pete beach. and mary, the last time you were out there, the thunder and lightning we were both, wow, what is it like right now? >> reporter: since the last live shot, we have moved to get away from the lightning. that was a little bit scary if the last half hour. the rains have been heavy this morning. and we have seen a lot of lightning and a thunder. and i know a concern for a lot of people as they head out the doors this morning is going to be the road conditions. and while we were driving over here from tampa to pinellas, we did see a lot of roads covered in water. and as you can see across the street from here, you're seeing a lot of puddling, a lot of big puddles of water. so folks definitely need to stay safe as they're going out their doors maybing their morning commutes. by tropical storm colin. residents here were under a sewer system emergency because that system was so indated by those flood waters. and since then, they have made upgrades to that system. they have increased the capaci

pete beach. and we saw some incredible stuff during the tropical storm. ways were crashing against this place. check out the crashing waves. tropical storm collin showed us how mother nature can bring her a-game when it comes to hurricane season. the st. petersburg mayor called >> everything that's happened that's leds to this point has helped us improve on how we're performing. >> reporter: now the sewage system here is not just bigger. the capacity has been expanded by 3 million-gallons on reserve. the goal is to make sure sewage doesn't go into homes this time around. and when flooding and drainage are issues, our first thought is those people that are home residents that are registered with the city and crews are on stand-by to go help them out if flooding becomes a problem. >> live in st. pete beach, mary, thank you so much. >>> a reminder for buc's fans now. >> yeah, the stormy weather forced the team to move the preseason game against the redskins to tonight. you can watch the game right here on news channel 8 at 8:00. >>> election res florida's pr

pete beach. gettingprepared. thank you -- are getting prepared. thank you. >>> thousands are expected to the attend the funeral mass of the priest. after the service, he will be laid to rest at memory cemetery. he is one of tampa's most respected religious and civic leaders. he was 87 years old. >>> in your vote, this morning, some big wins in the primary election last night. this morning secretary of state says there were no majo take a look at the numbers. republican senator marco rubio and the democrat murphy each won their primaries. they'll face each other in the general election in november. and the u.s. representative won her first re-election challenge for her house seat. and in case you missed any of the election results, we have them posted for you on our website, wfla.com. >>> a by day for republican presidential candidate donald speech outlining his immigration policy in arizona but before that, he will meet with the president of mexico. late last night, trump tweeted, i have accepted the invitation of president enrique pena nieto of m

pete beach if they could take up donations of basic items to help. everyone at the restaurant jumped on board right away. >> we're just trying to show some tampa bay love to the louisiana people. >> reporter: in a few days they've been amazed by the generous amount of donations, everything from clothing and shoes to diapers. >> it touches my soul to see the community coming together of helping those in need because she used to be homeless. >> i understand the importance of a toothbrush, toothpaste, just clothes to wear, water to drink. so to me it's really important. >> reporter: the restaurant is taking donations all week and this louisiana native will pack up a truck and personally deliver it all to friends in need. >> i want to put a peoples faces. >> reporter: reporting in st. pete, kera mashek, abc action news. >> you can drop off donations at the salty rim grill through the end of the week on blind pass road in st. pete beach. also a gofundme page to donate if you can't get there. kera mashek has a link to the page in the article she wrote on o

pete beach. there's also a gofundme page where you can donate if you article on our mobile app. >>> ivan has a look at the forecast. >> good morning. looking fantastic, a lot of sunshine, temperatures low to mid-80s. factor in the humidity and already feels like 90s. we'll be 100 to 105 later this afternoon. and the reason for that, limited sunshine, i like my sunny days but this time of year we get a completely sunny day, or mostly sunny it's going to be a steamer. the humidity up above a little too dry for showers and thunderstorms to really get going. i'm thinking 20%. yes, we're watching the tropics, a full update on that coming up. temperatures climbing back to the low to mid-90s this afternoon. and we'll stay mostly dry, rain chances back with us tomorrow so not as hot and back to typical thunderstorms. we're doing pretty well. then parking lot. >>> parking lot on i-4. we have pretty good pictures too. behind me. check out these drive times, usually at this time of morning we are back in th

