this-- mobile homes in valrico. residents saying it was raining very hard when out of nowhere, things got crazy. >> the ceiling and the walls started shaking it and it ro was over. >> and we're looking out and watching and we watched the tree hit our next door neighbor's trailer and go through it. >> one family was trapped inside their home. fortunately for them, neighbors helped them get out. no one was hurt. love to hear when the communities come together like this of course. when the sunrises, the residents are to get a better idea of how much damage there but you can pushed it is pretty bad. >>> leigh, what's the latest? >> even though the center of circulation is to the north, the rain bands coming through, we have the threat for tornadoes and then still heavy rain. i wanted to show you where tropical storm hermine is then finally back into the atlantic ocean as it weakens. our eight-day forecast shows it will be a rainy day today and tomorrow. sunday though we start to dry things out and labor day looking good

we still have the crash here at valrico. closed right now in both lumpton is a good alternate for you. check out your drive times on the veterans expressway. usually, we don't see the green until later. 18 minutes from 54 down to it 75. 12 minutes from van dyke to 275. six minutes from waters down to 275. more drive times for you on i- 4. check that out, already in the green, minutes from ' captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838 comments@captioncolorado.com >>> good friday morning. thanks for johning us or are for action news at 9:00. >> hermine was downgraded to a tropical storm, but that does not mean over. >> in fact, if anything, once that happens, things continue to get worse for us here. let's look at what's happening with hermine over georgia right now. that is the center circulation where the winds are at 60 miles per hour. they are dealing with flooding there. the problem is hermine has a big arm that is still tapping in to some rich moisture coming in out of the gulf. this was the first hurricane as we'v

and like i mentioned, around valrico and into seffner. so it's not widespread. but certainly touching some of the higher populated areas. and some of our major roads through hillsborough county. also into polk county, we have a little bit of rain across i- 4. but, again, this is pretty isolated rain overall for our area. and temperatures have pretty hot and steamy today as a result of the lack of rain. 90 degrees in zephyrhills and brandon. brooksville at 90. 91 in lake wales. the heat is on. we will continue to see isolated showers and storms here tonight. and i'll help you to time out the showers and storms for tomorrow if you're interested in a round of golf or maybe going for a jog, i'll help you time that out coming up. >> thank you, shay. >>> we've got brand-new look today, our first look in fact at the ferry that will take tampa to st. petersburg. >> the video that you see behind us is a promotional video from the company that will run the ferry. nicole grigg explains why it could only be here for a short time. >> reporter: the cross bay ferry will test t

the outside temperatures upper 80s to lower 90s.the rains have valrico is 82, and dethrone the humidity, and it feels like temperatures e still up near 100. and, it is three days away. that's florida for you. but hang in there, have a feeling in a couple of months almost everybody else will be looking into this way. and, a lot of them will be coming down here. and here's a look outside. upper 80s to low 90s, and now, that -- the winds that we are going on now, is an onshore flow. so when we see that, a pretty often means that most of those reins are long east coast. -- most of the rain is along the east coast. and, will not have too much to but there ar t not so much come wake up time, but i can't rule out an isolated shower by about 9 am or 10 am. but i think that most of the action that pops up will be around lunchtime and it will move east. and, there's not a ton of moisture to work with. so coverage will 30%. and maybe a quick shower early in the morning but otherwise, most of that rain will be east of 75 and the timing will be later on. so you can expect the heaviest rain will be o

a tree went through her home off of north valrico road. her house and one other destroyed. this damage is so severe. take a look at this mobile home. you can see right through it. the tree sliced it in half. take a look at all of the damage right here. you can see trees like this all wind gusts picking up to 50 miles per hour. >> well, the truck started moving, so i ran inside. >> reporter: clean-up now slowly underway. just this area alone will take at least three days to clean. for the now, i'm nicole grigg. >>> i want you to check out what the height of hermine looked like from rivera bay in st. pete. strong winds, sideways rain. trees, bushes really blowing all over the place. there. it's tough to even make out what is happening, it's so volatile, the shaking of the camera because there is so much commotion. >>> and tonight people in partnership lass county are still recovering from all of the flooding o'er night. streets are still very much dangerous. >> the now, lauren rozyla joins us live from a neighborhood that was hit especially hard. >> reporter: yeah, guys. peop

