at our camera at new port richey. four inches of rain. impressive amounts as it trains across the area. that is where hermine is located as of 5:00. northeast coast for the holiday weekend there. the satellite shows how quick and fast and far it moved in a short amount of time since landfall at 1:30 a.m. near saint marx florida. now north of charleston spreading the rain and on shore flow north of the center of the storm in the coastal places of north carolina. there are the areas i'm talking about lining up offshore. mostly pasco drenched because they are in the unfortunate spot of the tail end of the storm dragging across the state and showers train over a certain area like a train track. as we saw training showers. those places are new port richey. pasco county. dade city, i-75 and land o' lakes. these areas see quite a bit of rain as a result of this storm. it is still going in some fashion. conditions are improving giving people a chance to dry out and certainly try to pick up after this storm. >> all right, thank you very much steve

area for areas to new port richey. we got a report around 5:00 in new port richey there were water rescues of cars stuck because of the fast rising water. that heavy rain is moving off to the east. that is a pretty decent thunderstorm that continues to pop. citrus county, northern citrus over to crystal river also picking up rain. most of their issues was coastal related last night and this morning due to high tide. if you look at futurecast this evening, there will still be a large area out in the gulf of mexico. now, i think overnight, this lingers. and by tomorrow morning, we start to see some of this rain coming in. it won't be nearly as heavy as it was the last couple of days. but we will begin to see some rain first thing in the morning. and i think that will be an impact on the first half of your weekend. the second half, changes. i'll talk about them coming up. >> that rain that he was just talking about caused flash clifton french is live in the middle of it all. clifton, how does it look out there. >> reporte

chip osowski live for us in new port new port richey. >>> well, a tummy tuck procedure turned deadly. 32-year-old maria christian died after a procedure at vanity cosmetics. health. just 32, and had two previous surgeries there. but during her previous tummy tuck, she went into cardiac arrest. an investigation is now understood way. >>> a volkswagen engineer has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to the auto maker's emissions scandal. james liann entered the plea in detroit. prosecutors claim he led the team of engineers that designed the device allowing vw engines to cheat emissions tests. >>> a four-year-old boy is with child ic with his parents, but the parents were passed out in the front seat. this picture is going viral. right now, take a look at this. the couple was pulled over in east liverpool, ohio when the car almost hit a school bus. investigators found a powdery substance in the front seat. possibly heroin. it was sent to a lab for testing but the results will not be available for a few weeks. >>> and a heartbreaking statistic. the number of children dieing 2016. 2

meredyth censullo live in new port richey. thank you so much. and another crash overnight causing a power pole to crash down. this happening in tampa near the intersection of 41st street and east fern. police telling news channel 8 they were trying to stop the car for a traffic stop. the driver said his passenger reached over with their foot and put it on the gas pedal. the car lurched forward, hitting the pole. the passenger then juried out and ran. -- then jumped out and ran. police still on the hunt for >>> right now there, are questions about a massive sinkhole on top of a stack near mulberry. ok at this. it's unbelievable. eagle 8 hd flew over the huge stack. in the middle, there's a huge chemical water fall right now. >> we continue to monitor the stack 24 hours a day, seven days a week to ensth concerns on top of the stack itself as well as around the rest of the property. >> reporter: it took a week for f0 >> they are now working on plans to repair the hole in the stack. in the meantime, the florida department of environmental >>> the bod

this is a look from new port richey camera. just the first peaks of daylight. 72degrees at this location. but just to the west of that, there is a thunderstorm. i will zoom in here and show you new port richey. here's the thunderstorm. a couple lightning strikes as it drifts toward the beaches and right toward 19. i did leave in a small rain chance for morning. even there, it's a small chance. and inland areas basically dry. 77degrees at 8:00 a.m. and the rain chance does go up significantly to 30% by noon. 85degrees. as the storms move farther and farther east. by 4:00 p.m., east of 75. and the temperature of 89. it's a little cool they are morning, you might notice 70 in apollo beach. 27 in clearwater. 76 in tampa. and we have an onshore wind. and i expect to see a couple showers. notice the time here between now and maybe 11:30. storms may get strong just like what happened yesterday and they'll push farther and farther east. and i wanted to give you a long- term forecast, something to look forward to. high moisture, this gr

. >>> breaking news this morning, a new port richey auto parts store is in shambles after an suv smashes into it. police tell us that the driver of the suv going about 60 miles news channel 8's meredyth censullo joins us now live from the business along u.s. 19. meredyth, it looks like such a mess out there. >> reporter: so paul, i don't know if this looks familiar to you, it's the top of a fire hydrant. i can tell you it weighs a ton. and i can tell you it belongs about 50 feet away. but last night, it was transported here by that vehicle that crossed the road and ironically ended up in an auto pp debris left behind by that accident. just glass and cans. and over here, let me show you this, this is incredibly heavy too. a stop sign, one-way. let me show you what happened. it a one-way street where this happened. and the vehicle was going the wrong direction. this car, an suv is what it appears to be from the video, grassy median, and then it continued going, heading into a pole, a fire hydrant, you saw that there and then into the business. now two people had to be the cut out of the ve

