you can share them on our newschannel8 app or #us@wfla or #wfla. >> from homes to the coast, hermine didn't show any mercy. we will head to leavy county. >> plus, the beach erosion is getting e. to fix this problem. >> hermine is now a tropical storm over the carolinas but still that tail end is helping to drag a few showers across the area. of course, the wind gusts are still there. we will look at your holiday weekend forecast coming up. >> we'll have that and more coming up. you're watching newschannel8, the station that is always on it's the final days of the ford freedom sales event... and the deals just got better. ? i'm free to do what i want and have a good time. ? just announced! 0% financing plus $500 labor day cash and specially tagged vehicles get an extra $1000 smart bonus cash. freedom from interest... and freedom to choose with ford. america's best-selling brand. ? i'm free, baby!? hurry. get 0% for 72 and $500 labor day cash across the entire ford lineup. plus specially tagged vehicles get another $1000 smart bonus cash. havertys furniture helps your home look perfect

. >> here's a look from the wfla camera camera over the hillsborough tower cam over -- wfla tower cam over hillsborough. we'll start to see the first few showers around 1:00, maybe between noon and 1:00 but most we make it up to 90, quite steamy. the rain chance will be best around 4:00, when it's a 40% chance. the storms will linger on to 7:00. if you're going to the high school football games or dinner, you may need an umbrella. scattered storms are possible at kickoff, 84 degrees. the band hits the field, final showers coming down . there might be one or two. ending at 82 degrees. the bucs are going to be in glendale arizona sunday, playing the cardinals, game time temperature around 100 degrees. they had those practices in the florida heat. hopefully they can take the dry heat of arizona. that sounds hot. we have plenty of humidity, that's for sure. watch what has. it's 2:15. you start to see the first couple of showers popping up. notice how they're lingering around before they taper down overnight. you wake up on your saturday, mostly dry, also muggy. in fact, second verse prett

send us your tweets, #wfla. a lot on social media. and let's check on the roads this morning with lace lay. northerning and we will -- good this morning. let's talk about sarasota. we have a collision and a little bit of a back-up, southbound 75, right by fruitville road. you see the tiny slow down there approaching the accident in sarasota. aside from that, over in manatee county and the rest of sarasota, looking good on the interstates. mcmullen booth south of sunset point, a collision here. this of course in pinellas county. and be on the lookout for this one, hillsborough avenue at hanley road, although it's blocking lanes. that's a look at weather and traffic. back to gene and gayle. >> okay. >>> the schools right now, six bay area school districts are closed because of tropical storm hermine. they include hillsborough, pinellas, pasco, as well as hernando, citrus and manatee public schools. hillsborough district offices are also closed this morning. all,sf camses arall usf campuses and st. leo university western michigan univers

storm team 8 wfla on facebook that is where you share photos. the low -- high 88 degrees. some showers possible up until 9:00 p.m. but generally quieter toward midnight and overnight, 77 degrees the current temperature so clearly some showers have been occurring to help lower the temperature a little bit. some low 80s with upper 70s in some spots down here in venice. the hottest spot 90 degrees at the moment, high clouds from the west developing showers and thunderstorms producing clouds and we keep talking about this toward the florida peninsula as we mentioned a 10% chance of possible development, at the very least the moisture coming with it will move across the street combining with the heating of the day increasing rain chances. high-pressure is the main feature and will be this week's way typical florida pattern, we have tropical storm out to see it is the ninth storm of the season, 40 mile-per-hour winds no effect on our area. there it is imagery, we had this area 10% chance possible. but it is slighting our way enhancing the local rain chances and really bad for th

jeff patterson at wfla in tampa has water in his hotel. he's ida another reporter inrlando reports floing up and down the town there. we are following ut the gulf coast. i'll keep you updated all morning. here is a look at traffic watch. >> they have wpped up the construction around the zoo interchange and keep in mind that the weekend is a construction free weekend for noborday. crews orxt lanes are blocked throughout the weekend for the h ekd. thelav times ar gooews that's a look at the morning commute, back to you. >> thank you, matt. 33. >> later today, layingt. slr not o far from milwaukee. e and another nun were ern mississippi last week. they had been working as nurse practitioners there for decades. held's family and friends will gather later today at st. joseph chapel in milwaukee. >> a possible development in the making a murderer case. we could find out later today if for his part in thrder or if he'll walk free. tim,hat arwe learning about th case? >> the attorney fobrendan dassey is confident that the state will not decide to

i'm looking out on the the wfla tower camera, and clear skies throughout the building, and now we will look at skycast, not too bad. not as nice as yesterday, but 77 at 8:00 a.m., and we get 10 degrees warmer by lunchtime. fast warmup. 87 at this point, and it's going to be humid and hot, and there's going to be a 30% rain chance. outside right now, 75 in barlow. brooksville, you're 72. warmer in sarasota at 79, and the temperatures are warmer than we were at this time humidity is higher. generally today, winds coming from the east, and that will bring in extra moisture from the atlantic, notice the forecast, dry through almost lunchtime at 11 pow, early afternoon rain will be very spotty, very light, and by the time you head to 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, you may be headed out to dinner, and rain chances are getting better and push together coast. the high school football games may be wet in the gypping, and we will keep the 30% rain chance for sunday. leslee, how about the traffic on the 8s? closure here to sydell this is the alternate hooking up with fruitville. that's how you get around it.

