on this evening. thth is part of a front attached this continues to bring nasty weather as well to the united states and the northeast. timing will be critical. andlready, palm beach county has seen rain, and it looks like it may start to and hopefully by 8 p.m., the tail end of that by the way is impacting the keys by 8:00 tonight. small craft advisy in effect, threat of rip currents, biscayne bay choy, and for new the florida keys, exercise caution as well. had next high tide, 9:54, 11:04 for the lower keys. totoght, clouds continue to build. a better chance of strong thunderstorms, and we can't move

now they are saying the stronger storm will be to the rth of lake okeechobee but coming up. >> jeff: a monster cyclone proving to be deadly in fiji. it struck ththisland nation over the weekend. >> robbin: and it was a strong one th 150 mph winds. the prime minister declaring a state of emergency. >> tropical cyclone winston gusting up to 150 mph winds and knknking down power lines and trees. it could take several days before it's fully restored and declaring a state of emergency for the next 30 days. crews still scrambling to assess the widespread damage. >> we are sending supplies and i offered the adf to send p3 orion to monitor. >> and shutting down roadways and damaging homes and officials concerned about possib landslides. they're now staying at emergency shelters opened after the storm. but a mandatory curfew of people across the country are lifted and it is there. >> they warn that number that could still arise. the breeze and that's about it. >> and there are 70s across the board as well as 66 right now in naples. 73 in miami and also in fort lauderdale. wind speeds are unde

a few spots going to late morning and moving on the east to west air flow and just south of lake okeechobee. lower 70s in naples and as mentioned very comfortable weather trend starting to exit. high pressure shifting away from us and focusing on some of this and coming our way immediately but the area of snow showers, that's definitely not coming our way. then it is extending across the northeast to the great lakes and trailing showers on the weak front. that front will get closer to us in time and what to expect on monday. high pressure out in the ocean waters and east winds with a few sprinkles around d stay on the warm side and only slowlylymove nothing our direction. the slight risk of rip currents and otherwise use caution for the boaters on the keys and choppy. temperatures tonight no loloer in widespread 50s. more like 60 range and low 60 intos tomorrow. do we hear 80 ? like it or not the warm air makes the comeback and thatatis that's the 7 on 7 forecast. >> first place florida panthers with the second straight afternoon game and cats facing the minnesota time fighting for e playof

ribbon of moisture come through just ahead of the front which is positioned just to the south of lake okeechobee getting ready to sweep through south florida this morning. i think by the afternoon, the sunshine. stream and low pressure spinning here over the great lakes, making for return to the winter season in place for the great lakes, the ohio valley and the mid atlantic, this just kee allowing the cool air to spill into south florida. i don't see any big changes coming our way any time soon. i did reference, though, cooler readings will be coming our way wednesday and thursday. highs only 66, 65 there. morning lows back into the 40s for one more stop, that's ttrsday morning at about 48. i may be too high on this number. we may be looking at 45 or 46. bottom line, the 70s still return on friday and saturday, mid 70s there. boy, 50s for lows all the way through the upcoming holiday weekend. >>> let's get a check on the morning drive. here is kelly blanco. >> good morning. hope your morning is off to a good start. we're still accident-free. maybe it's the chilly temperatures. i don't know. 826

already a line o thunderstorms moving east of naples, the bulk of the rainfall is hitting north of lake okeechobee. we should do see the rain moving in later on tonight and that's going to cool us down a little bit. you can seehat the front stretches all the way through the east coast and in through new england with a lot of rainfall associated with it. so for tonight that front will continue to head south. we should do see so showers, a little cooling by tomorrow. high pressure buildss in. it's going to be windy. we're still going to see some showers in the morning. more sunshine in the afternoon and then a secondary push of cold air moves in on saturday. that's going to bring us a few showers. temperatures back down in to the 50s and then we're really going to feel the cold air, especially saturday night and sunday night here across south florida. building to 25 knots, biscayne bay already rough. throughout the floor keys you too are looking at an advisory, up to 35 knot winds. coastal waters, extremely rough. next ohio tied will be at 6:50 in the morning, 8:50 for dhe lower keys. your water tem

