in seffner, ryan raiche, abc action news. >> thank you, ryan. we're hearing about rescues because of fallen trees all across the area. officials have condemned 14 buildings in hillsborough at the crescent mobile home park after not one but two trees fell on the homes. thankfully no one was hurt. >> i imagine it is so soaked up that it just took a little bit more and it came down. >> and clean-up already underway in valrico where a number of mobile homes also had trees fall on them. wind gusts reaching 50 miles per hour in that area. price gouging across the area. but the price gouging hotline is open if you see something. call the number on your screen. it will be open as long as counties remain under a state of emergency. >>> tropical storm hermine is taking a big bite out of local beaches tonight. i went to honeymoon island where it is costing taxpayers millions. >> where did all of the sand go. >> i have no clue, man. >> reporter: on honeymoon island, the honeymoon is definitely over. >> i love the waves, but, you know, the sand is what keeps

ryan raiche live outside mosaic's plant in mulberry. ryan, what is the hold-up here? >> reporter: that's the simple answer, that the test takes a little longer to process. unfortunately that's the very test so many people were most anxious to get the results to. this after more than 215 million gallons of radioactive toxic water drained that sink hole. >> i went off the chain. >> rorter: she may be 86 years old. >> this is the part that is making people mad. >> reporter: joyce hunter is as sharp as a knife. and today she is an angry mosaic neighbor, staring at an incomplete report of her water test. >> what i told this dude is why would you get it out to the media that we're clear. you haven't finished the testing. >> reporter: hunter is now one of 15 homeowners to get the the quality of their private wells following the toxic sink hole nearby. so far all normal readings. they are not in the clear just yet. the test for radio activity takes longer and the results are not in. >> we're more concerned about the radio activity because a lot of things fell in the sink hole

ryan raiche is on the ground in mulberry right now where neighbors still feel in the dark. ryan. >> reporter: yeah, they do, wendy. if you look at a calendar, we're closing in on a month since the radioactive water started seeping into that sink hole. of course people around here didn't know about it until last week. and now as the first wave of test results are coming in, no one knows who to believe. >> i don't believe it. i just really don't believe it. >> reporter: even after heather george gets the letter in the mail with the test results from her private well, she will have her doubts. >> is it hard to believe the results? >> yes, it is. i feel they are probably paying those people off. >> reporter: to her and many others who live within a few miles of this massive crater, mosaic shattered its credibility whether it kept this radioactive problem to itself. this week the company hired ect give residents peace of mind that the toxic water is not creeping off-site. the initial results from nine wells came back today with normal readings. >> the big circle is what is called

ryan raiche, abc action news. >> and the group shield the fundraising events in the coming days. we have all of the information on abcactionnews.com. >>> new laws are going into effect when you wake up tomorrow morning. the most serious includes a change to threats involving guns. the new partly created because of school threats. now you face a felony for bomb threats or shootings. another change will help stop people from taking advantage of food stamps. >>> now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> good afternoon, everybody. we're going to start with a live shot from aruba. this is as matthew on the perimeter of aruba mind you still kicking up some serious surf. you see the waves there. the winds are howling. and they're talking about tropical storm force winds. closer to the center it is a category 4 hurricane. we will be talking where it's headed over the next five, coming up in a minute. let's talk about your evening plans. isolated showers and storms popping up across hillsborough county, zephyr hills, right on north of 301 in hillsborough county

ryan raiche asking the questions that many have been asking us, why did it take so long. he joins outside of the plant in mulberry. ryan, did they actually have answers today. >> reporter: i think they are realizing that waiting and idea. not only is neighbors, the peop to the north and southof a plant that has so major trust issue with this corporation, with mosaic. put yourself in their shoes. how are they supposed to trust a company that wasn't exactly up front to begin with. today mosaic tried to correct that problem. two executives started an apology tour today. they tol screwed up and in hindsight this woe have notified the public immediately. now they are offering free water tests to neighbors and providing bottled water. here is the senior vice president of phosphates on the issues of trust. >> why should people believe you guys if you kept it a secret for two to three weeks? >> look, i think that kind of comes back to the question of explaining why we didn't do a notification. build credibility with what i'm focus on. >> you can understand why people have trust is