and i also have it on my wfla gayle guyardo facebook page, and these have been tested by consumer reports and respected medical journal. back in the day there were no sprays, and people had to use natural ways. >> there's good news we still have those options. what you t not wear anything. >> exactly. >> good to have the options, thanks. >>> it it could be a rough day for overseas travel. a british airways outage causing delays at several airports. in a tweet the airline apologizes for the delays and promises they are working to fix the problem. right now it it looks like british air ways has one departing and one arriving flight at tampa international history this morning, becoming the first sitting u.s. president to step foot in louse. he arrived overnight. he announced funding for the removal of unexploded bombs left by the u.s. during the vietnam war. he will spend several days there for a regional summit. >>> and now one leader from the southeast asia air that the president will not meet with is the new philippines. >> this has a lot of people talking this morning. he used a curse wo

this is a look right out of our wfla tower camera over looking the hillsborough river. it's 81 degrees. it's certainly warm and it's extremely humidity. 77 degree dew point. any time we talk about mid-70 degree dew points it's steamy. highs today around 90. the rain chances will demand on where you a brooksville, new port richey and tampa and lakeland. inland areas a 50% chance. >>> leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? >> i'm going to show you this until it clears up, northbound 75 before martin luther king right before you get to i-4. partially the right lane and the right shoulder due to this truck on scene. this is where it's located on our maps. i-4 looks great coming through plant city all the way into downtown tampa. moving over here to pinellas county out in the clearwater island way a collision. >>> breaking over night, explosive devices found in new jersey. what investigators found and whether it's linked to the weekend explosions in manhattan and the one on the jersey shore. >> a frantic search for two small children. why the 3-year-old are in danger. >> gunfi

as mentioned, wfla daytime host jerry was onboard the flight from phoenix to florida. the plane was close to touchdown when jerry the plane then cruised at a low altitude for a little while and circled around the bay area. and then the flight crew had an ominous warn, there was a problem with the landing gear and everyone onboard had to prepare for the worst. >> we were given the full brake crash brace mode instructions with flight attendants screaming at us at how to do the it. okay, people, cross your arms and put your head down and when we say brace, you brace. so as we were getting closer, i mean, it was petrifying. >> reporter: jerry and other passengers told me the right tire blew upon landing. passengers then erupted in cheers and had great praise for the flight crew, specifically the captain who landed plane safely. now shockingingly, this was the second -- shockingly, this was the second plane they had to get on. the first plane had mechanical issues in phoenix and they had to transfer to this one so certainly a scary morning for the approximately 150 people o

this is a look from the wfla towercamera in downtown tampa. we have spun it around, looking toward tampa bay. again, clouds are starting to and a dew point of 74. now the higher you get the dew point, the more humid it is. and once you get into the mid- 70s, it's steamy. kind of tropical-like, in fact. this is a tropical wave in the east coast of florida. and it's going to drift to the north and west which will help to enhance our rain chances during the afternoon. already getting maybe a little drizzle here in the eastern portions of polk county but more rain will develop through the rest of the day today. this tca us a better coverage of storms. and seasonable temperatures. it's been so hot lately. highs in the upper 80s to near 90. and the rainy pattern will continue through the end of the week. when it actually comes to an end coming up. >> thank you, leigh. >>> a school bus crash in polk county sends four people to hospitals. news channel 8 learned three of those are students at cathleen high. this happened at the intersection of galloway

we have a list of sandbag locations and hours at wfla dot come. if you plan on driving, check out our app before you hit the road. we have a list of road closures so can avoid the flood, arsonist caught on camera. find him. sets a car on fire, but casually walking away. >> and donald trump delivers his much anticipated immigration plan after a stop in mexico. what he has planned and what the clinton campaign thinks donald trump facing new criticism - he appwith a disability.porter "you gotta see this guy. 'uhhhh i don't know what i said, i don't remember.' he's going like 'i don't remember'." "putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing. i don't want to sound too much like a chauvinist." "you have to be wealthy in order to be great. i'm sorry to say it." "he's a war hero because he was captured. ent of this advertising. >>> fans who braved the game at raymond james stadium, let's say they had to bring ponchos. not ideal weather to play football, or to watch it, the normal summertime storms come and go. >> but hermine is proving to be stubborn

i have uploaded it on to my wfla gayle guyardo facebook page. it's important to remember these are been studied by consumer reports, cdc, and medical journals, and they have been around for centuries. we haven't always had the chemicals, and people had to grandma would have done it. >> exactly. >> good to know we have options. >>> it could be a rough day for overseas travel. flight delays for several airports, and the problem appears to be with the online checkin system, and in a tweet, the airline apologizes and promises thatry working to fix the problem. it looks like british airways has one departing and arriving flight at t.i.a., and we are working to find out how they will be affected. >>> president obama is making history this morning, becoming the first sitting u.s. president to step foot in laso. >> he met with the president and announced the funding of the removal of the unexploded bombs left by the u.s. after the vietnam war. >>> one leader from southeast asia that president obama will not meet with is the new >> this is after the pres