. >>> breaking news this morning, a new port richey auto parts store is in shambles after an v smashes into it. police tell us that the driver of the suv going about 60 miles news channel 8's meredyth censullo joins us now live from the business along u.s. 19. meredyth, it looks like such a mess out there. >> reporter: so paul, i don't know if this looks familiar to you, it's the top of a fire hydrant. f0 you can see this is myers auto supply, nicely decorated with the stripe. you get to the front of the building and here's the rest of the stripe. look at how deep the concrete is. that car went straight in took out a fire hydrant, took out a pole and that stop sign that we showed you and finally took out half of myers auto supply. again, you can see here, two sides of the building completely boarded up. and just looking around here inside and, it is -- wow, it's quite a mess in there. you have to feel for the business owner here. they're supposed to open at 8:00 a.m. that obviously can't happen today. so we have a co questions. first of all, who are the two people in the vehicle? what

you can see thunderstorms there around new port richey. most of pasco county all the way up to dade city. areas that have been saturated with previous rain the last 24 hours are continuing to get more. and that tends to lead to more flooding. further south, things are relativeui have rain set to move on shore. so we can still see a few showers. the worst of it is over. the winds are still from the southwest. gusty. so watch for coastal flooding but the high tide is coming down now. >> parts of pinellas county are still coping with parts of flooding. you can see the streets turned to streams. mark douglas has been wading through the flood waters from clearwater to saint petersburg and he joins us live from shore acres, a flood prone area. >> reporter: absolutely. all you have to do is sneeze in this neighborhood and it gets flooded. the sun is out. we see the sunshine for the first time in days. within the last hour or so, we have seen the water at this intersection alone drop by at least six inches. we are at the corner of huntington and c

this is new port richey, a live look here from the hyundai of new port richey. 2inches of rain this morning so far. i have seen the rain blowing sideways at times too. the winds are not quite as strong. let me show you the winds, out of the southwest 20 miles per hour in tampa. 18 in brandon. and we have individual wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour. and meteorologist ed bloodsworth up on the roof of wfla to talk about what the winds can do to on the water. >> reporter: that could be the big concern into the next 24 hour, the additional high tide cycles that we have this afternoon. as you mentioned, we are here on the roof of the news center. and i want to show you along the hillsborough river, running very high. and looking across the street, along that stretch of the riverwalk, and that parking lot associated with the sheraton there downtown is completely under water. and we are expecting the hillsborough river along with remain high. just a few minutes from now, crystal river, your next high tide. and another one at 5:45 this afternoon. and hudson, your next high tide comes up at 2:15 th

we are already at 79 degrees at the hyundai of new port richey in new port richey. and you see the big towering cloud. one place seeing rain and that's around the new port richey area. but everybody is warming up. 86 in plant city. clearwater, 82. and i wanted to show you this new port richey area because begin you had rain that fell and lingering clouds but at this point, everyone is dry. what i do the think will happen, we have about a 30% rain chance and the storms will generally push east of 75 and head farther inland and toward the east coast. i bring the rain chance up to 40% tomorrow as a weak front gets into north florida. and that's eventually going to bring -- that's eventually going to bring less humid air for friday and in the tropic, invest 97l strengthening close to the caribbean. it has about a 90% chance of developing. the forecast computer models with this in a little bit, gene. >> okay, thank you. >>> happening today, governor rick scott is expected to visit the scene of the massive sinkhole in polk county that sent contaminated water into the aqui

evan lambert is live in new port richey. evan. >> haley we are at the blue heroin heron point community. this park is still floodwaters. at new port richey's blue heron mobile home park, trailers look like islands. paddles and boats are the only way to get around. >> the storm took it all away, took it over. >> the punishing rains from hurricane hermine pushed into >> i lost everything, i have nothing. >> judy checks on neighbors as first responders rescue young, old, dogs paddling where they would prefer to walk. in elfhurst, they saved karen motts and her days-old kittens. >> she can't thank them enough. >> they are awesome, so nice that they >> so much water her refrigerator floated. >> she says she has to stay. >> what's in my apartment is everything i had left from my daughter she passed away. and i don't want her stuff taken. because i know when this stuff happens, people rob you. they break in they steal your stuff. i will not leave this park. watch people not want to leave when they are under evacuation orders but re

reporting live in new port richey, clifton french, abc action news. >> thank you, clifton. quite a mess out there. need help, there is a special number to call. it's on your screen. and i just tweeted that out right now. >>> some amazing video of hermine's wrath as the storm made landfall. check outhis video here. this dock in cedar key no match for the massive waves that hermine kicked up there. the salvation army of florida has got teams on the way to the pap handle to help families struggling many people are still without power tonight in that area. eric waxler is live in tallahassee with the efforts to get things back to normal there. eric. >> reporter: yeah. and the big problem around tallahassee first of all, it's a mess because of all of the trees that are down. like this one here on fsu's campus. they had to put utious tape on it because students were jumping up on on it and taking pictures. there's no electricity all over restaurants are closed. no food. we went in a publix and it was absolute chaos. this clean-up will take a long time. >> it was raining really har

an evacuation order has been court apartment complex in new port richey. news channel 8 mark douglas shows us what people there are dealing with. the anclott river still hasn't loosen its grips in the nearby neighborhoods. we saw people cycling out, walking out, floating and paddling out. in some cases playing in filthy flood water the behind. >> reporter: would you let your kids play in this water? >> absolutely not. >> reporter: but pasco county teamed up with fish and wildlife to help those trapped. we rode along on the swamp buggy as pasco firefighters delivered cases of drinking water door to door. >> don't bring it all the way to your house, we'll bring it to you. we're in the deeper part of the river, where you can literally see the floodwaters rushing by here. there is nobody home back here, trapped. down the road they discovered 92-year-old clyde rich. his home was an island, but he was just fine. >> i've been through this before many times. >> reporter: this time the river came within a foot or two of flooding his home. but despite the obvious haz