in valrico, this massive tree snapped a home in half. people were inside when that happened. fortunately everyone made it out okay. the strong wind and heavy rain picked up for 2 or 3 minutes before the tree fell. >> it's like slow motion. you know, we saw the ceiling come down. if you look at it, you can see there were three of us in the living room. his daughter was in the far room, but the way the tree fell, we were inches -- >> the power was officials are inspecting the damage now. today neighbors begin the cleanup. >>> winds knocked over trees in clearwater. our cameras caught one tree that landed on a trucand boat. we also caught another tree sparked a small fire. hat clearwater rescue has voted one nes. that have fallen on powe reddington beach that wash up onshore here. >> the impittsburgh will continue over the next several hours and continuing through the midday hours. that's the worst of hermine's weather that will be on top of us and leaving tallahassee as conditions begin improve markedly there. the m made landf we talked about last night at 1:30. this is what i'

this is off valrico road. it cut reuben hamilton's home in two. he searched through the rubble for several frantic minutes before he was able to find his daughter. >> my neighbor started to scream there's a there. my wife started to scream. as soon as we came to composure, and i ran in, i had to dig her out of the hole, the roof was caved down on her and i had to call her out. i didn't hear her the first time. that got me real nervous. >> what a scary situation there. and in seffner, an oak tree split? two and landed on a business collapsing on a man sleeping inside. he was able to dig out and not falling tree. >>> well, hermine left tens of thousands of people without power across the bay area. there were many reports of downed power lines. one viewer in brandon sent us video of the downed lines sparking a fire in state road 60. pretty intense flames there. if you come across downed power linings, you should keep your distance like this person clearly did. to rout an outage or see the latest outa to wfla.com. the story with the links is right the

all right,up valrico. bulls on defense here. d.j. williams hauled in by decalen brooks. the hall of fame in the house. tyler hunter sacked by kyle castro. but hunter gets his revenge here. takes the hit. unloads a pass. >> see you. >> oh, look at that. go. bloomingdale on top 6-0. hunter to edward amos. thought it was an intentceps. no, it's a catch. bloomingdale gets a win tonight. 23-20 over the cowboys. >>> time for the game of the week. all game ins pinellas county wiped out tonight except for one. >> except for the good one. clearwater central catholic has a it was immaculate. ccc number 2, hosted indian rocks christian and anthony allred who has the highlights from clearwater. >> reporter: both teams come into this game of the week matchup winning their season opener scoring more than 40 points on the respective opponents next week. so would hurricane hermine be a factor? i don't know. after forcing the three to start the game, the clearwater central catholic marauders' first possession, here comes amari bernie. untouched, unharmed. unbelievable. 80 something yards

. >> the community from as far south as my mama and as far north as valrico had beds, furniture, household goods. >> in 24 hours what was once >> the kids they even said mama we can see our blessings. >> but there was one thing missing or should i say two. >> monday, cash and diamond came home for good. >> we just kept feeling a piece here and i finally have peace to be able to call somewhere home. words can't even explain everything that these people have done for us and how grateful we are. >> this isn't the end of the giving. river view our town ior donations for them is looking for other local families that can use some extra community support. this family is also committed to paying it forward as soon as they can get back to alabama and collect their belongings and will be donating them. >> good stuff. tonight we're getting our first look at a new memorial dedicated to the victims of the pulse night club shooting. a memorial guard b at orlando regional medical where many of those victim were treated. the victims killed. it hospital hope the garden will serve as a place of healing for