jeff patterson at wfla in tampa has water in his hotel. he's in cedar key. the parking lot looks more like the beach. we're following reporters throughout the gulf coast. i'll keep you updated all morning. >> later today, laying a wisconsin nun to rest. milwaukee. she and another nun were murdered in mississippi last week. they had been working as nurse practitioners there for decades. held's family and friends will gather later today at st. joseph chapel in milwaukee. >> a possible development in the making a murderer case. we could find out later today if brendan dassey will be re-tried for his part in the murder or if he'll walk free. tim, what are we learning about this case? >> the attorney for brendan dassey is confident that the state will not decide to re-try him. kathleen zellner hinted that the state attorney general could make his decision later today. she tweeted out this message early this morning. "the wisconsin ag has only one moral, just and righteous decision to make for brendan dassey, let him go, it is over." dassey had confessed to helpin

storm team 8 wfla if you want to share it on facebook. >>> 79 degrees. can't rule out the slight possibility of a shower. feeling muggy and partly cloudy conditions. 78 at midnight. humid. 74 dewpoint in st. pete. of course it is about julia for the southeast and the carolinas. with that counterclockwise rotation brings the showers onshore as well as keeps a steady flow. coastal flooding and rain adding up over a long period of time for the knicks up there. we're well south of it. it is not a huge storm but it does clearly have a local influence in the carolinas and trails moisture back here which will keep the possibility of showers generating. we raised the temperatures to near 90 degrees so that is enough instability to develop more showers. for the evening around 8:00, pushes everything off to the east. quieter here back to the west. we'll keep that slight chance of showers overnight. most occurring during the daytime hours. >>> for the rest of this evening on the computer model, thursday morning. >>> can't rule out seeing a morning shower. for thurs

still dark outside but a beautiful look over the hillsborough river from the wfla towercamera at curtis hixon park. it's 78 degrees. it's warmer outside this morning than yesterday. we had a little taste of fall yesterday with a coup and i do bring the temperature up to the about 88 degrees this afternoon. and the storms that develop will push east of i-75 in the evening and then taper off overnight with a low of 75. leslee lacey, how about traffic on the 8s? >>> an accident still lingering to the right shoulder, westbound i-4 in the polk county area, folks. right in lakeland. this is is where it's located at. not seeing delays but just a little bit of remnants left. that's what i like to call it. northbound 75 before 275, in the palmetto area, manatee no injuries are involved despite the crash there. we have a good drive through manatee county. vo: we asked women in pinellas county to describe congressman david jolly in one word: woman 1: dangerous. woman 2: backwards. woman 3: out-of-touch... woman 4: that's 3 words. backwards agenda for women. jolly opposes a woman's right to choose

it's a pretty morning though when you look over downtown tampa from our wfla camera. it's 77 degrees with a dew point of 74. it's steamy. we will take that humidity and translate it into thunderstorms. they will be slow moving during the afternoon. about a 40% chance with a high of 89. check this out, slowly dropping temperatures. tomorrow 88, 87 wednesday and thursday. actually by friday a little bit below a just 86. >>> leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? >> we are looking fantastic through out the hernando county area. this is brooksville. no delays. core tez road up to speed. u.s. 41, u.s. 98all looking very good at this time. checking out travel times for your on 275 coming through st. petersburg and pinellas county, 275 looks wonderful. no delays in hillsborough county coming out of pasco county and up to 275 and into the junction. here's a live look at the howard frankland bridge, folks. this is i-4 out in polk county. looking very good throughout lakeland. i-4 at kathleen road >>> a deadly boat crash kills a rising major league baseball star with tampa ties.

storm team wfla in case you want to share it on facebook. only a few showers in the inland locations as you just sh o 7:00 a.m., 77 degrees. temperature of 86 degrees at noon. 4:00 p.m. 90 degrees with the 20% chance of showers. the overall set up calling for the drier air aloft. at the surface, we're staying humid. the drier air slowly sliding to the south. you can see it and it's going to help it stabilize the atmosphere. lower rain chances ahead and fewer storm chances expected. plan on that for the next couple of days. that's the big influence on 90 degrees and 88 in downtown st. peters burger. the dew point 73. north wind at 8 miles per hour. in the tropics, tropical depression carl. the computer models haven't done a good job. they're interesting to know tropical storm lisa also weakens long term. as for the 2000 hurricane season four of hurricane season runs until the end of november. area of low pressure to the north of us. this evening, only a few lingering showers and storms. very dry air aloft as we talked about and that's going t