>>> breaking news overnight, an suv smashes right into an auto supply store in new port richey at 60 miles per hour. but why did it happen. >>> and a giant sinkhole opens up in polk county. ke now there's contaminated water flowing into the aquifer. still ahead this morning, the concern about chemicals in our water supply. >>> plus, the changing face of medicine and why going to the doctor is getting easier. i'll introduce to you the world of virtual medicine in tampa bay. >>> good morning and welcome to news channel 8 today. i'm gayle guyardo. >> and i'm paul mueller in for gene this morning. hurricane season, it is certainly heating up. there's a new named storm out there. so let's get straight to >> good morning. that's right. three named storms right now in the atlantic. we have ian, julia and newly formed tropical storm karl. now ian is going to head to the north and not be an issue for anyone. so we're going to focus on julia and karl. julia, still a tropical storm. it weakened to a tropical depression yesterday and it should return to tropical depression status tomorrow. it's

right now, heavy from new port richey all the way down to clearwater, and a break in downtown st. pete. ruskin, 301 throughout hillsborough county, over toward and along i-4 into lakeland, dade city, new port richey, boy, it's been raining in your area. i'm sure you will be glad to get a quick break here soon. hudson, just stopped raining there. and now we're seeing drier conditions in crystal ri new port richey with 2 inches of rainfall in the last hour to hour and a half. southeast winds at 16 miles per hour. official forecast from hurricane hermine goes into south carolina as a tropical storm before it basically stalls out along the mid- atlantic seaboard into labor day weekend. and we will head up to ed on the roof of the news channel 8 studios. >> reporter: yeah, in the last horrendous up here. downtown tampa getting blasted with heavy rain and driving wind. in fact, a lot of the trees have been pushed to the side right now. we had to seek shelter under the awning here. there's a look at it as our photographer is heading out there. it's the an absolute mess right now. and get

new port richey all the way up to hudson just east of hudson. more lining up offshore. this area in particular seems to be a region we talk about the training the tail end of the system. and when it lines up, it hangs across the air california just kind of sends more showers across the same area that has engelwood in the south part of sarasota county. 77 degrees tomorrow: 82 at noon tomorrow. 85 degrees in the forecast. at 4:00 p.m. as hermine heads north. the storms will continue here for the evening hours. but, they start to let up as we get into tomorrow. the showers taking advantage of the moisture in the atmosphere. 83 degrees tampa international. dew point 76. yes. it is plenty humid. saw the sun trying to peek outside. 82 degrees in saint petersburg. here is a look at the winds. obviously an issue the last 24 surge and the very high tides. 30 miles an hour gusts inclearwater. 23 in tampa. 21 all the way out in lakeland. 25 in brooksville. and 22 miles an hour gusts in sarasota. there's the big picture. there's hermine, a tropical storm, and, the tail end of it. t

new port richey, keep getting hit with the showers. you head further south, most of pinellas, hillsborough, most of polk county relatively dry, light drizzle. manatee, sarasota, north port, arcadia, sebring you're seeing heavier down downpour s downpours. these with rainfall s -- country side in pinellas countyt 2 feet of rain. we've had rain fallen. long boat key, 8.5 inches. oldsmar, 7 2/3 of an inch of rain. if freedom plaza in sun city center has picked up another inch since midnight. our cameras, weather stations inch. we're seeing the rain dropping falling as we speak, 75 degrees. going ford, this is looking at rainfall potential. i don't necessarily want you to look at any one spot. i want you to notice there are some areas where two inches of rain will be possible, the purple area. a couple areas will see up to 3 more inches of rainfall. that will of it. heavy downpours, tropical moisture not out of area as hermine weakens. it's pushing from georgia to south carolina but it's weakening slowly. it's not losing strength. for us,

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residents of new port richey are asked to leave. reports, some people are choosing to stay behind. >> some people at new port richey's blue heron point community don't want to leave, their valuables that made it through the floodwater. we haven't seen deputies out here and these people are worried about looters. their homes are covered by inches of water. first responders went door to ground. even dogs were forced to swim where they would normally walk. at one point volunteers took boats around the neighborhood to rescue anyone they could. they saved a woman and her days-old kittens taking them out of the floodwater to family where they can stay until the water recedes. >> they are awesome. so nice to know there are nice people like that. >> there are places where the they cannot bring food here because they don't want people to be encouraged to stay when elevation orders are in effect. evan lambert, fox 13 news. >> rain continues to fall on already oversaturated areas, making numerous roads impassible and threatening homes. crews h