. >> reporter: in valrico, anthony allred, newschannel8. >> support animals are not always the four-legged kind. coming up, we will introduce you to one woman's pet who >> andorran, this year's heart walk is coming up november 14. but now's the time to join stacie schaible's team. fuccillo kia is matching the i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. he's a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. donald trump is a phony, a fraud. he's not a serious adult. i can't vote for donald trump given the things that he said. trump should not be supported. i believe he's disqualified himself to be president. >> wow, another bumpy day on wall street. the dow dropped 258 points. the s&p dipped 32, the nasdaq dropped 56. >>> a couple of 8 on your side consumer alerts for you tonight. first, more than half a million back and decker blowers are being recalled due to a laceration hazard. the three in one electric vacuum mulchers. reports of fan covers coming off resulting in finger lacerations from contact with the fan. consumers should stop using the product and contact back and decker for a free

. >> 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 the beach beautiful. >> reporter: here on the island, beach officials just four months ago spent four and a half million dollars on a acp but now hermine is sending the sand back out into the gulf. >> 4 and a half million dollars out to seat. >> reporter: this isn't the first time divorced the beach. >> they did a reach renourishment and spent a million dollars putting sand out there. it was gone in like two months. >>

these are photo from valrico. hillsborough county fire rescue posted them overnight showing the daniel caused to the town 'n country mobile home park on valrico road. several tree and a branchs came crashing down on homes and cars causing what they say is catastrophic damage to at least 5 of the homes. somehow nobody was hurt. u.s. coast guard is asking all boaters to stay off the water for their own safety. until the storm blows through the area. this appes including commercial boat operators. coast guard has already responded to several calls of people in water, needing help because of the weather. swimmers and surfers should stay clear until local life guards and law enforcement officials say it is safe to get back in. >>> we do have a one bit of good news, tornado watch has expired and cancelled for our area. problem is, it's still raining. and? inn some spots we've got heavy we're not done with this storm yet. we'll have sdie skooi towery radar views and a sneak peek into the forecast coming up in a couple mi

a large tree fell on to several cars and mobile homes in valrico. and a closer picture here. this happened at the town and country mobile home park. residents say it was raining very, very hard when out of nowhere, it got pretty crazy started shaking and it picked up one side of my living room. and then before you know it, it was over. >> we were looking out and watched the tree hit our next door neighbor's trailer and go through it. >> one family was trapped inside their home. now fortunately for them, neighbors came over, helped them get out and no one was hurt. it's nice to see how the community is coming together and helping each other. but look at these images. look at the tree trunk. >> wow. >> and it was plucked out of the ground right home. when the sunrises, they are hoping to get a better idea of how much damage there is. >>> all of the rain from hurricane hermine is putting a big strain on sewage treatment plants around the bay area. you can see the pumps in clearwater have failed. sewage was overflowing into marshall street last night. >>> our coverage of hurrican

the rivergate tower cam it's a nice petals around the street coming in from riverview and that -- valrico. a little bit of a wet will great nothing that's caused any kind of mishap. that is good news, we saw some great sunsets including ones -- including ones like this which we will use is -- as the backdrop weather headlines as we talk about the storms dying down we -- we saw them in the radar, son, cloud showers tomorrow and we are the tropics still watching the tropics looks like julius will sit and >> for a while, karl -- kyle, make it to hurricane strength about here and kind of continue to carve up into the open waters of the atlantic, this one doesn't have a name yet, they are running some plots, looks like it will head this way as well. making landfall at all. so instead we are watching weather closer to home. sparrow getting us a look at the storms that were around today, we had some pretty big boomers also some showers way up across the northern side of the gulf, they won't -- golf, they won't get here. instead it will make it a whether one more day and tomorrow it will look lik