. >>> the ceremony, we will be liveet whole thing, so you can follow us at wfla. >>> we had sea breeze, showers, and storms developing, pushing inland this afternoon. had a little rain at crystal river, about 25/10 of an inch. the temperature just 83 degrees. a few clouds around. still tracking some of those thunderstorms in inland spots this evening, is though. do have a shower there, though, the even part of citrus county. but the bulk of the activity is across polk county here. bartow seeing some leaguely heavy rain there, some more showers down towards frost proof. little cloud-to-ground lightning with that. and then into parts of hardy, later showers, and a turn there right between avon park at sebring of the northern part of irans correspondent. over the next couple of hour, be the bulk of this activity will start to wrap up in inland spots. by 11:00, we should be mostly dry, partly cloudy through the overnight hours looking at pretty similar day with our west coast sea breeze developing, and then into the afternoon hours, that's where we'll see the best coverage, about a 40% rai

and to follow this story and other breaking news, download our wfla breaking news app. it's free. >>> all right, we're going to toss it over to ed filling in for leigh. coming off a record-breaking weekend. we had intense heat. and starting off warm this morning, 80 degrees in tampa. 77 early with us this plant city. and satellite and radar is quiet. there are a few sprinkles along the east coast of florida but we're tracking this big area of moisture, big tropical wave. that's going to slide in and really start to change our weather pattern. but it stays warm, very steamy today at 91 degrees. and we are expecting a few more showers and thunderstorms that's a big change from what we've had the last weekend. we will take a look at the day hour-by-hour that includes better rain chances, but first -- yeah, we're happy about that. >> it was brutal you. >>> but what is not brutal is traffic. looks good out there. the travel times through palm harbor, state road 54 to tampa road, 15 minutes. u.s. 41 through the land o'lakes area, the same commute. tampa by jefferson no. delay

international and that's the camera view from the downtown location and on the hillsborough river at wfla. the dew point, 71 and that's all you need to see. more on the weekend forecast is plotting to kill her husband. we'll tell you about new details on the case and what she had to say in court. >>> today, i'm still on the case of a sarasota woman who lost $51,000 in a real estate swindle. i stit sit - - sit down with i'm really good at war. i love war in a certain way. including with nukes, yes including with nukes. i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. nuclear, just the power the devastation, is very important to me. >>> today we learned some of the sordid details behind a bradenton woman's property to woman -- plan to have her and husband murdered. >> reporter: deputies say that 34-year-old rachel leahy would husband killed, looking to fork over thousands to an undercover deputy. her ex had their children and she wanted them back and she wanted him to be killed by fire or drowning. the report said that, quote, she thought about david being kidnapped and taken into a

wfla towercamera in downtown tampa shows the city all lit up. it's 76 degrees. dew point is 71. that's what humid it feels. yesterday the dew point was about two to three degrees lower so it may feel more humid but still dry. a high today of 91 degrees. and only a 20% rain chance south of i-4. leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? >>> sarasota county now. a big closure on state road 72 from the state park road over to seidel road. completely blocked. repair that's being done. so you can come up seidel, take to fruitville or take 75. quick live look. here's 275 at kennedy, traffic looks great in tampa on the >>> talk about low. a discuss abled veteran beaten and robbed outsided a local walmart. >> got on top of me and grabbed me around the neck and starting hitting and >> the key piece of evidence police hope will track down the thug. >>> dozens of guns stolen from a bay area store and out on the streets. where the investigation stands and why investigators believe the thieves are now amateurs. >>> plus, another milestone in the changing relationship between the u.s. and cuba. wha

storm team wfla will get a nice crescent moon there. the temperatures will be shortly dipping below the average line. as a weak cold front setting into the area. as for the rain chances you can see that drop with the drier air briefly for friday. this is not the big cool down. the big dry air thing you are waiting for longer for that. second or third week of october, historically. 83 degrees this evening. partly cloudy skies. a few isolated showers. thunderstorms potentially. mostly inland areasful east of i-75. 88 degrees at tampa international airport. dew point 71 degrees. lower dew point, 71 degrees. a west to northwesterly wind. quite a bit of moisture further south. you can see south florida. and also, points south in the bay area. that is where most of the located. some drier air has settled in, so the northern part of florida is just not as active. quite a few clouds here off the east coast, too, but that is classic early fall day. in the tropics, probably be hearing us talk about this invest for a while. we have done that a lot

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storm team 8 wfla and liz out in holiday. look at the dark clouds. content of the moisture in there makes it dark and just doesn't allow the light to pass on through. here. into the sticky category but this is like late week. especially northern folks might get a small sample of fall. might be less than two weeks away from real cooler air. seven of degrees at 7:00 a.m. 80 in tampa. the dewpoint 69 degrees. little drier in st. pete. the temperature 78. thunderstorms in these areas. in the tropics something we'll watch closely a 90% chance of developing over a five day which is pretty far south relative to south america. takes a hard right. but still a long way away. forecast model says fairly quiet for showers and storms late evening. still a possibility of seeing showers and storms activity the rain chances 30% for tuesday. 40% for wednesday and 30% for thursday. so we're in the range of seasonal averages but as i meanin mentioned with a front moving drier air in some of the northern folks, citrus might sample slightly lower humidity. but we're reall