and a couple problems in pasco county and new port richey and just past state road 54. this accident has been tying up and we have a collision at state road 54 and fire lane road. and that is off to the side of the road way. a good drive on 301 that is a look at weather and traffic. >>> the rays and the buck are in town this weekend. >> we have a preview coming up next. >>> a statue of a naked donald trump. why the police are searching >>> you cannot make this stuff up. a nude statue of donald trump watching offer a miami neighborhood for a week is gone. it was stolen on thursday. the police think this man, 36- year-old pedro rodriguez was involved in the theft. this was one of five naked trump artists. they have been appearing in the cities all over the u.s. >>> take a look at sports this morning. the bucks will finally play their first game of the season at home here in tampa. it will be the first regular season game with the new score boards and the sweet renovations. the bucks are hoping to get back on track against the los angeles rams after a pummeling defeat in a

places like new port richey getting hit fairly hard. a lot of lightning clustered within this storm. all that bright red you're seeing, that's some pretty heavy rainfall and good down pours coming down all the way toward dade city. a lot of those areas don't need more rain. unfortunately seeing some of that now. and we'll continue to through this evening. when you wake up tomorrow morning, a few showers maybe moving on shore. we have the southwest flow that allows for rain near the coast that spreads inland throughout the day. we're looking at a 60% chance of rain. a great day to sit inside and watch some football. it's not going to be the nicest of out doors days. sunday is looking better though. a small morning rain chance. and then as we head into the afternoon hours, rain chances hold steady at 40%, pretty typical for the summertime months for us. hermine. you can see the latest advisory just came in, the max winds are at 50 miles per hour. so rain chances dropping as we head throughout this holiday weekend. down to 40% by sunday an

we are watching the one crash in new port richey. this, however. reports of road blocks in the northbound lanes. traffic indicators are all in the green. i'll keep my eye on it and let you know if i see any changes. i-275 at fowler, the taillights are heading toward us. the check of the toll roads are looking greet on the veterans expressway. >>> protesters took to the streets of charlotte, north carolina for a third night. unlike the first two, demonstrations were peaceful even though a curfew was largely ignored. we have seen pictures of what happened next. the police chief says dash cam video tells more of the story. while not providing definitive

we had one in new port richey pushing east toward toward 41. and we might get rain in hernando county in the nux few minutes or so and i keep that through 8:00 a.m. and more storms develop. today's yesterday with a hoof 87. and all eyes in the caribbean. tropical storm matthew churning west. we will keep a close eye on that. and in the eight-day forecast, highs in the upper 80s with 30 to 40% rain chances. >>> all right, a look at clearwater, folks. we have been following this throughout the morning. breaking traffic. it's not the first time where we had a fatal crash here. westbound gulf to bay is road. and eastbound delays. hop up and take drew street but there is a crash now on drew street at old coachman. and to the south, of course, you have druid as an alternate there. and the sun coast area, what a mess. very heavy away from state road 64 down to university on 75. and that is due to a crash. down to 9 miles per hour. and the delay about 45 minutes. >> oh, boy. >> wow. >> you need to power through that. you need coffee. national coffee da

pass local laws now, as do discrepancies between federal and state ws o against legalize showed new port richey, eric waxler, abc action news. >> new tonight at5:30, a texting mistake cost a woman her freedom. police in indiana say 20-year- old shelby hicks accidentally texted an officer trying to sell him meth. police say they returned the text and they actually set up two separate drug deals after the second buy they arrested her. >> accident. all right. >>> a keyhole camera catches a thief in the act. this flyers door to door when she decided to take something her own. a 9-year-old boy's of ather ctd identified the woman. >> she looks up and o arou see if there's any cameras. but she didn't look at the door bell. a man came in, got the shoes and ran out. briggs had to wear another pair of creates that was too big for the shoes about being and scored a 5-yard touchdown. >> good for him. >>> the sea turtle population, there were a record number of nests. but because of hurricane hermine, a little more than 700 of them were destroyed. luckily most of the nests had hatched for the season

new port ritchey seeing plenty of sunshine. how about the beach, nice start there if you're heading out to get a jog along the beach. it is a little warmer at 80 degrees. let's go and take you through did day. warm day. eighty here at 8:00. we'll have building clouds but only a few showers and thunderstorms to cool us down. 92 for your afternoon high. 77 that's where we stand in plant city, 79 in tampa, 74 in brooksville this morning. taking a look at max radar, right now, so, so quiet. just a few thin clouds, especially in our inland locations. one batch of clouds right there. east coast and showers and thunderstorms offshore just like yesterday with this easterly flow. anything that forms in the east coast will slowly start to migrate across towards the west coast. again, the over all coverage of rain is going to be limited today. thanks in part to a batch of dry air that's sitting on top of us. but i'm watching this, an area of deep tropical moisture. that's associated with a tropical wave that will slowly start to work towa

state road 54, good drive through new port richey with no delays. and u.s. 19, when it's yellow surface roads but there's no delays. typical traffic here and moving at good speeds in new port >>> a shooting at a south carolina elementary school. the latest on the teenage suspect and the call he made minutes before the shooting. that's had just ahead. >>> and uber stays street legal. we will tell you ab night deal that will keep the ride sharing drivers on the streets of hillsborough county. >>> honoring a legend. these are live pictures from jerusalem where the former israeli president will be remembered today. some of the world's most powerful people will pay their respects. we will tell you who just ahead. >>> good morning and welcome to news channel 8 today. i'm gayle guyardo. >> and i'm gene ramirez. thank you for waking up with us on this thursday morning when we are tracking tropical storm