continuing our team coverage right now is newschannel8's melanie michael live for us in saint pete beach. mel? >> reporter: hey guys, good evening to you both. there is nothing like one storm to usher in the next and teach you a few lessons, colin hit this area hard and a lot of folks were quite scared. at the beginning of june it was a mess. as we usher in september, a true test of ep again. after four decades of marriage, richard and jen have seen a storm on two. they know when it comes to weathering bay area weather just like a marriage, timing and patience is everything. >> we are taking it seriously. we are taking it in stride. we have a hurricane box pack. and we are ready if we have to go. >> reporter: the pinellas county couple is indeed celebrating their 40 year wedding anniversary. tampa bay style. tracking the tropics with stay in. you don't go out. >> we watch the news. you guys on the news. and, we see what you report. that is why we watch you. so we stay home. >> reporter: here at woody's customers saw savage storms roll in back in june. tropical storm colin shows us just h

pete beach. so this line packed a punch as it came on through. now the reds and yellows are off shore and they will continue to move away from our viewing area. clearwater to indian rocks, still picking up moderate rain. although most of pinellas county and western hillsborough county picking up light rain. overall rainfall totals, there's the line as it came through over the last three hours. about three quarters of an inch from lakeland to downtown tampa. just a little more than that over the courtney campbell and the bay. close to an inch of rain along the sky way. storms continue through the evening hours. a new round pops up anterior in the next few hours. we will look at that coming up. >> thank you, denis. >>> good evening. i'm jamison uhler. >> and i'm wendy ryan. thanks for joining us. back to the major child neglect investigation in tampa. police saying five kids were kept in a home without any power or water and forced to use a bucket as a toilet. now facing charges. that's not all. police say these kids didn't go to school for up to t

pete beach all week. they plan and leave sunday. >>> the area got more bad weather over the weekend? >> yes. i've had conversations with meteorologist friends of mine. this is a system that didn't have a name. i think that is one of those things where this -- essentially the focus over the last couple weeks has not been as intense because of the fact that this was a tropical low, never made it to depression status officially, or tropical storm. the conversation i've been having, we need something to the events as they materialize. a terrible situation for them. that really continues at this time with all that water that is falling. any additional rainfall is going to be a problem. of course we're in the wet season so this is not too unusual. anywhere from 2 to 5 inches falling in the last 48 hours but because of what has happened obviously the rivers and streams are swollen. as we add additional volume and that will continue to cause issues for areas that continue to flood there. for us, a whole different

pete beach. 78 degrees. milder on our coastal communities. always tends to be. a little bit of a breeze. a few high, thin clouds way overhead to get us started this morning. i mentioned that beach forecast for today. afternoon and into the early evening could get iffy. could see a few thunderstorms as they work inland back towards the coast. temperatures warm getting in the 90s. uv index way up there. do not forget that sunscreen today. 8:00 a.m. 79 degrees. quiet with a few clouds. 88 by noon today. we'll see some building cloudiness. still plenty of sunshine. then 93 today with the 30% rain down this afternoon. temperatures above average. looking at what is happening across the southeast. we have this stubborn area of low pressure dropping big time rain across portions of louisiana. they have had several feet of rain just in the last 24 to 48 hours. unfortunately this isn't going anywhere any time soon. these numbers already in the 19 to 24-inch range. they'll be tacking more on to that. back here at home, again, not as much rain expected. air that will start s

the tattoo took the tattoo was done at a tattoo shop on st pete beach. the owner says he's a trump fan too, but would tattoo other presidential candidates if someone asks. another online hack has been reported. this time.. involving one of the country's biggest newspapers. up next: the ?country that's being blamed. plus: the president finally touched down, in the disaster area. look at the devastation in today, lori grabs delicious jimmy dean sausage from the fridge, fully cooked and ready in seconds. it makes breakfast complete, which makes bill feel like completing the gazebo, prompting a celebration in lori's backyard. with jimmy dean, good mornings lead to ?? ? ba da ba ba ba ? headlines across america: president obama touches down in louisiana. getting his first look at the flooding devastation up close... and the recovery efforts: the president met with flood victims, first responders, and local officials yesterday... pledging his support. at least 100-thousand homes have been damaged or destroyed... and some areas are ?still? waiting for waters to

pete beach. so this line packed a punch as it came on through. now the reds and yellows are off shore and they will continue to move away from our viewing area. clearwater to indian rocks, still picking up moderate rain. although most of pinellas county and western hillsborough county picking up light rain. overall rainfall totals, there's the line as it came through over the last three hours. about three quarters of an inch from lakeland to downtown tampa. just a little more than that over the courtney campbell and the bay. close to an inch of rain along the sky way. storms continue through the evening hours. a new round pops up anterior in the next few hours. we will look at that coming up. >> thank you, denis. >>> good evening. i'm jamison uhler. >> and i'm wendy ryan. thanks for joining us. back to the major child neglect investigation in tampa. police saying five kids were kept in a home without any power or water and forced to use a bucket as a toilet.