storm team 8 wfla on facebook. a pleasant night. 74 degrees at 7:00 a.m. at 4:00 p.m., 90 degrees. high temperature tomorrow, not expecting much in the way of precipitation. 89 degrees. dew point a little lower at 68 degrees. just that number, 68 versus 75. 76 degrees makes a big the air you will feel this evening and in some areas. not as much as north and central areas. dew point in the low 70s there. right now, it is 90 at macdill. 87 palm harbor. low 90s in dade city right now. near that in brooksville, 89. 89 in venice. we had a few showers out in highlands county. so, a few isolated showers so cooler air falling off the showers. drier air as you can see backing in from the north. high pressure dominates across the southeast. that drier air aloft makes a big difference. tends to mix that down to the surface. the higher moisture levels makes quite a difference in precipitation. that is where the clouds and the showers are across the sunshine state. that feature is playing a big part in helping to provide the drier air. it is hard to have a wer cast without hermine. hermine of c

christine posted this picture on our wfla facebook page. we haven't talked much about the brandon area. this tree fell just a few feet away from a home. you can see scattered around. even brandon feeling some of the effects of hermine. check out lake mcgory. this bench, you're supposed to be able to walk out to the bench to enjoy the view of the lake. at this point if you're on that bench you're practically in the lake because you can see how much the water has come past its banks. in fact, it looks like the photographer was standing in the water, or right at the edge this, for those boat lovers, this one is going to break your heart. a tweet from the sarasota sheriff's office. this is the wild something. right new at least half of it is underwater. this is in osprey. it's in the just property damage. some boats being affected bithe rough conditions. i put this picture here just for leslee lacey because we we have to thank all of our first responders. not only are they out there trying to prect our property but also our pets. our meredyth t

it's a little on the warm side as you look from the wfla towercamera. it's 9 degrees. with a dew point of 75. and again, mid-70-degree dew point is steamy. and having said that, in the things are slightly drier. so still hot with a high of 90, just fewer storm, only a 30% rain chance and a low overnight of 76. >>> downtown tampa, i want to remind you about construction that has kicked off. channelside drive, left lane taken away. construction around morgan and the left lane is taken away from florida to jefferson due to construction. it's that revitalization in downtown. and construction through the spring of 2018 on florida hall, one lane taken away. use a little patience as you come through downtown. once you get used to it, it >>> a 95-year-old man found murdered in his bay area home. who investigators want to question about this violent death. >>> tensions running high in charlotte, north carolina. angry protesters confront police in riot still ahead, the deadly police confrontation that prompted the demonstrations. >>> and would you take your morning commute with

a nice morning when you look out of the wfla towercamera but it is a humid on it's 80 at tampa international airport with a dew point of 76. a mid-70s degree dew point pretty oppressive. so we will keep the humid onshore wind flow all day. a high of 89 as the storms push from the coast this morning. farther inland, i will let you know about tropical depression julia coming up. >>> all right, a look at traffic right now. we have a great drive on i-4 through polk county, 75 in pasco county looks great as well. and the situation on 75. the exit ramps are affected but parkway, a couple lanes taken away underneath the interstate but you can still pass. just a lot of construction >>> dead birds washing up on a bay area beach. and now some are wonder freddie gray sewage pumped into the bay is to blame. we look at the environmental impact and how pinellas county is dealing with it. >>> and how far one to get her boyfriend out of taking a drug test. what she did that landed her behind bars. >>> and this morning, preventing child deaths in hot cars. 8 is on your side with a look at new safety features

this is the way it looks from the wfla towercamera over the hillsborough river, downtown tampa. mostly clear skies and temperatures in a few places cooler than yesterday. 78degrees right now at tampa international airport with a dew point of 74. drier air coming in from the north. now still hot and humid. highs at 90 despite the fact that fall begins today. just not as many storms. and it becomes mostly clear overnight with a low tonight of 76 degrees. i will have the weekend forecast in a little bit. first, traffic on the 8s. >>> thank you, and you can see traffic is moving great there on kennedy and ashley. no delays in downtown tampa. and look at this, this is actually the edge of the courtney campbell causeway. it's a great iv across it between clearwater and tampa. we're not seeing any delays and also the howard frankland bridge up to speed. it's only going to take six or seven minutes to cross there. and i-4 at the paul buchman highway in the plant city area, we are up to speed. and out in seminole height, this should wrap up later today but for the morning commute, expect

. >>> taking a look at the wfla towercamera. right now, 77 degrees at tampa international airport. and 73 degrees dew point which means it's hue and i had that will tropical storm late into a good rain chance, about 60% today. extra clouds and a high of 89, leslee. >>> traffic right now, in south tampa, we've got a good drive on macdill. no delays yesterday. kennedys good. and be aware, southbound macdill just past azeele. we have a hole in the roadway. again, southbound. northbound is not affected. you might want to take dale mabry for the morning commute >>> a driver armed with a shotgun target a couple running errands. >>> congress gets closer to funding a bill to fight the zika virus. as governor scott heads to washington, d.e spreading even faster this morning. >>> and colin kaepernick gains more support in his protest of the national anthem. how more nfl players showed their support on monday night football. >>> thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning. i'm gene ramirez. >> and i'm gayle guyardo. and let's get you out the door with a quick check of the forecast with l