that's what you saw in new port richey. all the way through pinellas new port harbor, that downpour you saw. most the weather is around coastal spots. saw good daytona into venice as well. on the western -- good downpour into venice as well. we're on the much wetter side. 77 degrees at 7:00 a.m. still a possibility of on and off showers coming with these the storm coming ashore. and it will later this evening into the overnight. 76 degrees pinellas park. these are the numbers. 80 degrees wesley chapel. 83, bartow. of course the winds you can see still gusting impressively. that's sustained at 32 miles per hour in st. pete. that's the strongest gust i've seen. 62 miles per hour in st. petersburg. that's that line we've been talking about that. red line on the radar. basically the higher areas of winds. at the airport not long ago. there's the center of the system wrapping up here. moving toward the panhandle for landfall. east of there is where you'll see the higher seas. high tide has come down but flooding roads along ceda

you can see this lighter green color through tampa, new port richey. into polk and highlands >>> looking at traffic right now this is northbound on i-75 right at martin luther king. earlier a vehicle fire according to fhp. looks like just partially the right lane is taken away as well as the right shoulder. we have a truck out there. keeping an eye on this one. meanwhile, indian rocks road right at gulfview drive we have a collision that's tieing up at least one of those lanes on indian rocks. let's go ahead and take a live look here. this is 275 at fowler avenue. looks fantastic. county when you connect with 275 into downtown. smooth sailing >>> right now on news channel 8 today. >> new york and new jersey on high alert. while you were sleeping investigators found five devices in a backpack near a train station in elizabeth, new jersey. one exploded. what foishs are say -- what officials are say latest on the explosion in new york city just ahead. and am bert amber alert for two small children. and 8 on your side traffic alert this morning, expect som

it's a west-to-east flow new port richey. other than that we're dry, a few showers in sarasota county but they are starting to dry out. throughout the day temperatures starting off near 70 degrees. to the upper 70s along the coast, topping out near 90 and we'll have a round of showers and storms this afternoon as well no big surprise. >>> a big surprise for a couple in new york. taking wedding photos over the weekend in central park jogger approached. took off his hat and said i'm tom hanks. >> the act -- actor known as nicest guy in hollywood. he asked if they needed a minister because he got order yapped to officiate a friend's wedding last year. he spent less than $40, he said i studied the ministry for over $35. >>> good morning, america. a fierce historic debate. >> well, donald, i know you live in your own reality. >> she doesn't have the looks. she doesn't have the stamina. >> hillary clinton and donald trump go head-to-head for the first time in front of their families in what could be the largest audience ever >> tra

mark douglas joins us live at new port richey. mark, that's one of the hardest areas hit by this storm. isn't that right? >> reporter: absolutely, josh. the folks here in anclott river estates are about as water logged as they could get. you can see how deep it got. it was another foot deeper when they got here, so it has dropped, but not that much. we road along this -- rode along with some first responders as they delivered water door to do people who live here. >> reporter: pasco county teamed up with florida fish and wildlife to help trapped people suffering out here. >> reporter: we rode along their swamp buggy as pasco firefighters delivered cases of drinking water door to door. >> don't bring it all the way to your house, ma'am. we'll bring it to you. >> reporter: we're in the deeper part of the river where you can still see it rushing by here. there is nobody home back here, but they're still checking to see if other people might be trapped. down the road they discovered 92-year-old clyde rich. his home was an island, was

upper 80s for new port richey and the humidity is very high as well. you can see the numbers out in dade city. 89 in venice with the feel-like number. and then it will feel like 93 and feels like 98 in lakeland with the big blow up of the showers and the thunderstorms as you could follow and tract outflow boundaries, colliding with the east coast sea breeze, dry air above the atmosphere looking pretty nice there. and slowly the try air will settle into the northern part of the state. i think that the northern section of the area will help stabilize our atmosphere. we have karl and tropical depression 13, that's a new one. but now a tropical depression. karl is way out there with 40 miles per hour winds around the bermuda area turning away from the u.s. potentially strengthening into a category 2 hurricane. this one storm 13 that will stay out at sea. but there is your hurricane season for 2016 just kind of running on here now past the peak. 40% rain chance for tuesday. the same kind of thing with a morning shower on the coast then moving inland. genera

this is live right now at hyundai of new port richey. sideways, picked up about 1.5 inches. sideways at 30 miles per hour. when you look at the wind speeds, these blue numbers show you the wind gusts that go into the wind speeds and looking at 35, 36 miles per hour gusts at this point. 40miles per hour up in brooksville at this point. when you look at the track for hurricane hermine, still a tropical storm through the morning in georgia and interesting south carolina as a stalls out along the mid- atlantic seaboard. unfortunately for our storm team 8 meteorologist ed bloodsworth, he is up on the roof braving the elements. ed, how it is looking up there? >> reporter: about half an hour ago, the story, what is happening on the hillsborough river, take a look here, it is still abnormally high even as we get away from the high tide. even the low tides will be running above normal. going to be the big concern through today. as we are expecting that onshore flow to keep our tides high. we are getting out of a high tide cycle for most of the areas but more tides to come. crystal ri