tonight ryan raiche exposes how the power of love ended up costing local taxpayers. >> 911. what is the address of your emergency. >> reporter: from the moment that the caller opens her mouth, you can tell she is flustered and confused. >> department of corrections. >> reporter: if denise martinez sounds nasally, she reveals to detectives that she was holding her nose to she is trying to get officers sent here where her boyfriend was waiting to take a urine test. the 911 dispatcher sent every available unit, seven officers and three detectives. they immediately evacuated the building including martinez's boyfriend, jason drake. >> i thought it was a fire drill. apparently it was not. >> reporter: it only took investigators about 20 minutes martinez's phone. a couple clicks on the computer revealing she lives at this lake wales apartment. the same apartment as the man waiting to give a urine sample. >> obviously he didn't think he was going to be able to pass the test. >> reporter: it turns out that the two texted back and forth as he waited. according to her, he ordered her

live in polk county, ryan raiche. back to you guys. >> thank you, ryan. >>> any time now we are waiting to learn the fate of a man who ran over a young woman on a skateboard in the beach area, killing her and he didn't stop. put sterling hubbard in prison for 14 years. a new law says the minimum sentence is four years. his attorneys are trying to argue for even less time than that, as family and the family of emma are still testifying. so look for updates on abc action news at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> we have good news for you today about that van that was stolen from eric chapman who suffers from als. >> the van was found. eric and his wife have gotten it as the now's nicole grigg found out, it isn't in any condition to get him to important doctor appointments. >> reporter: if only every thief had to meet every person they're really robbing. >> that must be part of the car. >> reporter: someone would have to face margie's husband, eric chapman. >> yeah. >> reporter: we talked to him just yesterday. someone stole his handic

. >> ryan raiche. >>> how are you doing. >> this is hurricane matthew. it is a hurricane. upgraded at 2:00 this afternoon and once it clears. this part of south america, it is going to have warm wa do serious intense fiction. and the latest track west movement at 17 miles an hour. at inot pe to change for the next couple of days. sometime on sunday. we believe there is going to a turn. >> there is a consensus on this. and the track would take it north as a category 2. maybe stronger. >> possibly even category 3 hurricane when it approaches cube with a. and it doesn't weaken that much and expected to go into the bahamas. >> at this point none of our major models take this into mr. florida. >> things consist change and it is 24/7 as always and this is a large threat to the bahamas. next week. >> coming up in a couple of weeks. >> breaking news, in the past 45 minutes. identified the only person killed in hoboken, she was standing on the platform when the train crashed into her. the authorities say she was killed by debris. also in the last hour. identifying the train's engin

ryan raiche has been following this testing story from about all of this. ryan. >> reporter: you guys, i think there is some confusion with the results and definitely some frustration. by the end of the day today, some 15 homeowners, as you said, 20 wells, those people will receive a letterdropped off at their home telling them the results of the tests that were taken monday and tuesday. generally speaking, we know what the results are. they're going to say normal readings for everything with radioactive. that's the test that everyone was worried about. the company doing the test says that radioactive results aren't in yet. that company hired by mosaic is ect out of tampa. they say that test takes a little longer and they should get the results by tomorrow or monday. the company is assuming there won't be any surprises there because everything else came back normal. but it still doesn't sit well with people like joyce hunter, who we first met on monday and could not believe what she was reading. >> i read the whole thing first thinking it was going to give m

ryan raiche is on the ground in mulberry right now where neighbors still feel in the dark. ryan. >> reporter: yeah, they do, wendy. if you look at a calendar, we're closing in on a month since the radioactive water started seeping into that sink hole. of course people around here didn't know about it until last week. and now as the first wave of test results are coming in, no one knows who to believe. >> i don't believe it. i just really don't believe it. >> reporter: even after heather george gets the letter in the mail with the test results from her private well, she will have her doubts. >> is it hard to believe the results? >> yes, it is. i feel they are probably paying those people off. >> reporter: to her and many others who live within a few miles of this massive crater, mosaic shattered its credibility whether it kept this radioactive problem to itself. this week the company hired ect