this is a live look from our wfla tower camera over the hillsborough river in downtown. 81 degrees. now it's steamy out there with a dew point of 77. in the mid to upper 70s it's oppressively humid. i'm going to call it steamy all day. the temperatures climb up to around 90. we'll see pockets of storms that develop near i-75 and then actual push inland. places like new port richey, tampa, bradenton your rain chances at 40%. in lakeland a 50% chance and lows at 77. >>> leslee, how about traffic o >> an accident in the riverview area at 301 at riverview drive. it's in lanes. i'm seeing southbound delays backing you up to i-75 approaching that crash. again, injuries involved and it's tieing up lanes there on 301. now pasco county, the hudson area, u.s. 19 right at state road 52 we have a collision, fhp is telling me it's tieing up part of the intersection there in the hudson area. meanwhile, good drive on the suncoast parkway and kicking left lane closed due do construction on channel side. it's going to get busy in downtown palm. -- in >>> breaking over night, explosive devices found

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and the host of wfla tv's daytime was one of those passengers. >> they were in full crash mode. okay, people. cross your arms and put your head down and when we say brace, you brace. >> we just did our training. we ll like anyone would. >> we did an amazing job and we're so grateful. to you, too, the crew was amazing. >> thank you. [ and very thankful with his cell phone taking those images inside the plane. the only problem ended up being a blown right tire. but still, a pretty big problem to have. >> a scary situation. >>> big changes are coming to downtown tampa. >> we're going to give you a >>> if you use a fitness tracker, listen up. some think they may do more harm than good. >>> 91 degrees. lots of sunshine. not as many showers and thunderstorms around the bay area today. the rain chances actually are coming down a bit. we'll talk about this and a look ahead to the weekend, coming up. >>> what is tampa bay saying about news channel 8 today. >> it makes me feel at home. >> it is live. it is real. >> wake up with news channel 8 today. >>> a guilty verdict in a trial sparked

and meteorologist ed bloodsworth up on the roof of wfla to talk about what the winds can do to on the water. >> reporter: that could be the big concern into the next 24 hour, the additional high tide cycles that we have this afternoon. as you mentioned, we are here on the roof of the news center. and i want to show you along the hillsborough river, running very high. and looking across the street, along that stretch of the riverwalk, and that parking lot associated with the sheraton there downtown is completely under water. and we are expecting the hillsborough river along with remain high. just a few minutes from now, crystal river, your next high tide. and another one at 5:45 this afternoon. and hudson, your next high tide comes up at 2:15 this afternoon. right around just after lunchtime there in clearwater beach for your next rise. st.pete at 3:19. and bay shore will likely see roadway later today as that high tide comes in at 3:28. and then looking at port manatee, anna maria and sarasota and venice high tides into this afternoon. so a busy day tracking these rising waters. and a

the wfla towercamera in downtown tampa, 79 degrees at tampa international airport with a dew point of 75. it is muggy. a tropical air mass will keep with us a 50% rain chance today. light breeze and high of 88. how about traffic on the 8s? >>> out here between sarasota and arcadia, flight the middle, seidel road. and quick live look again at traffic in downtown. more vehicles but great speeds >>> breaking news overnight, a death investigation in a quiet brandon neighborhood. we are live the scene. >>> along the courtney campbell causeway. >>> plus, tracking the tropics. tropical storm julia is causing problems on the northeast coast of florida. will it have an impact here? leigh spann tells us what to expect. >>> thank you for joining us here on news channel 8 today. i'm gene ramirez. >> and i'm gayle guyardo. let's get you out the door with the tropics. >> yeah, you think tropical storm julia, what are you talking senate well, it formed at about 11:00 last night. it was an area of low pressure we were tracking yesterday.

we're also updating on wfla, facebook and twitter. >>> new tonight from the sewage scandal in st. petersburg. one city council member now tells 8 on your side there's a way it could have all been prevented. mayor rick kriseman called for an independent investigation yesterday. the government and others are now getting involved. paul mueller joins us live now from st. petersburg city hall. paul, this keeps getting bigger and bigger. very controversial vote taken here by the council at city hall back in 2011. this was in around to closing the albert -- was in regard to closing the albert whitted wastewater treatment plant. it shut down last year and some say things have never been the same since. >> i think the second we started discharging at the northwest plant the next second we should have been notifying the media and public and letting them know. >> reporter: st. councilman steve cornell sounds off to 8 on your side saying he's done everything he could disappointed by the recent dumping of nearly 150 million gallons of sewage into the bay in the wake of hurricane hermine. >> th

go to wfla/heartwalk to join our team and donate. >>> you may want to think twice before drinking your tap water. how contaminated water may be flowing from our faucets, and >>> good morning. i'm melissa moreno. we will get to the top stories in a moment, but first we will check on the forecast with ed bloodsworth. >> it's a nice start to your humid. we are looking back over, and we have our moon out there, and it's a harvest moon, the last full moon of the summer, and again, fall starting later on this upcoming week. 80 in st. pete, and 74 for apollo beach, and clear water a mild and warm 78 in tampa. right now, viz is the not too bad, but we cannot rule out the patchy fog this morning rain

this is a look from our wfla studios, 87 degrees. it is a hot one. you don't have to do anything to switch. >> happy kayaker. have a great weekend. thank you for joining us on this friday. >> i'll see you at 4:00 and 6:00 at this moment, you just inherited your sister's last-generation, hand-me-down tablet... which was handed down by the generation before her. but you have lightning internet from bright house network, with the speeds you need. so this old device can still surf, stream and game with the very best of 'em. and now connect to... standard tv, standard internet, dvr and phone... this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> it's friday, september 23, 2016. klg is off today. billy bush, bog double duty. >> in the hour before, tried the hottest tortilla chip, comes in a coffin box. >> because when you bite it, that's it?