pete beach holiday. everything else is out in the gulf of mexico. maybe a little bit of rain. we have seen the showers move off from the south. we are looking for about 40% coverage again tomorrow. 70 degrees right now in tampa and st. petersburg. the southeast tomorrow as we reach the low down to 70 degrees. we will warm back up into the 90s and then come the showers. i will show you when and where coming up. >>> happening tomorrow, u.s. senate candidate patrick murphy will make a stop in tampa. they will visit tampa bay an organization that helps entrepreneurs. right now we do not know what exactly be speaking about. >>> we continue to take action for you, we want to inform you of our newest campaign called taking action for your future. we joined the education foundation to provide career counseling. from august 15 through september 9 we will be able to take future plans interactive and no cost. participating school received a results. they will then review the results for free. header website abcactionnews.com for more information. >>> still ahead, a victim's family gets c

beaches or out in the gulf of mexico. you can see the showers here. the western sections of pinellas county. thunderstorms moving through most of central and south pinellas right now. saint pete, pinellas park. headed to indian rock's beach. saint pete beach. downpours along brandon too. looks like it is seeing a shower or a storm. of venice, englewood, bradenton. a few scattered showers points east of that. that's the rain cooled football fields i was talking about. 92 degrees at 4:00 p.m. a hot day. a few more clouds. 92 degrees in temple terrace. these temperatures will obviously drop once the showers drift to the west. over these areas. 88 degrees in lake land. 90 dade city. frost proof. high pressure l the southeast. helping to provide us with an easterly flow. the moisture increasing a little bit from south to north and a bit more activity focused to where the sea breeze convergence is. this is 99l. the center right around here roughly. and again, it is not officially anything. we will just continue to watch. the longer it goes without organizing is good. that would keep the intensity down. whatever may potentially develop. certainly, this is an important way to look at

pete beach. northeasterly wind. half inch of rain. these are fairly common amounts. not as much at freedom plaza. kill norman -- kim norman got a nice spot of the skies after the showers came down in the downtown area. showers continue to push to the west. breezing over from lake county. bushnell over to inverness and pushing toward pine island. you can see the northern part of hernando county. some of these may hit the central and northern sections of hernando. north of indian rocks polk north port, evening lwood venice very light showers. slight chance for rain in the forecast but #k078s down -- comes down tomorrow. 82 degrees the current temp. 80 largo. clearwater beach apollo beach 82. arcadia sarasota 82. clouds continue down at the south with the tropical depression farther to about 200 miles west of key west. helping to control the flow easterly flow is in place and will be for the next several days as that flow will continue to drag across the state. lots of atmospheric moisture so showers can certainly start. look at the hurricane hunter aircraft flying out

pete's beach. this is from a vista there on top of the retirement center. this is northeast winds at 5 miles per hour. it's mostly overcast, 59% relative humidity. little rainfall, it's been quieter than anticipated. chance, a small possibility of seeing a rain shower develop. 84 degrees there. the rain chance also climb up in the next five days. at the least, it could increase atmosphere i can moisture -- atmospheric moisture. as i was what i was talking, sarasota county, it has developed around sarasota back into desoto county. i downtown. it may pass through the downtown area and energize a little mortgage as it gets offshore. 92 degrees at 4pm tomorrow, temperatures warm like they are today. we have seen 94, 95 degrees and dew point temperatures in the upper 70s, very uncomfortable. pinellas park, we're taking a way the cooling sea breeze, clearwater beach and seminole temperatures. bay breeze in st. petersburg that's nicer that's why that is cooler. hot everyone where, of course, and the feels-like temperatures we're expecting it to be quite high, and

pushing off to the west just around pete beach into the gulf of mexico. farther to the south too. we've seen strong thunderstorms east of sata a few showers and storms around englewood. temperatures right now, rain cool. feels good. we'll talk more about temps and look into the weekend forecast and detail coming up. >>> still ahead -- >> lawn care specialists say they've seen an increase in the number of requests for them to come out and spray bushes like these for mosquitoes. i'll tell you if that spray i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. by making big corporations and those at the top finally pay their fair share in taxes. and those companies that move overseas? she'd charge them an exit tax. then she'd use that money to make the largest investment in creating good paying jobs since world war ii. millions of jobs. >>> with zika fears in florida, some companies are cashing in by offering protection against mosquitoes. 8 on your side's rod carter is taking a look to see if these services really work. >> reporter: rob at tr lawn care and pest control stays pretty busy t