live in lakeland, ryan raiche, abc action news. >> thank you, ryan. during the sale of an iphone. victor mann killed morrow after snatching that iphone and running away. all new at 5:00, we're told that he has robbed several other people in the same fashion, meeting them to buy an electronic item they were selling online. deputies say mann has admitted to the murder and told investigators that he dropped and broke the iphone that he stole just before morrow died. >>> a day care worker left children alone to hang out with other staffers. investigators look into burke after a parent reported her 18 month old was bitten by another child a dozen times at the day care. burke says she left half a dozen kids alone during nap time because she is surrounded by toddlers all day and need to talk to other adults sometimes. she is now out of jail. no other staffers are facing charges but there is a of you may have been paying bank fees on an account that you never signed up for. federal regulators saying 5,000 wells fargo employees have been fired for creating the unauthorized bank and credit

live in polk county tonight, ryan raiche, abc action news. >> thank you, ryan. >>> and going in depth on mosaic, here is what the company does every day. essentially mosaic mines phphate and other nutrients it is the largest supply of phosphate. it has three plants in florida. many of you out there are taking to our website to ask how the sink hole at the mulberry plant will affect your families and if you're concerned, leave us a good question on this special entry form right here. it's on this story. head to our website and click on the sink hole story to check it out. >>> jamison. >> we're learning of more money to virus fight in florida. $10million in state funding will be used to keep it from spreading. it will train mosquito officers, improving lab equipment and buying zika detection kits. governor scott is frustrated more money is not coming from the federal government to pass a zika virus funding bill. researchers at the university of florida will be on their way there. the school received a $2 million grant to help understand the risk to florida. >>> now to the race for the w

in lakeland, ryan raiche, "the now tampa bay." >> thank you. >>> as we get closer to the first debate, some are saying -- i had what you will not see tonight, we've got that coming >>> also who stands to make a whole lot of money t? >>> plus the new calls for police chief in charlotte to resign after the video of cops >>> get your popcorn ready. expected to watch tonight's presidential debate. this is a live look at the stage right now. estimated 100 million people could watch the fireworks tonight. and i do mean fireworks. expecting a lot to happen. that's about the same number of people who would watch the super bowl on any given year. if that many people ly do tune in,it uld be the most- watched debate in american to the reagan-jimmy carter debate in 1980 for the record. 81million people tuned in. that i never had a lot to do with the fact that your they only had one debate. so you can compare that to the first presidential debate of 2012, 67 million watched esiden romney. >> you won't see any commercials tonight during this debate. but tv networks are expected to make millions of

ryan raiche, the now tampa bay. >>> we had a few showers a little while ago here tain mpa and now to watch in the tropic >> let's start with what's happening outside right now. you can see we have miies but you cae e camera shaking a little bit from gustier winds. as we look at the radar, we don't have a ton of rain across pinellas or hillsborough county. all the major roads and bridges are looking good. but take a look at what is offshore, a big batch of widespread rain and a few isolated thunderstorms ahead of that. this is into ro the next couple grilling out tigyou'll be dodging showers and storms in places. we are not talkiout 30% ou 6:00 tonight, then down to about 30% temperatures remain on the steamy side, an falling overnext couple hours. we storm matthew,the next forecast. >>> w ws and protests that are getting more active in california just outs another deadly police shrican-a under national scrutiny. >> todd walker traveled to where the shooting happened. >> reporter: witnesses and ened along the scene, where this happened lhave moved otesters h into the sdown the policet

propertying live in bartow, ryan raiche, abc action news. >> thank you, right. >>> please take a minute and ok need your help here. deputies are looking for this man in hillsborough county, worker who chased after him. this guy stole a necklace and a bracelet worth more an $23,000 from mirage diamonds and fine jewelry. an e the store ran after him, latching on to the suspect's chevy silver camaro. but the robber g arowing theloy the car to the ground. the worker has life-threatening injuries. >>> investigators are trying to figure out how two small planes crashed into each other in north georgia, three people. it seems as though both planes were trying to land at the same time at the airport. the ntsb is working as we speak toigure out the cause of the >>> we're just learning this helicopter that crashed in brevard county yesterday was on a post maintenance test flight when it went down, killing at least three people. so far there aren't any signs of million function that played a role in the crash. investigators have not identified the remains of e three victims but we know they >>> as