the next front will actually stall on thursday near lake okeechobee. even that front won't be ableo produce much in the way of rain. remain at 10% or less, so it is expected to be a quiet weather week here in south florida. in miami. you can see the dew point temperature is comfortable. mid 50s here as far as the dew point is concerned. about a 20-degree diffeence between our air temperature and our dew temperature. a little re humid down in key west at this hour. here's your surface weather map. a ridge of high pressure in the atlantic north of the dominican republic. there's a ridge of high pressure that extends toward the west. this high will control our weather for much of this week. here's a lk at our visible satellite image right now. mainly clear across south florida and the florida keys. maybe a few clouds in the lower keys at this hour. our neighbors in the bahamas looking pretty good too. maybe a couple spotty showers out there. the forecast looking fantastic for the next few days. a few more clouds we'll start to see on wednesday through sat

it is dry from lake okeechobee south into the keys and that's how it will stay at least over the next 3 to 5 days. atmosphere very dry over us. so the cold air continues to filter out of the north. now the coldest temperature during the day usually happens right before sunrise. sunrise taking place at around :45 tomorrow morning. and then by the afternoon high presesre starts to move east. low 70's. then by sunday high continues to make its way toward the western atlantic during the day we see a nice graduate warming here that will take us back up inform the low 80's by the middle of next week. here's marine forecast no advisory tomorrow. 15 knot wednesday. sea you up 2 to 5 feet. biscayne bay with a moderate chop. no advisory throughout the key. 3 to 5 feet coastal water moderate chop. next high tide dade broward 11next high tide dade broward and water temperature at 73 degrees. for tonight beautiful mostly clear. that wind coming out of the north west and the main land variable for the keys and a little breezy for you. right ong the coast low will be in the 50's. inland in the weste

you can see clear air making its way across lake okeechobee. 60s right now, fort lauderdale, miami, 61, also in naples, 66 in key west. the wind coming out of the west-northwest at times, or due north for marathon and key west. 14 miles per hour at grand bahama. so the stormtracker swing that everything is dry across south florida. and it should be dby until maybe sunday night when we see a couple of showers moving n so here's that front. we have a huge snowstorm from kentucky through kentucky and the great lakes, more reinforcing cold air moving in across south florida. now, i know us florideans are not used to temperatures dipping into the 40s. so remember, if youave to work overnight or tomorrow morning, dress in layers, and makak sure that you protect your plants, but above all, the most important safety tip, a space heater. if you use it, and you probably will tonight, make sure that it's away from furniture, curtains, anything that could catch on fire. a lot of people get into trouble because they put those space heaters very close to objectsts that are extremely flammable. here'

the stormtracker is showing that everything is dry here from lake okeechobee south. and our atmosphere is going to remain mostly dry in the days ahead. now, we do have a couple more fronts that are setting up shop here behind this huge area of low pressure. everything in blue here by the way, that's snow, and it's st. again, out of this area, a couple of fros will get pushed so the cool air is going to stick around tonight, colder than last night. anddhen by wednesday evening, we'll see all of skies clearing out. but it's going toking pretty cold, especially starting out thursday morning. the high pressure building in, and it's going to be breezy across south florida. all of the long-range models are hitting that the cold air will stick aroundthrough the weekend. small craft advisory, and it's not a good time to be out on a boat. the winds are picking up 5-9-foot seas. biscayne bay, a moderate chop. fofo you in the florida keys, 20 knot winds, check out the seas beyond the reef. 6-8 feet and the coastal waters will be rough. meanwhile, the next high tide, 10:35. and

there is a dry cold front pushing through the lake okeechobee. this cool front is not bringing coltemperatures. above us. sun ise skies and temperatures warmer as we head in the middle of the afternoon. we'll have the mid to upper 70s. more on the weekend forecast in a few minutes. >> todd: thank you, jen. a teen is recovering after being shot overnight. lauryn do we know how the victim is doing? i understand shot in the the leg somewhere, right? >> reporter: in the right thigh. we are still working to figure out just how the young man is doing in jackson memorial or if he is still here. it is possible he could have been released at this point. we are still working to confirm the information with the police. we heard from a friend of the shooting victim and we learned that the young man is a student at bocker. it washington high school and 16 years old. the scene early this morning and the victim's friend recall ares hearing a don gunshots around 1:15. and the two teens were walking near the intersection of west 10th avenue and fifth street and a

right now it is dry from lake okeechobee south in to the florida keys that's how it will stay in the days ahead. meanwhile let take a quick view here at that tornado in pompano beach. 90 to 100 miles per hour. length of three miles up and down at times. width of 200 yards and by the way it went across the three miles in a period of 6 minutes between 7:10 in the morning and 7:16. there's north dixie highway, pompano air park right over the pompano city center and againin going up and down finally it went across u.s. 1 still making its way towards the east rather quickly eventually ending up here light house point and the best news of all there were no injuries the with the this particular twister. meanwhile we had another one another ef 1. this one in miami-dade. up and down at times.a little narrower though. 150 yard and this one took a little longer to make its way from west to east about 8 nutes going over i-95 and eventually coming to an end here very close to bisyne boulevard. there is this tornado here coming to an end around very clothes to northeast 191 street and northeast 23