this is off little road in new port richey. we have a complete list of sandbag locations throughout the bay area on our website, wfla.com. head over there and check them out. >>> hours of rain caused the whitaker bayou in sarasota to to seek higher ground. news channel 8's ryan hughes is there live right now. what are you seeing now? >> reporter: good morning once again. it appears at this point that the water has subsided here. if you look behind me here, you can see that the water level at the retaining wall is probably 2 feet below. so that's a good thing. and the rain has stopped here for the time being, just a light drizzle. but it starts again, we expect neighborhoods nearby the bayou. some pets were left behind. they were rescued by sarasota police officers. and now early year in the day, streets flooded all over sarasota. some drivers rolled the dice only to get caught. residents are bracing for more rain here today. >> where i'm concerned is when it's high tide. and we are getting the back-ups in certain areas and just

in new port richey, cameron poland, abc action ne. look at one business that was hit the hardest by hurricane hermine. as michael paluska shows us, a roller skating rink is the worst place for flood waters to hit. >> reporter: this is what $250,000 worth of waterlogged wood looks like. they've been ripping this stuff out. it's extremely heavy. the owner says the county isn't doing enough to protect his business from rising flood humidity filled skate rink which is why our lens kept fogging up. >> 18,000 square feet of hardwood. you have to cut the walls out, replace the doors. >> reporter: the owner bought the rink 0 years ago, and since then he has been flooded 10 times. recently, though, things have gotten worse. >> since 2012 we've had three total wipe-outs. >> reporter: this is the he did a complete remodel. now he has to do it all over again a year later. >> if we don't open in two months, it will be 80 plus. >> reporter: he knows his employees will take a financial hit so he's paying them for their hard work clearing out the deb

still upper 80s in new port richey. 77 in weeki wachee. rain cooled numbers here. lakeland isn't. 91 degrees. 90 in winter haven. the flow east to west across the area. you can see the blowup of clouds. a few showers. convergence shower and there is tropical storm julia spinning away. sheered strong winds from the west pushing all the thunderstorms off to the eastern side so you can see that clear low level circulation. but the winds are blowing the storms off to the east. there is not a lot of moisture to work with here too. because we see the water vapor imagery looks fairly dry. tropical storm julia will continue to wonder to the north. it is not a factor for any bay area weather just sitting off the coast of the carolinas. we will keep an eye on tropical storm karl. a long way away day period. but that last forecast was a category 1 storm. as for friday night football weather, early evening, watch for the slight possibility of a scattered shower. football forecast, usf, travels to syracuse. they are playing the dome there. scattered rain possible for the games.

let's talk about the serious crash we have in pasco, new port richey eastbound ridge also a heads up, we mentioned this yesterday. we have a sinkhole that opened on macdill, if you drive southbound macdill expect a lot of cones. i think we're down to one lane there but cars are getting through. this is around aziel so give yourself extra time. back to you. >>> we've got a major warning for people in pinellas county. lock your car doors. deputies want you to be on guard because of a going crime trend in the area. abc action news reporter rodney dunigan is live now we're hearing that the number of car breakips in that area is on the rise. >> reporter: that's right. the kids involved, a 14-year- old and 15-year-old were arrested and we're also told that investigators are possibly looking for other suspects as well. so that is new information. something else to think about -- this crime pretty simple. they looked to see if a car would take whatever they could. in some instances stealing the vehicles. we spoke with one good samaritan who witnessed this happening and called police. >> i saw

and all right, a look out in new port richey, u.s. 19 looks good. and new port richey, state road 54, look at this, just 19 to the sun coast parkway. 12 minute commute there. and starting to get busier but a good iv the reason it's yellow, you have red lights. and still holding on to a wonderful drive in the lakeland area. this is i-4 right in the heart of lakeland around kathleen road. polk county is up to speed. that's weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >>> when you dial 911, time is of the essence. >> port, yeah, and it helps to have a veteran dispatcher on the other line. right? well, even the most seasoned 911 operator would have been caught off guard by what > we're back. imagine someone calling you for help but you have no idea where they are. >> a woman calls massachusetts state police but she was in england. the caller described places that left the operator >> where did this happen? >> between elferton. >> between where? muddiford. >> where? >> the accent gives it away. >> what? where? >> the deal, a woman again called

new port richey at 86 right and st. pete at 82. enjoy this while it lasts because we are going to be returning to our well-known heat and humidity. take a look at this. 87 the high tomorrow. still not bad for this time of year. that comes with the extra cloud cover throughout the day and the higher chances for rain. sunday and monday though, it's going to look more like our typical summer weather. more dry hours and sunshine in the mix. expect showers and storms on sunday and labor normal pretty much here with 40% coverage of afternoon showers and storms and you can see the temperatures going back up to 90 degrees in the afternoon and the overnights will remain in the upper 70s. this is the four-day forecast at 4:00. of course denis is in at 5:00 with the 7-day forecast coming up. >> thank you, shay. >>> if you're tired of all of this weather talk, you're going stir crazy in your house, we can remember it's labor day weekend. here are ideas for you if you're looking for something to the rays are playing at the trop tonight. they pl