. >> take a look at these photo that is came from valrico. hillsborough county fire rescue posted them overnight showing damage caused to town 'n country mobile home park on valrico road. several trees and branchs crashing down on homes a causing a lot of damage to at least 5 of those homes. but good news to report to you this afternoon is that no one there was hurt. >> well fox 13 ken suarez is taking a look at the storm damage in eastern hillsborough county. ken i know at least one resident had to get out of his house after tree crashed on top of it. he's okay. and i'm so glad to hear that. but what a lesson on downed power lines being live for all of us. >>> you know we all think we're safe during a storm you never know what will happen. he is sleeping in his house, minding his own business president obama 4, 5 o'clock in morning and what happens? but tree behind me right there, splits. a massive old tree part of it goes towards martin luther king, jr. boulevard. other part of ends up on the place where he's staying. this is combination bu

cloud after and durant road in valrico shut down in all directions. crews working to repair downed power lines and a broken pole. it should be back open soon though. but the hillsborough county sheriff's office is asking drivers to avoid the area. >>> a new look at the toll that hermine is taking on bay area roads. check that out. the pasco county sheriff's office tweeting out these pictures of park lake boulevard. you can see flood water washed underneath the road. >>> hermine also turning deadly overnight. a tree fell on a homeless lan in ocala. that is the only death attributed to the storm so far. chief meteorologist denis phillips continuing to track the storm coming up in just a little bit. >>> the clean-up wi in tallahassee. thousands of trees torn down by hurricane hermine's winds. power lost for thousands. that includes all of the students at florida st university. that's where eric waxler is live for us tonight. eric. >> reporter: jamison, we have updated numbers from tallahassee. listen to this. 240 different streets in tallahassee have a f

. >> the community from as far south as my mama and as far north as valrico had beds, >> in 24 hours what was once just a house was now a home. >> the kids they even said mama we can see our blessings. >> but there was one thing missing or should i say two. >> monday, cash and diamond came home for good. >> we just kept feeling a piece here and i finally have peace to be able to call somewhere home. words can't even explain everything that these people have done for us and how grateful we >> this isn't the end of the giving. river view our town incorporated a non-profit that gathered donations for them is looking for other local families that can use some extra community support. this family is also committed to paying it forward as soon as they can get back to alabama and collect their belongings and will be donating them. >> good stuff. tonight we're getting our first look at a new memorial dedicated to the victims of the pulse night club shooting. regional medical where many of those victim were treated. there you can see 49 for each of the victims killed. it hospital hope the gar

just picking up clatter on the radar. 78 tampa. 79 now in siesta key. 75 clearwater and valrico and 77 in sarasota and hudson. what does the day hold. we will have a nice-looking sunrise and sunshine throughout. the clouds will thicken by this afternoon and we get a 40% chance of showers and high today of 89. i have more details on what the drying out even more coming up.>>> let's go to democracy 2016. after weeks of criticism donald trump try to appeal to african-american voters to an audience full of african- americans. trump attended service at great faith ministries international, a black church in detroit. the nominee swing occasionally clapping. meanwhile on the other side of the coin the fbi releasing documents investigation into hillary clinton's emails. clinton telling investigators should rely to heavily on her staff to market handle classified information. the fbi found there was not enough evidence to charge clinton with any crime. >>> many people in the midwest from illinois to texas are still rattled after a 5.6 magnitude earthquake. ashley holt met a family whose home wa

there are a lot of reports of tree limbs down and minor wind damage too in the plant city, dover and valrico areas. >> these pictures of downed facebook page by viewers in plant city. we've got live coverage from citrus, pasco counties. josh is first where they're expecting high storm surge this evening. >> reporter: right now judging by the radar app we're being brushed by one of those rain bands. that's the story in citrus county. on and off. the big concern is the overnight and early morning hours when we reaching eight feet and that could cause major problems. there's been a local state of emergency declared here in citrus county tonight. we've seen a few flooded roads here and there and high water in areas. right there behind me the road is closed. again, the big concern, that's really the overnight hours when those high tides hit. that's when things will get really crazy. really scary. i do want to show you a few things we saw today. winds knocking down tree limbs in the roadway. residents were clearing out due to rising floodwaters. some even parking their car high on the ground. list