pete beach had some rain a few minutes ago. esave cooled d also with some winds coming off of the thunderstorms. lakewood ranch haven't had too much. you had showers earlier in the day. with the winds that helps cool down the temperatures. 78 degrees now. just a light breeze out there. we had the a downpour over downtown a few minutes ago. that's come to an end 90 degrees right now. that's coming off of our high of 92 for today. still a little bit of a breeze out of the west and southwest. tonight we'll fall to 7 8 degrees. showers and thunderstorms will push towards the coast and wind down. then tomorrow similar story. 80 degrees in the morning with mostly sunny skies. 87 by noon. by the afternoon temperatures 92. i think we'll see a better coverage of showers and thunderstorms as moisture 81 macdill. that's a rain-cooled 81. 90 brandon. 95 wesley chapel. you can clearly tell the areas that have not had rain today. it has been blazing hot. 91 lakeland and bartow. factoring in the humidity it feels-like the triple digits for ta

county is home to some popular travel destinations in florida, including clearwater and saint pete's beach. the new case ups florida's toll of locally acquired zika cases to at least 43. most of those cases are in miami-dade a sun ri allowed supervised visits with his infant daughter. it comes after police say he left the 4- month-old child locked in a car in a parking lot of a madison bar. 28-year old brandon kuenzli is charged with felony child abandonment. we're waiting to find out the identity of a man killed in a farm accident in washington county. chopper 4 was over the scene in the town of newburg, yesterday afternoon - at this time. the sheriff's office says the victim was riding on his balance and fell .he died at the scene. two people are expected to be charged in the coming days after deputies discovered drugs worth 45-thousand dollars in their car. the arrests took place in eden during a traffic stop on sunday. heroin, marijuana and crack cocaine was seized. construction could start this fall to covert the old jennaro brothers building in the third ward into a restaurant and of

pete's beach drive. the trip would take 55 minutes... about the ?same as driving ?without traffic. we're just one day away from the school year... and while kids are busy prepping for the big day-- so are other people. that includes bus drivers... they're going through a dry run this morning. fox 13's shayla reaves we also wanted to take a moment to thank all of the viewers who donated to our back to school drive yesterday. we received tons of binders, rulers, pencils, and backpacks. all of those donations will really go a long way for kids in pinellas and hillsborough county schools. but fox 13 wasn't the only crew gathering up supplies for local kids... hillsborough ocunty sheriff's office shared this video on facebook. they held their annual school supply drive... and yesterday was distrubution day. check out all this stuff! their theme this year was "planting the seeds for success". deputies delivered giant boxes to 6 different schools throughout the county... this was their delivery to ruskin coming up at four-thirty.. a twenty thousand dollar reward being offered by the f-b-i

this is a look at saint pete beach. have that onshore flow. temperature right now a comfortable 84 degrees. all of the activity the last couple of days well away from the beach with that onshore flow. we do have some cloud cover across ou south and east. a few thunderstorms there in portions of hardy, and portions of desoto county. even parts of those counties, and also into highlands county, out towards placid, to the south and east of there. this wraps up the inland activity over the next few hours. by 11:00, looking at mostly clear skies to take us on through the overnight hours. could see a small chance for a morning again with this westerly flow. as we head towards the lunch hour, that's where we'll see some isolated showers developing along i-75 back towards the coast, and just like the last couple of days, those will push inland at time, heading into the afternoon. a limited rain chance heading into the day time. dry steakle air above us. that's what this blue slading indicates there. notice those greens creeping back in, moisture return

pete beach are personally impacted by the disaster, some have family with severe flood damage and friends whether lost homes and businesses. the grill started to ask for to help. they've collected everything from clothing, shoes, diapers, dishes to food and water. authorities say they are overwhelmed by the community's generosity. >> it's like a mountain. i can't even believe it. we were supposed to rent a cargo van. looks like we have to upgrade to a bigger one. it touches my soul to see the community coming together. >> you can drop off donations at the salty rim grill on blind week. they plan to pack up a truck and head to louisiana in about a week. >>> people in western michigan will continue to clean up after a severe line of thunderstorms spawned at least five tornadoes over the weekend. those tornadoes took down trees, power lines and damaged homes. this all happened on saturday, the worst of it was just south of grand rapids. it's hard to believe but thankfully no injuries were reported. >> are they in the clear now? >> th in fact this was a potent cold front that rolled through,