taking a closer look, the green area for areas to new port richey. we got a report around 5:00 in new port richey there were water rescues of cars stuck because of the fast rising water. that heavy rain is moving off to the east. that is a pretty decent thunderstorm that continues to pop. citrus county, northern citrus over to crystal river also picking up rain. most of their issues was coastal related last night and this morning due to high tide. if you look at futurecast this evening, there will still be a large area out in the gulf of mexico. now, i think overnight, this lingers. and by tomorrow morning, we start to see some of this rain coming in. it won't be nearly as heavy as it was the last couple of days. but we will begin to see some rain first thing in the morning. and i think that will be an impact on the first half of your weekend. the second half, changes. i'll talk about them coming up. >> that rain that he was just talking about caused flash

i'm in new port richey, gulf high school. the seniors have made it to the gym. it's officially a pep rally. dream squad is here. our varsity football team is buccaneers. the band playing on stage. we have all the elements for a pep rally. good thing we're having one. we hope you have a "good day." i'm really good at war. i love war in a certain way. including with nukes, yes including with nukes. i want to be unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. z246wz zy6z >>charley: "good day tampa bay." new port richey! home of the fox 13 good god -- "good day" pep rally this week. seniors were the first to be invited to the gym this morning. welcome, seniors. our buccaneers are waiting patiently for their moment in the sun. cheerleaders got us fired up from very early. over here the band is taking center stage with the color guard kimberly davis, our principal is here. good good to you. >> thank you for coming out and supporting our school this year. >>charley: we love to support

the hundred due day of new port richey, the sun -- the hyundai of new port richey, the sun bringing a lot of color to the sky. it's warmer than yesterday. flow and you see the showers off the shoreline. some may continue to get a little closer so it would want be a big rain chance this morning but not out of the question. you would see one of these stray showers along the coast. so while most of us are headed to work, we're fine, 77 degrees. by noon, a few more storms. a 20% rain chance at that point, 85 degrees. and when it's 4:00 p.m., temperatures at 88 degrees and the storms that form will be mainly east of 75. notice they'll farther inland as the day goes on. 73 in plant city. and 37 in clearwater. and 23478 tampa. and-- 78 in tampa. and warmer by about two degrees. not much but it has to do with this extra moisture. green color, lots of moisture for the storms today and tomorrow south of this front. we will call it the drier air, the red color lags behind the front so the northern areas get to feel it but not for long. the moisture comes right back. you see that in the rain and

new port richey, port richey, holiday, a batch of heavy rain that is moving through anclote now and that is going to come minutes or so, and i know -- i know the last thing you want is more rain. here is another shower too. right over the pinellas part of the gandy bridge and that is moving toward south tampa. so we may have started off quiet. got the sun up on a quiet note, but this is what we are going to have to deal with unfortunately. and i think the best rain chances will be -- let's say if you drew a line, i-4 north where the best rain chances are going to be throughout the day and just more scattered showers and storms at least by labor day. we will knock those rain chances down a little bit and back to 40%. >> jen: thanks, dave. >>> new this morning, pasco county officials are investigating a house fire in port richey. it broke out just before 4:00 on westport drive in port richey. one person was taken to the hospital with burns and we will bring you an update as soon as we get more informing. >>> and sarasota police are investigating a crash involving a drunk driver. th interse

it's warm and muggy but dry in most spots. 75 in crystal river. 74 new port richey. good morning, sarasota. we're at 76 in winter haven. drier air is so close but it also means a wind shift out of the east-northeast today. by today interior shower. by late day, more storms building west. that's why we'll have to watch potential for additional brief flooding just because of 15 plus inches of rain in some spots. last week, good news is right now, only one sprinkle south of lake placid. beach goers, boaters, get out early. tuesday extend the holiday weekend. looks great. >>laura: thank you. while much of the tampa bay area hermine, parts of pasco county remain underwater. over the labor day weekend, florida fish and wildlife spent 12 hour shifts checking on those refusing to leave despite the evacuation order. officials say runoff is draining south now slowly the recovery efforts. >> this is life threatening. we don't know what else is going to happen. we don't know if we're going to get more rain. you know, there's other storms. we just really are ath beginning of hurr

this is new port richey. this is gulf high school and this is your fox 13 good day pep rally of the week. stick around everybody, we're about all things sports when first there's shaving. blades. sharp and precise. then gillette shielding. comfy lubrication before and after. and also cooling. oooh... got goosebumps. gillette proshield chill. with lubrication before and after the blades. shields and cools while you shave. proshield. available with or without chill. >>> welcome to a gulf high schools, ladies and gentlemen. >> we have at the new port richey here for fox 13 good day tell you, and gulf high school is having good time this morning no doubt about it. bruno if you can tell by looking is our athletic director. i feel like i should stand like this next to you abruno. bruno is good name for you. tell me about first of all our football program. big game tonight. and the school seems to with the squads seems to really rally around buccaneers of gulf high school. >> yes we're very excited about tonight we