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nothing to report here from lake okeechobee south. in through the florida keys. here's the big view. the northern half of the u.s. we have high pressure dominating our weather here across south florida. and as that high mes slowly to the east. the winds are going it start to usher in some warmer temperatures. we can expect highs in the low 80s here at least over the next few days. maybe even through friday. slight chance of rip currents tonight. the wind out of east. biscayne bay way lighththop. for you throughout florida keys, the wind east ten to 15 nauts. coastal waters with a moderate chop. now, next high tide for miami will be at 12 # un. 1:16 in fort lauderdale. key largo 1:44. 25 # in key west. 2:5:5 tonight partly cloudy. over night lows in the mid to upper 60's. by tomorrow looking at mostly sunny skies. should be dry. highs in the upper 70s to 81. what's average is seven #, 79 degrees. 78 degrees. >>> >> time now for 7 sports with stheef poir. the heat wade guard you dree probably because they will pursue marcus thornton. they signed free agent joe john

some of the smoke from the burning of the sugar cane there in the sugar cane fields south of lake okeechobee. 42 at homestead general airport. that is o o the west end of f homestead right by the everglades. pompano beach, 45. 63-degreeeading in hollywood this morning. key biscayne, 47 degrees right at the coast. that's unusual. north miami beach with a low of 48 earlier today. the 60s. 68 opa-locka. 66 miami, kendall, and homestead. also 66 a oakland park and ft. lauderdale. statewide temperatures rebounded, too, because yesterday at this hour we were oking at readings in the low 50s. it's up to 71 degrees currently in tallahassee. all right. so tomomoow morning's lows are not going to be near a chilly. readings near 60 degrees in the keys. say 50 to about 55 degrees in miami-dade county. the same applies maybe 50 to 55 or a 49-degree reading in coral springs. skies. no chance of rain. temperatures to 60 degrees by 3:00. then into the mid 50s by around midnight. the overnight low willtay in the mid 50s. low 50s for some. 50 to 55 tomorrow morning as you head out the door with mainly clear s

yesterday, he declared a state of emergency in two counties because of water released from lake okeechobee. the governor wants the president to approve repairs to the business owners in stuart say the lake water is ruining the environment and their bottom line. jim cargill: i lost my business. i lost my home. adrian: environmentalists say the only real solution is to buy the land south of the lake to restore its natural flow to the everglades. a little more than 24 hours from now, spacex will try again to launch a rocket from cape canaveral. two times this week, launches for the falcon had to be 9 scrubbed. on wednesday, it was too windy. then thursday, flight controllers discovered liquid oxygen was flowing into the rocket. space-x will try again at 6:46 tomorrow night. if that' s a no-go, another attempt will be made monday. just in time for spring break, disney announces changes when it comes to their ticket prices. how much more it could cost you to visit the park and why some will be paying more at all. breach at ucf are coming forward . the action one person is taking after he says h

here's the storm tracker knox rainy wrvment lake okeechobee south. everything is nice and dry. a and that's how we will be at least through sunday. by monday maybe tuesday and wednesday, lail better chance some of rain. now, we're not going to stay tom completely clear skies this entire weekend well. do i have a huge dome of high pressure. you see all this darkness moving in. those are some very low level clouds. that is moving east do west. that is going stick around saturday and sunday. to time werks may see a small rinkle moving through but in general, we are look pretty driesmnly a 10% chance for any rain saturday and sunday. aith we move in to saturday evening, beautiful, still breezy. however, by sunday, high essure starts to shift just a little bit. the wind will be coming in out of southeast again. isolated sprinkle. temperatures will be staying wra they normally are this year. lows in the 50 eachts highs i the mid to upper 70's. for tonight threat of rip cucuents. small craft add viempletz 20 knot winds. biscayne bay with a moderate chop. for nut keys, you too are look