pete beach, moving down bridge, some very heavy rain right now moving over the bridge right now. that goes down into manatee county as well. over towards longboat key. a little bit of lightning in there. as far as rainfall rates pretty heavy rain in there you thatomi little over inches som upee ho so obviously just, tt's tha torrential rain which is working its way through central and southern pinellas county right now. more heavy rain down into maouly notice just like we've seen over the past several days, basicallyestf i-75 everything is coast right w. a fewig spr throughout interior. also to our north you've hit with heavy rain over the past several days. right w, you're just looking that the light r working its way through those counties. you look some rainfall totals over the past 24 hours. the throw overnight hours. northern pinellas county. northwestern hillsborough got hit pretty hard over two inches rain also nearly three inc rain once you work your way down towards the beaches and southern pillne coty. now we have flood advisories watch out. that goes until actually int

pete beach, 2 inches of rain, 80 degrees. the bulk of the folks along the coastal areas have seen the heavier amounts of rain. in tampa international, 4.17 inches. compared to last week we were below normal. not anymore. 2.23 inches above for the month. next few days temps will be cool because of the clouds. we don't like the flooding, heavy rain but nonetheless making up deficits in some areas but a little cooler in others. showers offshore. rain continues some spots further north. you can see down to brooksville, around lakeland you can see, further south got offshore rain, then just scattered across the southern sections. the forecast at 4:00 p.m. tomorrow, 85. tomorrow, especially the northern spots. unfortunately the areas that did see the rain today, 79 degrees. pleasant in tampa. 81 degrees, rather st. pete. 81 degrees in tampa at the moment. the clouds, the showers really helped to hold down the temps today. the area of low pressure causing all this, taking advantage of our tropical moisture in place. the short-term c

. >>> the loews don cesar here at saint pete beach. temperatures have fallen because of the rain. 84 degrees lakewood ranch. not a bad view. always abby view from here. cooler temperatures. classic florida summer sky. that easterly flow. everything moving east to west across the area. that has been the overall flow. like yesterday across the region. at 7:00 a.m. 23 celsius. 85 degrees at noon. 90 at 4:00 p.m. mostly sunny skies. warmer temperatures. even in the winter. paul mueller a nice shot. here in tampa, danny got a nice shot as well. sever pictures coming in here. a shelf cloud. in one coming in on twitter. look at the guys here scaling the wall with some dark skies there in the background. hope you guys didn't take any chances if any lightning ve in. our rainfall, 5.56 inches. this is the tampa international airport. this is for august, so far. that is an inch-and-a-half above normal. always good to see the surplus during the rainy season. we hate to see the deficits that lead to droughts. but that is not our problem at the mome

pete beach. popular with locals and tourists , he wanted everyone to have information about the zika virus. he downloaded info from the cdc >> more information is better. chuck getting specific information from the state on the latest non-travel related case of zika in pinellas county is not easy. our morning anchor gene ramirez tried to get specifics from the governor today. >> pinellas county is a large county. when we find out specifically where? the governor would not give out a specific location. >> david jolly thinks he should enough to announce one case in pinellas and not provide additional information. >> reporter: the public deserves the specific information. >> we don't need to identify the individual but i believe we should identify the region so that pinellas county residents can make decisions for themselves. they can take precautions they feel is right for their family.>> reporter: the state is giving out enough. >> when we believe there is local transmission, we will put that out

pete beach and points north of that to seminal moving to the west. showers and storms in bradenton area, northern part of western part of manatee county. rain-cooled air, if you didn't get rain at school or at your house. frostproof 79 degrees. the flow has been from the east last few days and transition to a westerly pattern next several days. short-term the high-resolution computer model still a possibility of remaining shower but both of the sea breeze activity, can't rule out pop-up early part of tomorrow partly cloudy skies and in the afternoon watching for clouds to develop like they did today on the easterly flow. transitioning into a northwest pattern giving a slight possibility of showers saturday through monday on coastal areas through the day. warmer overnight and extra clouds during the day but generall said. mid august dog days and that's where we are with warm temperatures. 92 the high today and thunderstorms dropped the temps. some got a lot today. >>> coming up next in sports a live report from jacksonville on date two of the buccanee

