it was felt by people in nearby titusville.. more than a mile away. mark ahrens/titusville: "we have patio sliding glass doors and it shook them." rita carlson/titusville: "i didn't know it was an explosion, you told me. i just thought it had to do with the tropical strom." von johnson/titusville"it was like a small earthquake. that's a lot of power." space-x calls the explosion an "anomaly." facebook ceo mark zuckerberg issued a statement.. saying in part.. hear that space- x's launch failure destroyed our satellite that would have provided connectivity to everyone across the continent. a woman is mourning the loss of her beloved dog.... after she says... it was killed by a coyote... and her dog isn't even the first victim this week. her message to neighbors, next. plus.. major developments this week in the race for the white house including a lot of claims from both candidates. we'll put them to the test in the politifact 'truth-o-meter.' neighborhood say... coyotes have killed dogs! 13 action news reporter.... marti glaser spoke.... to one devastat

mark ahrens/titusville: "we have patio sliding glass doors and it shook them." rita carlson/titusville: "i didn't know it was an explosion, you with the tropical strom." von johnson/titusville"it was like happened while its falcon-9 rocket was preparing for a test fire at kennedy space center.. destroying that rocket and an israeli satellite set to launch this weekend.. it was a 200-million-dollar satellite.. facebook intended to use to bring internet to africa.. mark zuckerberg released a statement which read in part.. "i'm deeply disappointed to hear that space-x's launch failure destroyed our satellite.. that would have provided connectivity to everyone across the continent." ((nat)) back at cape we are told hundreds of employees were working at the time of the explosion.. but fortunately.. no injuries. elizabeth tag: just last year, another falcon 9 rocket was destroyed when it fell apart during a launch.. as far as this explosion is concerned.. the company says.. fell apart during a launch.. as far as this explosion is concerned.. the company says.. the cau

center of this is located between say about daytona and titusville along i 95. and we've watching more of these showers popping up along i-4 through polk county. and then as you head further on to the west, you can see in the citrus county, hernando county and couple over into eastern pasco county. along the coastal areas probably not going to see as much of the rain, but certainly, a much more past several days. stronger storms down to our south near forth meyers a lot of this activity will start to drift further on towards the north. get set for pretty active afternoon. not only today, but really over the next several days as we continue to stream a lot of deep tropical moisture over state. more skytower radar views and complete forecast coming up in a few minutes. >>> taking a toll on roads. holes are depressions opened up in few places. because as you probably know, hitting one of those holes can damage your car and also your wallet. >>> city officials tell us they've repairing potholes around the city of tampa at about a pace of 30 per day. since hermine hi

it was felt at the nearby kennedy space center and rattled windows in titusville.. more than a mile away. fortunately.. no one was near the launch pad when it happened. the cause is still unknown. unfolding right now from the breaking news center - a dramatic coast guard rescue. stranded on a damaged fishing boat that was a damaged fishing boat that was sinking near the golden gate bridge. this video just came in minutes ago as a chopper flew over the scene. no doubt those people were terrified as the boat was inching more and more into the water. but crews got to the stranded people in time. minutes ago, they pulled everyone from the boat and got them to safety. to the west.. on florida's other coast.. for the arrival of hurricane hermine. florida's governor has already declared a state ahead of the category-1 storm.. which will be the first hurricane to make landfall in florida in a decade. rain from the outer bands are already drenching west florida. voluntary evacuations are in place in sarasota and cedar key.. while locals board up windows.. and lay-down sandba

burning area of i 95 andstate road 50 near titusville. and the st. johns river. now again visibility here near state road 50 isn't bad. again fire officials tell us despite all o they do not did not have the to evacuate any businesses here in the area. they are telling drivers to use extreme caution as smoke. again could be a problem this morning. and back out here you could see fhp troopers along state road 50 just trying to keep an eye on things for drivers. just to see if the smoke will be heading out over there. again 855 acre are burning right now. and about 50 percent of this fire is contained. county, fox news. >>>. i didn't realize we had a problem like that over there. lightning. yeah. lightning. that's the problem. then you get into dry season then it's just dry. then you have other issues. skytower radar this morning not lot of lightning a couple tropical downpour right in hernando county. another one down in sarasota area. we will zoom in on those two particular spots. notice just southwest of chassahowitzka, a shower works its way on shore. it is fal

. >> a massive brush fire burning near titusville is 50 percent lie lightning and quickl burned more that 855 acres. it's near i-95 and state route 350. both roads were closed for a time due to heavy smoke. >> usually we see that more in the spring time, don't we, paul in the fires like that? >> usually. sometimes spring can be wet for them. but it's usually may, june, july. fair enough to say. >> well, i know that matthew, if it g them out. >> for sure. at that point, not going to hope for a hurricane to put out fires but it would be the positive. >> how about just get some rain? >> the next couple of days look wet. then rain for us the and the future track of matthew. let's begin by showing you the satellite view today. number of bands of rain going by. for late september -- it will be late october, too, early october rainfall. sky tower has another batch of rain in the gulf. i mean, we had a tough time having rain coverage like this back in july. it's not extensive but between now and next wednesday there could be significant rainfall in many spots. this rain should weaken as it m

heaviest rain today is along the titusville to the cape and melbourne and a few showers over the turnpike not doing much. this is the time of year when we do get some showers, but, you know, the overall coverage tends to decrease mid to late september. that's the case today. yeah, a lot of moisture around and showers heading inland, but a lot of storms lost their umph this afternoon. 86 in brooksville and 90 in tampa today and 90 in sarasota and 80 in st. pete. today is another day with so so far this september it's been a lot like june, july and august. you've had 20 days, three were below average because of clouds and rain. we had one average day, and then 16 days with temperatures above average. that's pretty much been our theme the entire summer. a lot of that is because we have not had i would consider very active rainy seasons. the active rainy season means the peak was september 10th. today we're kind of on the downswing. we downswing all the way into early october, and then that little hump here late october and november. sometimes we can get hurricanes in late october and novembe

. >> reporter: that from a woman across the river over in titusville. 20 minutes ago spacex said, "the propellant loading of the vehicle. for standard operating procedure, all personnel were cleared and there were no injuries." last summer, nasa had an explosion blamed on tank overpressurization. like today, everything was lost, which then included a dragon capsule. nasa has made nine successful rocket launches since then. the big question for nasa is what to do when late next year, early 2018, it plans to send up its astronauts on board the spacex dragon with the same type rocket. >> that's interesting. more on this as we get it, phil. thanks very much. we'll be right back. (climbing sounds) when kevin jorgeson needs light, he trusts duracell quantum because it lasts longer. ♪ (duracell slamtones) >>> thanks for joining us. >> here's martha with "america's election headquarters." >> thank you, jenna and jon. we start with a fox news alert. >>> evacuation orders are now in place for florida as tropical storm hermine approaches. residents until the panhand residents in the panhandle are