it is quiet from lake okeechobee south in through key west and no changes are expected over next five days. here's the big view. still some snow across the great lakes aiming for the northeast. but clr croos the southeast. the heartland. there is another storm moving in a across the pacific northwest. so cold air will continue to settle in tonight. now, the coldest par of day is usually right before sunrise. and that's when we expect the chilly temperature to really grab hold of south flori. then by the evening tomorrow. nice, mild are, high pressure move nsmg sunday will be a coolish start. but then by the the a afternoon, we're going to start a gradual warming process that will take us back into the 80s for highs. by wednesday. here's the marine forecast, exercise caution. biscayne bay with a moderate nowrt keys, looking at an advisory do to t wind and sea. coastal waters choppy. next high tide will be at 10:45. 10:40 in fort lauderdale. key largo 11:08. 11:53 in key west. clear skies stage dry. low 50 eaches 60 a for the lower keys and bite wain way, in the mainland anything west o

it is dry from lake okeechobee how it will stay at least over the next 3 to 5 days. atmosphere very dry o&er us. so the cold air continues to filter out of the north. noww the coldest temperature during the day usually happens right before sunrise. sunrise taking place at around 6:45 tomorrow morning. and then by the afternoon high pressure starts to move east. it will turn mild high in the low 70's. then by sunday high ctinues to make its way toward the western atlantic during the day we see a nice graduate warming here that will take us back up inform the low 80's by the middle of next week. here's marine forecast no advisory tomorrow. 15 knot wednesday. sea you up 2 to 5 feet. biscayne b with a moderate chop. no advisory throughout the key. 3 to 5 feet coastal water moderate chop. xt high tide dade broward 11next high tide dade broward 11:48 tonight t.lower keys here and water temperature at 73 for tonight beautiful mostly clear. that wind coming out of the north west and the mainn land variable for the keys and a little breezy for you. right along the coast low w

will continue to head in our drechblingts it looks like by around 5:00 o'clockn right across lake okeechobee then at 8:00 p.m. a little bit later than that the front should move away and everything sets up for a nice wednesday as high pressure builds in behind the front as it moves away. so here's the marine forecast. no advisory. wind out of the south west biscscne bay light chop still pretty wiped across the coastal water of the keys and keeping small craft advisory in effect for a few more showers. west. feet. coastal water a moderate chop. next high tide at 4:12. 6:27 for the lower keys. water temperature 68 degrees. tonight partly to mostly cloudy skies. still a chance for shower maybe even stray thunderstorm at there. overnight low in the upper 60's to the low 70's t.what is typical is about 62, 63 degreestypical is about 62, 63 degrees. average high about 76, 77 degreeee around there we are better chance ef some rainfall. here's your extended outlook. looking nice on wednesday. thursday morning waking up 59 degrees. that's the 7 on 7. skaska sdpuz . >> hopefully not too serious source

drechblingts it looks like by around 5:00 o'clock in the afternoon should be sitting right across lake okeechobee then at 8:00 p.m. a little bit later than that the front should move away and everything sets up for a nice wednesday as high pressure builds in behind the front as it mos away. so here's the marine forecast. no advisory. wind out of the south west biscayne bay light chop still pretty wiped across the coastal water of the keys and keeping small craft advisory in effect for a few more showers. west. coastal water a moderate chop. next high tide at 4:12. 6:27 for the lower keys. water temperature 68 degrees. tonight partly to mostly cloudy skies. still a chance for shower maybe even stray thunderstorm at least the ingredients are there. overght low in the upper 60's to the low 70's t.what is typical is about 62, 63 degreestypicais about 62, 63 degrees. average high about 76, 77 degrees around there we are warm tomorrow. better chance of some rainfall.here's your extended outlook. looking nice on wednesday. thursday morning waking up to 59 degrees. 7 sports i . >> hopefully not too serio

everything is dry from lake okeechobee south. all the fronts coming in with very little moisture. i don't see changes until maybe sunday night could see a shower or two. temperatures weather are in the low 60s just about every where heempt and you can see that line of clear skies. that will continue to head in our directions so we're not going to have this plan ceft clouds keeping us warmer tonight. it looks like tonight will be a ry chilly evening. average low 62. the forecast molds ared suggesting upper 40s along the coast. maybe mid 40s inland. 56 for friday morning and then a slow warm up here throughout valentine's day and then we starar dom back down by the middle of next week. we're going to have a lot me on our chilly forecast a little later on. >>> >>> >> >> craig: a fiery wrecking on i-95 when a driver lose control. rescuers rushing to the scene but it would be too late. walter morris live on that scene in miami with details. walter. >> reporter: craig, unfortunately two people killed in that fiery wreck. if you take a look behind me you can see some of the damage left b