pete beach home totally naked so that anyone walking by could see him. not clear why he did it. there's a playground just 300 feet from his house. >>> right now we're working to confirm the cause of a fire causing all this damage to a huge largo home. take a look. the flames so strong they -- the room actually collapsed on thanks 6000 square foot house. 30 firefighters worked overnight to bring the fire on shoreline drive fortunately, a woman and daughter inside managed to escape safely. while the investigation is still early there are signs a lightning strike might have sparked this fire. witnesses telling us strong storms were rolling through when the home just went up in families. >>> just one more work day until the weekend. maybe you're already planning your beach day. we want to be sure to check out for flags. clearwater beach stingrays stung 10 people yesterday. a nasty sting. >> reporter: the color purple flies high, warning beachgoers marine life could be close to shore. that's not keeping anyone out of the water. but even this new york ler may not see who's hidden in t

pete beach. now things have quieted down beautifully. nothing more than a few isolated showers in southeastern polk county. these are all moving away. i still think we see a little more development this evening. and certainly nothing that we would consider severe. so good news there. but tomorrow, it happens all over again. about the same timetable too. temperatures right now, where the rains haven't fallen, you're near 90. where they were, you're in the 70s to near 80. you factor in the humidity and the feels-like temperatures are near 100 from and sarasota. we hit 94 in tampa. didn't break a record in tampa. tied one in sarasota. crystal river was at 95 degrees. a record there. st. pete the sunshine has returned. 80 degrees. and if you're heading over to the trop to see the rays take on the padres this evening, weather will not be an issue getting over there. the strong storms that we had now moved off shore. that same pattern tomorrow. same pattern on thursday. then by the weekend, things begin to change. so here is a look in terms of

pete beach, gulf boulevard. i am seeing some slowdowns heading northbound on golf boulevard. so just leave yourself a few extra minutes. hopefully they will have the crash cleared. i will let you know, of course, on twitter at tampa bay traffic. your drive times on 275 still >>> coming up, we're keeping score at the olympics. we've got your breakdown in the medal counts. >> and the latest dirty dining report. why the sports bar was shut >>> we're looking at cam with mostly clear skies in good shape. it's dry out there. we did have, of course, late rain last night that lingered across the coast. we have the thunderstorms that continued right through 2:00, 3:00 a.m. across pinellas. a little wet out there with the roads but otherwise no additional rainfall. we'll have the late day storms that will fire again today with those 4:00, 5:00 p.m. time frames and then heading into the evening pushing towards the west. warm and humid, of course. that headline could pretty much right, with temps in the low 90s. titan doppler is quiet now with plant city at 75. st. pete as well. 72 at la

saint pete beach. 82 degrees. overcast. a line of showers and storms has moved across the this area. strong ones. may have been small hail just offshore. here at freedom plaza. dark skies as well. 84 degrees with an east wind overall. we look at the weather camera image from hula bay and the development of the clouds today. we have seen a collision pretty close to where slightly offshore. you see the darker skies move in. 82 degrees at hula bay. a little bit of rainfall. six one-hundredths. that is always helpful when you have temperatures reaching into the 90s . friday night football, you might be at a football field that has cooled off. show you the radar in a second. generally the 80s it looks like. maybe a little cooler upper 70s . and of course, cleveland is in town as we told you playing raymond james 84 degrees for that one. nice shot here from john and saint pete. despite the clouds. high temperatures average near 90 degrees. rain chances dropping just a little bit. maintain a little strength that would help to cont

pete beach learned lessons from the tropical storm back in june when it caused massive flooding and sewage problems. news channel 8's mary mcguire is live from st. petersburg. and i'll tell you, it's really >> reporter: yeah, we have heard a lot of thunder rolling in and claps of lightning out here. and i want to show you something, when we got out here, none of this water was here but so far, in just the hour that we have been out here, the water levels have really risen. my boots almost completely covered by the water that is coming in. we have seen waves crashing up from the bay as the there you can see a lot of lightning out here. and this was an area that was very hard hit during tropical storm colin. we know there was a sewer system emergency. and residents could not use water for days because there was such -- you can hear the thunder and the claps of lightning. they could not use their water for days because of the sewer system emergency. but since then, the city has capacity by about 3 million- gallons. the goal is to make sure that none of the raw sewage water goes into people's