if we learn any further details, reporting in new port richey, shayla reeves, fox 13 news. new at noon finally a time frame for the much talked about ferry service between tampa and st. pete. ferry will arrive next month starting early november the ferry will run on weekends then by end of november it will be ready for weekday commuter and reea tickets will be $10.01 way. its 55 foot ferry that can carry 149 people. the trip will go between st. pete yacht basin at bay shore drive northeast, and dock in tampa by the convention center. and ride will take just under an hour. >>> the pasco county sheriff's office is started a social media campaign to remind people to lock their car and their home doors at night. and as fox 13's alcides segui shows us, it is already paying off. pasco county sheriff's office media blitz. it seems to be working. just yesterday they tweeted out a picture and they got over 100 retweets. joining us this afternoon, is corporal arthur madden thank you so much for being with us i appreciate it. it's a great idea you go on to twitter and facebook just a

other temps, 85 in new port richey, 84 76 in leesburg. with the showers rolling through. 93 down in lake placid. 93 in sebring. here is the latest on hermine. and winds 70 miles per hour. notice it is a little farther east and still moving to the east-northeast. still good news up there. satellite and radar across rest of the state showing the showers and storms working southward with that northerly wind and this all ex-tenldz now back to the east. there is hermine, right. you get that band kind of of moisture. the good news though as we head through the next couple of days the plume of moisture drops a little farther south and we drop our rain chances. rain chances by the middle of the week significantly lower than what they have been. 76 for tonight. evening storms and clearing. for tomorrow, 91, scattered afternoon storms building west. here your seven-day forecast. rain chances 50% for tomorrow. but by tuesday, 20% rain chances, highest rain chances tuesday will be to the south. likewise wednesday and thursday and they will climb back

a couple of guys kayaking down a street, in new port richey and this just shows the whole scope of the neighborhood. you see the two bodies of water that were streets in port richy looks like this this evening. and all of the rain brought out the creatures. check this out. to two sandhill cranes purchased on a narrow strip of grass, and what are they giving the eyeball to in the water there? mr. gator. ccalf were stranded in a culver. rescuers jumped into action, pulpulled them out and took theo a nearby canal and they swam off, but there were certainly a lot of you out there with photos helping us out, and we are going to leave you with a positive feeling. this is the capital of sunsets and friday would not a gorgeous sunset, this photo courtesy of dale owens in clearwater. >> and remember, you can still send them to us, on our individual pages or e-mail or tweet us, we have all sorts of ways to get us pictures. and how about this, protestors took to the streets angry about man by deputies. >> i don't think he was a threat. >> we are going to take you live there to i'm a coupon guy...

new port richey tell us was southbound on u.s. 19. it's six lanes. the suv crossed a median up and over the concrete and grassy divider, then hit a pole and didn't stop. >> that vehicle crashed a fire hydrant, rolls it on to sunset road, when we're on now, into a building at 60 miles per hour, crushing into a building. bayonet pointe with serious injuries. they question why was the vehicle going to fast. >>> this morning, a port richey man is dealing with raw sewage in his home. it's so bad, he is staying in a hotel. >> this is where it started, started filling up the toilet and tub eventually. as i said, it poured out , started coming out here. >> that's michael, describing what happened. raw sewage bubbled out of and bathtub, flooding his house. officials blamed overworked pumps and explain the pumps were trying to hand four times more water after recent flooding from hermine. his homeowner's insurance is not covering the damage, saying pasco county should pay. county officials are looking into it, claiming it will work with the man. >>> st. peters

to 4:00 p.m., head toe 4126 u.s. 19 in new port ritchey to drop off food and supplies. to volunteer, you can head to wfla.com for a link toe sign up. >>> in -- link to sign up. a bank robber who used a surgeon's mask as a disguise. he's hit one bank twice. deputies tell us he walked in, flashed a gun, demanded cash and took off with the money. investigators believe the same man robbed the same bank on june 24th. anyone with information should call the pinellas county sheriff's office. >>> the travel advisory in a section of miami could be lifted if there are no w of zika in the area. the center for disease control and prevention could stop the advisory on september 19th. in the meantime, crews will continue spraying insecticide for the next two weeks. >>> today marks 15 years since the september 11 terror attacks. it's the day we remember the thousands of >> terrorists hijacked passenger planes and crashed into the twin towers. cermonies are scheduled to take place this morning at the pentagon, pennsylvania and the world trade center memorial. hundreds gathered at st. p

new port richey. odesa is getting heavy rain. and dade city and now it is approaching brooksville from the another batch in the gulf. and land o' lakes the rain is west of you. near clearwater. it is mostly cloudy. and citrus, levy line. and light rain in sarasota. not doing much. i don't think the rain will impact the weekend as it northeast. inland the forecast there. they worked out there was rain inland. no doubt about that the jackpot was at pinellas. and many spots. and largo and the canal. going back to wednesday. this is like the huge delug next august last year. sarasota had 9.38. tia had just about an average monthly rain fall for this time of year in three days. and two and a half days. look at what was invest 99 l. we started watching this and the news cast 5 to 7 days. it was going to intensify. it was a depressio problem starts with the turn. and thankfully it moved on shore before a cat 2 or 3. now a tropical storm at 20. i looked at new model runs. this is going to sit and the escape hatch will get shot. this will