miles per hour at the coast, and mid humidity at 675 percent and it is dr and nothing from the lake okeechobee south into the keys and the next best chance for some showers, and maybe a thunderstorm or two, will be monday and tuesday, of next week. and it is also going to be warm by the early part of next week as well. mostly clear, skies, across florida. and the gustlf of mexico, and this huge in the south, and tonight to the day tomorrow and the wind out of the north east, and feeling nice and milil and breezy and the highs will be in the mid to upper 70s and aa we move into the end of the week, the winds will change and we could see a few showers across the streets an by the way, friday is is looking good and we may see just a few more clouds across the area. and here is the marine forecast and exercise, caution and the winds in 20 knots, and the biscayne bay with a moderate chop, and the current at about 8 feet and throughout the flora, keys and exercise, caution. and the coastal waters turning choppy. and the next high tide, miami will be at 6:12, and 6:07 in fort lauderdale and 6:35 and

although we have had low level clouds moving in from lake okeechobee south all do to high pressure. think what you've seen today is exactly what you're going to see on saturday and sunday. >> temperature are in the 70s right now. 73 in fort lauderde. same in miami. key west 74. can clearly see those leaf lowe level clouds moving in across the bahama and our area and this will be the pat erp over next 24 to 48 hours. as far as any rainfall is concerned. we are dry and we should remain dry at least through the lir part of next week. look at bight view here. the gulf of mexico. beautiful. not a cloud in the sky. cuba looking great. but this high pressure dome is getting those low level clouds here and pushing theam long the coast and i don't foresee that changing over the next 24 to 48 hours. we could also see a small shower moving in off of the b beze. as a matter of fact you felt it today. it's been breezy think tomorrow the wind will start dom down. later in after the noon. mostly dry. high pressure still dominate owrg weather. a we go in through sunday. and then by the middle part

a couple of sprinkles detected here around lake okeechobee and just north of the palm beaches. not amounting to a whole lot right now. but as the moisture does increase, we do expect some additional showers. probably not so ch tonight, but into the next couple of days. some in and out passing showers on this breeze. you notice the breeze today on shore and off the ocean waters. 14 but gusting above 20 at many times during the day today. i started my day today with the e-mail from upstate new york where the temperature e at the time, the actual temperature was 25 below zero. right now new york city 16. 11 in boston with dangerous wind chills extending across the great lakes states. nrou is not a huge amount of snow, but a little clipper system bringing snow showers to places like kentucky. there's indiana. additional showers in the form of rain and snow back out and it looks like small pockets and tiny rain showers coming in and over the next couple of days with cloudy skies and that dryer air should pass in from north to south to the middle part of the week. let's talk about yo

probably good on, uh, lake okeechobee, i suppose. >> that-- or somethin'. >> so, you enjoyed the trip, though, huh? um, and the mountains. oh, that was something. it really was. >> so you had good weather. >> yes. >> yeah, that's nice. sometimes it's cloudy, all the way across the country. >> yeah, some of the people on the airplane found out, um, s-- what i was coming to, uh, los angeles for. >> ah. >> so, i had some of my samples [ giggling ] with me. >> [ chuckling ] >> i had a tupperware cake pan. [ laughter ] and, uh, i had some of my chips, there. >> yeah? >> and so, we just showed 'em to everybody on the plane. [ chuckling ] [ laughter ] that was nice. >> you-you brought-- [ chuckling ] [ applause ] >> probably-probably wanna see how it go, tonight, huh. >> and-and they're all watching, tonight. >> they're all watching, tonight. >> yes, they are. >> now, you were a-- exactly a-- i guess the-the job is self-de-def-defined-- a potato chip inspector. >> inspector. yes. >> now, what happens if a potato chip-- i've never been to a po-potato chip plant. >> yes, they come down a conve

here is that tail of heavy rain that extends all wait from the the east coast through lake okeechobee, nottarting to make it's way in across western broward county impact naples and making it's way out into the easternn gulf, the keys could see some of that heavy rain moving in as well later on tonight. so h he the timeline. beach seeing rain, broward county could see some heavy rainfall. starting to move in by 6:00. same with the keys and then by 8:00 p.m., it should start to move out and then the the cold air will start tl move in. we'll have a lot more on this a little later on. all right phil. thanks. >> belkeys: well, tort nay do trouble that phil mentioned leaving hundreds of of homes destroyed or damages along the gulf of coast. >> craig: robbin simmons in the plex with the lateses on that for us. robbin. >> reporter: at least seven tornadoes confirmed in georgia and south carolina. the death toll is now growi. two more killed in these dangerous storms. >> the home are damaged. significant damage with a 24 splus apartments at the apartment. complex. but we'll see as we go throu

