abc action news reporter rodney dunigan is live in st. pete now at a sandbag location. this is just one place where people can go today if they are concerned about flooding. a lot of folks are concerned, this is one of the sand pga locations where folks can come and pretty much load up a sandbag, whatever they need immediately and a number of these locations have been popping up at several counties throughout the area. of course everybody getting ready for possible flooding this this area. the same can be said for pasco county where they opened a number of these sandbag locations as well. the director of emergency services in that county says it's an all hands on deck sort of situation. they have plenty of sandbags on hand for anyone who needs going throughout the area to help out in case of flooding. we spoke with a homeowner in pasco that went through flooding there last year and is hopeful they won't have to go through the same thing this year. >> we're a little nervous with the storm coming in but we definitely feel like we're in way better position than we were a y

pete. rodney dunigan, abc action news. >>> we'll be watching the roads as that rain moves in but for now the roads are dry. we're starting to see traffic pick up a little bit. here's our camera at i-27 fowler. you can see cars starting to tap the brakes as these cars move towards downtown tampa. let's check average speeds on 275 and i-75. this is starting all the way back at the apex. near wesley chapel where i-75 splits off to 275. you can see 275 about 50 miles per hour. but look at i-75 running great, 71 the average speed there. checking drive through downtown frankland and 35 minutes in the opposite direction. >>> it's 6:34 -- democracy 2016 -- today's primary day in florida. the polls open in just under 30 minutes. 7:00. >> two races we're closely watching involve a senate seat, manatee county developer charles beruff is challenging marco rubio. polls show marco rubio is focused on the general election. >>> on the democratic side two democratic congressman are fighting to go against rubio in

pete, rodney dunigan, abc action news. >>> abc action news is in constant contact with bay area emergency operations officials, we're going to find out what is being done today as we prepare for t.d.9. >> download our app for mobile updates throughout the day. any time you can head to check the bay area roads. >> looks like morning rush is finally over this is i-4 around around mlk. 12 minutes from 75 to 275. a little congestion on sligh heading southbound but a 7- minute drive from busch to downtown tampa. better on the veterans expressway, we were seeing drive times of almost two hours due to a crash near the courtney campbell but right now not too bad. 12 minutes >>> 9:05. breaking news from polk county. authorities booked a man into jail overnight, who they say raped an 11-year-old girl, got her pregnant and then skipped the country to guatemala two years ago. we just found out the fbi extradited rony mendez, he's now in polk county jail. investigators say the victim is now 13 and gave birth to his baby last may. we plan to get an update from >>> democracy 2016 -- primary day in flori