pete's beach driveor jtus $1 a cket. >>> here' a video that's gone vil. easy to see why. yeah, that visitor to seaworld learned the hard way. dolphins kind of like high-tech gadgets, too. maybe he wanted to tweet somebody. he reached out of the touch tank at seaworld andrab that woman's ip. she got it back quickly. splaed the guy taking the video. d it sms like they was laughing a little bit. it especially when the swam around. >> if you watch the whole video and i shared it on my facebook page, you can almost see the dolphins laughing after one snatched the ipad and the guy shooting the vid is laughing d he gets every day and millions com by to see them. at some point they'll turn the tables. >> maybe he was saying i'm tired of free photos here. >> remember that whether you head out with the family. don't get too close with your phone or ipad. >> absolutely. i wonder if that's covered by apple care? can you blame the dolphin. >> i wouldn't blame the dolphin. >> cing up, football is played rain in the rays outfield. bucs' offensive stand joits this camp. we'll are that wo

pete beach. he wanted everyone to have information about the zika virus, so he down loaded info from the cdc web site and put it up. >> i think more information is better. >> reporter: but getting specific information from the state on the latest non-travel related cases of zika in the county isn't our morning anchor jean ramirez tried to get specifics from the governor today. >> it is a very large county. >> reporter: the governor wouldn't give out a specific location. and the congressman david jolly thinks he should. >> we don't node to identify the individual, but i do believe we should identify the region so that the resident cans make decisions for themselves -- resident cans make decisions for themselves, take precautions that they feel are right for their family. >> reporter: the governor scott told us if it can be established that the mosquitoes that information. jeff patterson, news channel 8. >>> still ahead -- >>> what would you do to show the bucs that you're their number one fan? com

pete beach started a donation drive. some who lost everything, homes, businesses. they say the response they've gotten from the community has been overwhelming. items they are bringing to baton rouge include clothing, shoes, diapers, food and water. >>> we're preparing are now possible flooding here as we track the tropics. >> some people around the bay area are not waiting to protect their homes. this man got drenched trying to fill up a few sandbags yesterday. pinellas county opened up three sandbag locations over the weekend. the city of st. pete also city of gulfport had a station open yesterday. with the possibility of heavy rainfall for several days many people want to get a jumpstart. one family told us they are used to flooding and know during hurricane season anything can happen so it's better to be ready. >> we live in a flood zone on the lake so we need to prepare for rains. we just put in a pool so the backyard is kind of a mess. we have some low spots why we're here today. >> sandbag sites in pinellas county are open today during daylight hours. st. pe

pete beach if they could take up donations of basic items to help. everyone at the restaurant jumped on board right away. >> we're just trying to show some tampa bay love to the louisiana people. >> reporter: in a few days they've been amazed by the generous amount of donations, everything from clothing and shoes to diapers. >> it touches my soul to see the community coming together

pete's beach drive. the trip would take 55 minutes... about the ?same as driving ?without traffic. (wally) it's no secret: the rays are shopping-around for a new stadium. they want to leave the trop... and the idea of moving has caused all sorts of controversy and discussion. but now, they're trying a different approach... they're asking the fans to help them find a new home. "we're different by design. which is why our next ballpark needs to be just like the rays just debuted a new website... "ballpark re-imagined dot com"... where fans can share their ideas. while the rays aren't allowed to ?officially leave the trop until 20-18... the deadline for a master plan is set for the end of september. ((jen)) there's been another really bad accident at an happened on the ferris wheel.. ((walter)) what police say happened - that caused three kids to fall to the ground.. ((walter and: is your stomach strong enough for the "whopperito".. beef... cheese.. onion... lettuce.. z22pnz zy6z y22pny yy6y (jen - it's going to be another wet commute this morning across tampa bay. skytower radar show

pete beach already swamped. a number of accidents have been cleared along state highway 399 today. also, a tropical storm we're watching. so, let's get right to rob here tonight. >> reporter: david, a lot of deep tropical moisture over the southeast. you see it rotating around this low. we have flooding from raleigh to asheville. but the big target is florida, the panhandle there. flood watches that have expanded west. flood warnings between perry and cross city. over 20 in some of the areas just offshore. another five over the next 48 hours and the rain, i think, is going to persist right through the end of the week. here is javier. probably seal this moisture get into the desert southwest later on. right now, it is hitting cabo san lucas. max winds, 65 miles an hour. it will ride up the baja. very active hurricane season in the pacific, david, this year. >> rob, great to have you. >>> another weather headline this evening, a small wildfire east of los angeles, exploding in just hours. called, is burning in the san bernardino national forest tonight. several dozen homes have been