by the afternoon across south florida at near lake okeechobee. northwest wind over the peninsula. coming from the continental united states, we will stay cooler, but not terribly cold. they are in the teens and single digits in the northeast, struggling to get into the teens and 20' s. we will be in the mid 60' s as we get into saturday and sunday. let' s look at the numbers, ocala 62. cooler near daytona beach and palm coast, upper 50' s to low 60' s. plenty of events this weekend. lake eola, paws at the park. don' t forget the sunshine. jim payne hosting this one, the polar plunge at aquatica, helping out the special olympics children, and we will have 11:00 temperatures there at 62. sunglasses at 12:30, and the speedway gets rocking in the early afternoon, 200 miles. after sunset temperatures will drop. valentine' s day, not bad at all. cool in the morning, 63 for lunchtime. if you were taking your loved one out in the evening, 61. here comes a fast-moving cold front monday night to tuesday. we get some rain. wednesday behind this, fairly let me show you the breakdown over the

i need to start by saying that the army corps of engineers began releasing water from lake okeechobee into the two rivers on either side of the lake. the problem is that we've got a dike, not like it, that mother nature intended. the whole surrounding of lake okeechobee, which is the largest lake in florida, was nothing but a marsh. that's how mother nature had. but as people moved in and in the late 1920's, the hurricane that drowned 2,000 people, we came in there, we diked it all the way around. well, the dike is only so structurally sound, so that as the water rises in the lake, there's more water pressure on the sides. and if you start getting above 15 feet of depth of the lake, we have to worry about the dike collapsing and all the flooding of the surrounding towns and people and farm lands and so forth. you get the picture. so what the army corps of engineers has to give some relief. so they release water to the east in the st. lucie river and to the west in the calluhasa river. and as a result it relieves the dike pressure problem, but since lake okeechobee is so polluted until

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going to the gulf of mexico and pushing across lake okeechobee and into the atlantic ocean. right now finally getting a little bit of light out there and the winds out of the west/northwest and the temperature has not moved up and a lot of this cold air from back yonder is coming right down on top of us. it' s going to take awhile to will do it but the winds kick in and it never warms up. not much anyway. see there goes - - there goes the clouds. they' re gone. they' re out of here! by 1:00, 2:00 this afternoon. we continue that trend into the evening hours and also continue the trend of the wind being a major player problem. today hour by hour the temperatures get up to around 46. they get to 52 by noon. that' s not a big leap there and then it' s 57 by 3- 4:00 this afternoon. and temperatures will be in the 50s all day long today and still a wind chill factor for the overnight. good news. mostly sunny and a chance of rain on monday night. the wind problems today. gusting winds to 30 mph. not good. not good. and look at that. overnight on tuesday night and 39. and then in t

yesterday, he declared a state of emergency in two counties lake okeechobee. the governor wants the president to approve repairs to the herbert hoover dike. business owners in stuart say the lake water is ruining the , environment and their bottom line. >> i lost my business. i lost my home. alex: environmentalists say, the only real solution is to buy the land south of the lake to restore its natural flow to the everglades. covering volusia county. ormond beach police want you to take a good look at surveillance pictures, showing a pair of robbery suspects. police say, these guys robbed someone at gunpoint, then used the stolen credit card at an atm. this happened yesterday at ormond town square. if you know who they are, call police. a man, who spent years stealing at daytona international speedway, is going to spend 15 years in prison, prosecutors -- in prison. prosecutors say, steven sanders, who' s from georgia, broke into numerous trailers over a five year period. they say, he would target race trailers in the infield. away with thousands of dollars in ca

as far south as the turnpike corridor and the northern shores of lake okeechobee. uniform temps area wide. and everything has dried out. we have cloud cover this morning. scattered about. we see a resurgence of thicker clouds, lowering of the cloud deck by the afternoon hours. this takes us into a rain chance. does it get much better than this right now? our tower cam on top the hyatt regency, 62 degrees. looking out towards i-drive and the orlando eye. what a sight to be seen this morning. and shower risk returning after 40% on that. and the highs quite warm. lower 80s today. and isolated rain chance. very and isolated rain chance. and the warm front lifts up and over the area. we're very warm into the overnight. lows down to maybe the mid-to-upper 60s. by tomorrow, we focus attention to areas west of the state. a gusty southerly wind flow. a few showers coming into play. the weather i'm tracking over eastern texas now. front and the low pressure combo. and as the front dangerous closer, we see a lull in the activity. then we bring in the squall line behind that b