reporter: the day after the storm rolled through, residents of the town and country trailer park in valrico counted six trailers with significant damage. one woman reportedly had a bruised head. >> something like 15 trees. and we are still working. it is going to take a couple of days to clean it up. >> reporter: indeed, trees came down across eastern hillsborough county. >> i came ou the front window and just absolutely couldn't believe what i saw. >> reporter: margaret stevens was home wth her husband in plant city when the tree in their front yard crashed down. roots ripping through the pavement. if it had fallen in the other direction things could have been worse. the power was out nearly a day. >> we were just so fortunate that the house -- nothing happened to the house. >> reporter: for many this is a storm for all of its frightening misfortune leaving the most important thing, people, if not property, intact. >> we will try raise a little money for them to help them out with their needs. people do have children. but it's -- it's real bad. >> jen: that was evan axlebank reporting. six

you can see here a large tree fell on to several cars and mobile homes in valrico. this is at the town and country mobile home park where residents told us it was raining hard when out of nowhere, things got crazy. >> the ceiling and the walls started shaking. and it picked up part of one side of my living room. and then before you know it, it was over. >> and look out and watching and watched a tree hit our door neighbor's trailer and go through it. >> one family was trapped inside their home. fortunately neighbors came over, helped them get out of the home and no one was hurt. love the hear that when people come together and help each other out. take a look at the damage. a huge tree trunk into the home. and when we get more daylight out there, the residents will be able to see how bad the damage is. and how much clean-up they have to do. we are told though that about >>> and here's a picture taken by news channel 8's jeff patterson at his motel in cedar key this morning. and look how high is flooding is, right up to the door. now lucky their room is on the second

so area, around brandon, valrico or mango, you will see the rain in your area in the next 20 minutes or so. as we look wider here, not a lot of rain. as i was saying, we have some over highlands county and south of sebring. yeah, fall begins today. but the temperatures are still steamy out there and very summer like. 87 degrees by 6:00 tonight. and storms. storms are unlikely by the time we get to 8:00. not a lot of rain for tonight. did you know it's national ice cream cone day? maybe an ice cream, pumpkin ice cream cone would be good on a florida day like today as we ring in fall. i'll let you know how things are looking. if you're planning on a bike ride for tomorrow, we'll time out the showers and the heat in my next forecast. paul. >> thank you, shay. police chief says they are n scott's shooting to the public but they will be showing it to the family. the chief warns that the video doesn't show everything. >> the video does not give me absolute definitive visual evidence that that would confirm that a person is pointing a gun. i did not see that in the videos that i reviewed. n

few calls and facebook post later, the community from north as valrico had beds, furniture, household goods. in 24 hours what was once just a house was now a home. the kids, they even said they like mama we can see our blessings there was one thing missing oh should i say two? >> i missed you so much. monday cash and diamond came home for good. we just kept feeling a peace here. and finally have peace and been can't explain everything that these people have done for us and how grateful we are. haley heinz, fox 13 news. and this is isn't end giving riverview our town incorporated nonprofit that gather donations for them looking for other local families that could use extra community support. >> hey everybody i'm charley belcher coming to you from a plant city. weekend, is october. october is here. which means, the haunted houses are going to start popping up haunted trails. it's the spooky time of year. you can get started this weekend here in plant city at sir henry's haunted trail. and this is sir henry. under there somewhere guy named zach who created what, how long have you putting

torn to shreds in the town 'n' country mobile home park in valrico. there are no reports of any injuries so far. and so it's another day off for a lot of kids. no school today in hillsborough, pinellas, pasco, hernando, citrus and manatee counti. students in sarasota and polk counties have school, though. they will have to go. and so for the second day in a row, tampa will open all the recreation centers. they'll be open to anyone in the city that needs a place to go. that includes children ages five to 17 and parents can drop them off starting at 8:00. it's free for the day, too. allow time to fill out paperwork when you get there for the children's safety. >>russell: don't forget to it's free in the apple and google play store. just search for skytower. a lot going on this morning. let's get back to dave. jim is here as well. we're still watching this storm. >>dave: i'm glad to see water receding. we talked to alcides segui and shayla but fresh water flooding is still a huge concern this morning. look at skytower radar, too. this may go on for seval