pete beach. that's a shelf cloud moving out over the gulf. and you always have to be safe taking these lightning photos but andrew was this one. be sure to send us your facebook -- . >>> there's a new trend this summer, have you tried it? some families opting to skip the lines at the parks and build their own roller coasters in their own backyards. the rides ranging from simple turns to >> yes. >> you got your gopro ready? >> yes. >> you got your awesome grand pa ready. reporter: there are certain perks that come with being the grandson of a retired boeing engineer, like unlimited roller coaster rides. >> i like when i feel weightless. its kind of a woosh. reer was two and sent his grandfather this drawing. >> it wasn't one of mobbies. >> where most might crazy lines, he saw twists and turns. >> >> somehow, it got out of control and there's three of them now. reporter: check out what we found all across america. one in indiana even has a full good idea. >> we have strict rules about what we're doing and where people can stand when people are

pete beach drive. the project started on november november 1. and remember that. >>and was during joaqui l 33 on board died. >>> millions of property s inside vault. there is a push to get it and they are left dormant in a number of safety deposit box. when it has been abandoned they will send the contents to the stelt where the are hel fowo yrs. that sort of thing, we have it.t if it is not claimed they are auctioned off. that's this saturday the next. and the west shore. they are open we have a link if you need it. report votes during the election. today workers checked the accuracy of the machines to test them to check if they were counted. we want to know. the public wants to know that. and the step another test after audit. they will select a location and run them through again to make sure they are counted correctly. >>> big changes for macdill, changes that include tampa international airport. we'll tell you about that. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. letterman:"has a line of clothing, now where were these made?" trump: "these were made, i d

pete's beach drive. the decision is after approval votes from officials in tampa. st. pete and the county commission. >>> i think that it say as lot about who we are as a region. where we come and the officials in the region and recognizing how much stronger we are when we work together. november 1. it can carry 150 passengers per trip and take about an hour. >>> more problems for delta. they will not go away. the airline offering fliers options. more than 500 flights canceled a dozen at tampa international. that's on top of thousands of cancellations yesterday. it was a power outage that caused the computers to stop working. travel vouchers to those yesterday and today. >> we're seeing minimal delays here at the airport and there is a lot and more passengers in the terminal that are waiting to get on flights and getting back on schedule. >> tia reports 16 cancellations today. more than 100 delays because of the outage and the weather. >>> a crash ended in flame as viewer send us the video of the cars and east of the veteran's expressway. one overturned, two people were

pete beach. it is 81 degrees right now. a little bit of a breeze to get us started. more cloudiness than we were seeing in time yesterday. similar story over downtown tampa. its 80 degrees right now with calm winds and your forecast today will call for that thin layer of high clouds. as we go through the day, we'll see a few more clouds develop. the cloudiness may hold don our temperatures a degree -- down a degree or two compared to yesterday. we think it will be a better coverage of showers and thunderstorms. it is going to call for a fairly seasonable day. 75 in you're in zephyrhills. a lot of moisture in play. generally in the upper 70s. that is increasing moisture streaming in across the sunshine state. you can see a little rain trying to fall across south florida. it's going to try to work into our area. it's going to have a hard time doing so. we're going be left with the cloud cover. so it's mainly thin, high cloud cover. mainly high, thin sere russ cirrus clouds. actually got a bit of an area of upper low pressure on top of us. we had drier air yesterday lim

pete beach, there. and driving down the street. this letter is reaching all the way to alabama. it's very ominous there. and, you have a time lapse? this is about three hours worth in tampa. and it sped up to just about 40 seconds and then, i want to check out with this. this is what we have been you know it is back. >> this will continue. you usually get the heaviest rain by the late afternoon and evening it almost clears out. but it obviously weakens quite a big. that's a bit. -- a bit. a lot of clouds are ominous. at the heavy rain is set up overnight into tomorrow morning and they will again tomorrow. flood watch remains in another 4 to 8 inches of rain especially along the immediate coastline which is why pascoe hernando, in citrus are the only counties that are under the flood watch. rest of the bay area isn't. if you live along the coast, you are definitely going to see more rain. that is because the lowell is in the gulf. the closer you are to the beach the closer you are to the center of circulation. things began to crank up again in the gulf by tomorrow morning, it is