downtown camera through our wfla tower camera. it's already 88 degrees. this dew point number is 73. that has continued to climb. the higher that dew point gets, the more muggy it feels. you notice the different between yesterday and today. it's hot. 88 in plant city, 88 in sarasota, 82 in lak a little bit. we added to our rain chances, about a 30% each day, staying into the low 90s each day next week. above average today. i'm expecting 92. the average high is 90 degrees. that's important. this is the last day of an average high of 98. we spend 98 days with an average high of 90. 90.3. we are gradually cooling. >>> happening today, addressing fears and concerns of the zika virus. right now, more than 80 women in our state have this rye russ. how local leaders are reaching out. >> doctors will meet here at stetson university in tampa to discuss this very important issue, involving pregnant women and the zika virus. pregnant women all over florida are on a heightened state of alert. members of the healthy living coalition of hillsborough county know the las

please join stacie and the rest of the wfla team november 12th at raymond james stadium. go to wfla.com/heart walk for details. >>> the weekend officially here. the sun is up. and so far it is looking good this morning. we are starting off with lots of sunshine out there. looking from veterans ford in tampa. veterans expressway starting to see a li overall not too bad this morning. 77 at that location. from palm harbor there will be a lot of folks out there this morning getting in 18 holes on the golf course. 76 degrees in palm harbor. looking from lakeland, we had low clouds in some areas and patchy fog. bear that in mind, you may run into reduced visibility if you are heading out early this morning. overall it is not too bad this morning. 77 polk county. supply of sunshine for the first half of the day. by noon clouds start building up. and a very steamy conditions. we'll have a hot afternoon up to 93. we'll have some of those isolated thunderstorms. they'll form inland and then push back towards the west coast of florida as we progress into the late afternoon and the e

if you missed part one, you can watch it on wfla.com and it's also uploaded to my wfla gayle guyardo facebook page, and we looked just as effective as keith -- as deet according to the cdc. >> thank you. a check of weather for us. >>> we want to go outside, and certainly take the precautions. more comfortable with the slightly lower humidity. again, not much, but after weeks and weeks of oppressive humidity, i think you will notice the difference. some showers, but not. many the dryer air chance at 20 percent. look at the difference. 68 in crystal river. and 75 in tampa, and temperatures are cooler than yesterday, and the farther south you go, it's pushing south, and you can get into places like sarasota. you will feel the difference there, especially the farther north you live. doris is at 66 degrees house. with all the standing water well need to dry out. the rain chance today, 20%, especially for areas to the south where it's humid. tomorrow morning, look at this dry air. still around, mostly sunny and pleasant, and tomorrow, just a 20% rain chance, and the dry air will begin to r

jerry penacoli-- host of the wfla program daytime-- was aboard the flight from phoenix to tampa. the pilot aborted the landing due to a potential problem with the landing gear. this map from flightaware-dot-com shows how the plane circled above the airport-- before landing. flight attendants had an ominousa in full crash mode. ok people - cross arms. put head down. and when we say brace - you brace." the plane landed hard. its only problem: a blown right tire. work crews surrounded it as seen in video. as penacoli exited-- he thanked the pilot for getting him down safe and sound. (jerry penacoli/passenger) "how did you do it?" (pilot) "um - just did out training. followed our training just like anyone." others on board university of tampa student david walsh-- took the emergency landing in stride. (david walsh/passenger) "i tried to keep myself calm. everyone next to me was freaking out a little bit. i just held it together." making walsh one of 146 passengers-- happy to touch the ground after some tense moments in the sky./// ((paul joncich)) >>> and surprisingly this wasn't the

in the studio, -- on our wfla in the studio, mary mcguire, news channel 8. >> let us know what you think. >>> the ground breaking is underway for the usa water sports complex and training center. when construction is complete, it will be three lakes, a disabled water sports acadmy. and much more. the $4 million prois a huge deal. it-- million project is a huge >>> also happening right now, a career fair in st. pete. if you are looking for a job, head out there. the fair runs until 2:00 this afternoon. it started a couple minutes ago at 11:00 a.m. it's happening at the hilton st. pete bay front on 1st street south. dress professionally and print out and take with you plenty copies of your resume. for more information call 877- 561-5627. >>> new this morning, there's a new option shopping in the bay area in seminole and called earth fair. they sell organic natural foods that are fresh and local. news channel 8 was there for the ribbon cutting and grand opening this morning. the line as you see out the door. in fact, it wrapped around the building. and one woman we spoke withstood in line,