tonight ryan raiche exposes how the power of love ended up costing local taxpayers. >> 911. what is the address of your emergency. >> reporter: from the moment that the caller opens her mouth, you can tell she is flustered and confused. >> department of corrections. >> reporter: if denise martinez sounds nasally, she reveals to detectives that she was holding her nose to she is trying to get officers sent here where her boyfriend was waiting to take a urine test. the 911 dispatcher sent every available unit, seven officers and three detectives. they immediately evacuated the building including martinez's boyfriend, jason drake. >> i thought it was a fire drill. apparently it was not. >> reporter: it only took investigators about 20 minutes

reporting lakeland, ryan raiche, abc action news. >>> take a good look at this man, they really need your help finding him. after he in a properly touched a 6-year-old girl inside a t.j. maxx store. officers also telling us this guy in the purple shirt right there tried to take pictures of that child on saturday. please help get out the word by sharing this man's photo from our abc action news facebook page. >>> unexpected death of radio host dave mckay. we just got our hands on an autopsy report finding the former wqyk radio personality had a toxic level of cocaine in his system when he died in his st. pete home. also alcohol and cardiovascular disease contributed to his death. medical examiner ruling the case as accidental. >>> toxic sinkhole in polk county, rick scott will be on the ground in mosaic, nicole briggs tells us what's on tap test result families living near that new mosaic facility are waiting for. >> governor rick scott will be on-site a few miles from this private well right here. has not gone into detail about what they will be showing the governor or what time they

ryan raiche, the now tampa bay. >> wow. close call there, ryan. thank you. >>> a victory for people trying to protect animals from abusive behavior. the hillsborough board of commissioners voting 6-1 to start an online registry that will contain the names, home addresses, and pictures of any other related information for people who have been convicted of animal cruelty. this is so they will be when trying to adopt more animals. the registry will go live, into effect november 1st. >>> just in the last few hours, pasco county lifting the final mandatory evacuation orders for the last neighborhood flooded from hermine. you see all of theevastati g al later after the storm area. the bass lake area of new port richey moving from mandatory to volunteer evacuation orders. is salvageable. the most damage so far in our area is estimated at $89 million. in the meantime ther were other areas thatsaw flooding as well. citrus county, we're getting the numbers in from their -- ex properties there with damage. we're talking more$31 million. what is interesting t

. >> ryan raiche tells us how long it bats and the price it will cost. >> reporter: the school mascot is the hornet but lately it's the bats taking over the classroom by the hundreds. the music building at hanes city high school is now infested with them. and the disgusting mess they leave behind. >> this mush all over the carpets, it's just not a good thing and it smells horrible. >> reporter: just how close are they getting to students? well, here's a picture provided to us that shows a presumably dead bat lying next to a piece like, pinned in the music stands. so we brought in some people to look around for more bats and we just found a whole ton of them. >> reporter: julian gray is one of the choir students while workers try to remove the bats where four rooms are temporarily shut down during the tedious task of sealing off the building and installing a one way door for the mammal. >> when one comes out, they can't go back in, they find another place to be in. >> reporter: jason provo centurian services says it takes a week for them to find a new home and replacing the fecal matte

. >>> check out the little guys our ryan raiche came across while he was covering the damage in hillsborough county today. a couple of baby raccoons living in a tree lost their home when the tree fell. see there were trying to help keep them entertained. this is the same tree that fell on a business. firefighters had to help an older man out of the building. thankfully he escaped with just a few bruises and scrapes. look for more on that story at 5:30 on abc action news. >> he's got it. he's got it. >> all right. this guy having a little fun with their flooded neighborhood in wesley chapel. the guy writing we flooding along with posting this video. you see him wakeboarding there. you should not play in the flood watersof course. >>> stay with us. we will look at the worst flooding in the area from >> to see all of the flooding from hermine on the ground is one thing. you take a look at t air perspective, you see how bad it was. >> let's take you on a tour of the hardest hit areas. >> reporter: we start in one of the northern counties. this is jasmine in pasco. action air 1 showing you the wi