avoid state road 60 in the area of valrico road. malfunctioning traffic signals, sligh avenue, flashing red signals, if you encounter those, flashing red, treat as a stop sign caution. dark signals treat as a four-way stop. citrus county drivers, we've been reminding you of flooding and road closures in the area all centered around u.s. 19. u.s. 19, flooding reported cardinal street to state road 488, crystal river and u.s. 19 closed port island trail to the crystal river mall. traffic west of u.s. 19 limited as always, we have updated road closures, flooding concerns on my facebook page and twitter. let me know what you're seeing in the area as well. it's about to switch over to 6:53. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. he wears it like a crown. "make america great again". but trump made his shirts in bangladesh. his ties in china. jobs to 12 differe cntries so don't believe the hat. you can't make america great again, if you don't make things in america. my son has meningitis b. but how did we end up here? his mom thou

virginia valrico bloomingdale high schools pep rally continues. taylor. get us started here. they are cheering for schools bloomingdale high school. when we come being back you're going to meet the marching tampa bay is amazing. i work here, i raise my kids here, i even take care of my mom here. but you know what? i could use a hand. hey! we hear you! it's why a-a-r-p is supporting family caregivers like you with free tools and resources. and we're making our community an even better place to live, work and play for people of all ages. if you don't think "this is right for me" when you think a-a-r-p, then you don't know "aarp." i'm charley belcher coming to you from bloomingdale high school the home of the bulls. home of our good day pep rally. as we check in with coach. absolutely. excited to get going. good season. i. that's tough team to play on any schedule any time of the year. how they looking forward on schedule? we're looking forward to it started off 2 and 1. got the win over rival new some. great overtime at home against gaither. armwood got us last week we're looki

and we've got big delays westbound through valrico. and then ease up and through brandon, hit the brakes again highway 60. and an accident on highway 60 at dover road. and mcmullen booth at cedar street, the safety harbor area, an collision there. and that's the tying up lanes. and then also southbound u.s. 19, typical slowing, it is rush hour. and let's take a look at downtown tampa in the heart. not too bad but approaching downtown, once you come away from bearss and move in there, that's where you really get slow and go. and the howard frankland bridge, heavy into tampa. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. i know more about isis then the generals do. john mccain, a war hero. he's not a war hero, he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured ok. donald trump compared his sacrifices to the what sacrifice have you made for your country? i think i've made a lot of sacrifices, built great structures. i've had tremendous success, i think... ? he just wants to be beautiful ? >> it's 8:00 on "today

happening in valrico. state route 60 closed in both directions right at st. cloud avenue. you will want to use washington to work not too far from there, just west of there, we have some downed power lines on state route 60 right at mount caramel road. avoid this area if you can. you might want to pick another route through the valrico area. we have flooding to tell you about. bayshore remains closed so you can use the selmon expressway instead. also we have reports of a

from the "town and country mobile home park" on valrico road in valrico. they are evaluating at least five homes there after what they're calling "catastrophic damage." several trees and branches came crashing down on homes and vehicles. thankfully no reports of injuries there. most bay area students are getting a ?five day weekend thanks to this storm. they're off for the ?second day in a row. basically, if your kid was off yesterday... they're off ?today too. every county from citrus down to manatee. and hillsborough county too. u-s-f campuses are also closed. and just like yesterday... sarasota and polk schools ?will be open today. along with the university of tampa. and of course we'll be following the latest on hermine all hour long... and all ?morning long. lets go back to dave now for a quick ? ? ? the best way to get together, is with the treat you make together. indulge moisture-deprived hair with nourishing care. whole blends by garnier. nourishing haircare. infused with avocado oil & shea butter extracts. restores and moisturizes for naturally-b