a look from the wfla tower camera right here in downtown tampa. it is 80 degrees at tampa international airport. the dew point is 76. mid-70 degre more like august. along with that, getting the spotty showers. a couple of them falling right now in the citrus county and hernando and pasco county communities. >> stay dry. thank you for joining us. >> see you back here on news channel 8 at 6:00. let you watch tv in more places reaming movies with access to over 450,000 free wifi hotspots nationwide. call 855-319-1319 today to get standard tv and lightning 50 internet for only $94 per month >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from >> hello, everybody, it's thirsty thursday, september 15th. hope you're having a great day. thanks for being with us. that's "rock on." we're rolling out the red carpet today for two ladies who are being treated to gorgeous looks courtesy of our ambush makeover theme. they're being transformed even as we speak. >> and if spending more money than you have happens to be your

share them with me on my wfla facebook page. maybe i'll get good football pictures tonight. >> everybody's heading out. and this weekend, a lot of college games coming up as well. it's that time of year folks. >> i love this time of year. could run into a few showers during the games tonight. bring the rain gear out there. you may need it. the chances will likely continue, at least into the evening here, it's going tore interest lakewood ranch, temperatures in the 80s. skies starting to darken there. looking from veterans ford in tampa, 78 degrees. we just had a shower pass nearby, mostly cloudy skies right now. and look at the dark skies from innes brook there. not the best golf afternoon. there's folks on the course. time to get inside. 80 degrees for the current temperature. as we progress through the evening, the rain chances will continue in a scattered fashion here. at 9:00, a lot should wind down and then by midnight tonight, we're at 79 degrees. then tomorrow, temperatures get back to 90 degrees for the afternoon, it's g

wfla reports an american airlines flight from phoenix to tampa had to make an emergency landing in tampa because the landing gear malfunctioned. passengers were told to brace as if they were about to crash. and the good news, the plane landed safely and everyone is okay. it reps. >>> and top stories from across the country. >> and the new york street rattled and it follows the dramatic takedown that police believe are in new york and new jersey. and he was shot several times during a shootout with police. he also hit two officers. investigators said that they identified the afghan immigrant through a fingerprint and a cell phone attached to a pressure cooker. he was not on any terror watch list and his motive unclear. it's unknown if there are more bombs or suspects to fine. >> and police in tulsa are reviewing new video showing what happened in the moments black man and you can see terrence crutcher with his hands up walking back to the suv and high would -- he'd not respond to them and they asked them to start the investigation. >> and the kentucky county clerk who reviewed to issue ma

as you look at the tampa wfla towercamera looking over kennedy boulevard and the hillsborough river. all the way over towards the park in downtown tampa. a nice morning. it's warmed up quickly. currently at 87 degrees at tampa international airport. a dew point of 75. now any time a dew point is in the mid-70s, it starts to feel and the showers will form around 1:00 p.m. it's dry right now, 87 degrees at 1:00. a quick warm-up, 90 degrees at 4:00 p.m. i expect it to stay around 90 for a few hours this afternoon. you will only get the cool down if you get a shower. the rain ending by 7:00 p.m. rite now, wimauma, 85 degrees. 87 in tampa. 86 in plant city. 84 in brooksville. and i talked about the humidity and i can show you the ever present heat index. it's beenor it feels like 105 in fish hawk. feels like 96 in tampa. the heat index in lakeland of 89. but 98 in sarasota. now this humid onshore flow is going to kick back in. and we do have the drier air in the upper-levels of the atmosphere. that's going to limit the storms that develop. so between now and 2:00 p.m., most of the rain ne

this is from our affiliate wfla and we are hearing the storm surge could reach nine feet. cutoff here. that looks like a river or wandering creek, but that is a roadway, folks. you can see the street lights there that are now in puddles of water. so hoping people sit tight, wait for power crews to come through, wait for the water to pull back over the next couple of days and be careful out there. sometimes accidents can happen long after the storm as passed. we'll be right back. >>> i'm ashleigh banfield reporting live at the santa clara hall of justice, and you can probably see behind me there are a number of people that have gathered with placards and signs all denouncing judge aaron persky who sentenced brock turner to six months in jail and three years in probation. turner walked out of the jail after serving three months, half of the sentence. it is all within the legal parameters, all of it. it fits within the law, and that's why these people have come out, because they don't like the judicial discretion that was used by judge aaron per ski, and they want him recalle

. >> it great to be back wfla. did he really? totally had it coming, did i didn't i old habits die hard. they do. all right. we'll right back with last look (jen) remember last week.. when we told you that the working with wild bunch remember last week we told you senator obamaing be aing signs a brand new thint consolation it rocked our world too. turns out it's not entirely true. >> oh, come on. so first thing nasa wants ernie to understand, it's that they study aastronomy not astrology. so they had nothing to do with your zodiac sign. it has not be proven for forecast any future event or even describe or personalities based on our date of birth. hes true they were created 3,000 years ago by bab lone uns. who link them to a constellations they saw when they looked in sky in thousands of years since then stars have in fact shifted due to a little tiny wobble in the earth's axis. so those constellation are not in same spot as they were anc ancient bab lone uns. but funny thing is this is nothing new. according to a myth breaker s