Actually warmer than we should be for time of year, for this time of year. 81degrees in tampa. St. Pete, 80 degrees. We had this onshore flow throughout the night that kept our temperatures up. Right now, big area of High Pressure firmly in control and looks like its going to the stay that way through today. Temperatures warm and steamy. Two degrees above the average. And we will jump to 92 with only a few showers and thunderstorms to cool us do the hourbyhour forecast, break down the chances in greater detail but first, the first check of the roads this morning. Its looking pretty good. We have a little bit of overnight construction. Eastbound university, we have planes blocked we have lanes blocked right at 75 and also northbound some lane taken away. Usually wrapped up about 5 30 to 6 00 a. M. You see the car not moving. Well, thats one of the utility vehicles. Theres been construction on the center lane. And to the north, the left lane was taken away. I see that the cones are now gone. I will be keeping an eye on that for you. Back to gene and gayle. In breaking news overnight, a fire in palm harbor. The flames broke out shortly after midnight on coral landings boulevard. No one was home at the time unlivable. You can see through a burned out window, some of the damage there. Crews were able to keep the fire contained and no other units were damaged. Investigators are trying to figure out what caused the fire. And taking action to keep the zika virus from spreading here to the bay area. This morning the tampa mayor will outline what the city is doing to protect us. Cdc issued a travel alert. Its the second part of Miami Dade County where the virus was transmitted locally. The state is reporting 36 cases of locally transmitted zika virus. This morning, bay area Law Enforcement officers want to remind drivers about the importance of the move over law. This weekend alone, three drivers hit police cruisers, nearly hitting the officers themselves. Chip osowski shares on call. Reporter there were three separate incidents in two jurisdictions within a 24hour period of time. Last night i spoke with the deputy who had a close call several years ago with a driver who simply wasnt paying attention. After 20 years on the job, its no surprise this sergeant has had a close call. We had flairs up. I was out there with my vest on the and the flash light and the like 50, 60 Miles Per Hour and missed me by you know, 1 2 inches. Literally, i mean i felt the wind, the car, almost knocked me over. Reporter saturday night, a colleague stopped a car on 15th street north of fowler when another driver rear ended another car, sending it into the deputys cruiser. That driver, a 70yearold was arrested dui charge. Hours earlier, a st. Petersburg Police Officer on her way home stopped to the aid a motorist when another car slammed into the vehicle. That was a case where the at fault driver should have moved over. And the sergeants experience in the sergeants experience, many do. I made a traffic stop on i4 on friday night which is a busy attention on a roadway like that. And you know, people were getting over. And i greatly appreciate that. It makes my job easier. Reporter theres no real explanation for the third close call. 30yearold emily spice sideswiped a officer and hit a prison transport van on saturday morning. One officer was injured. And she is now out on bond facing numerous charges. He tells me in his experience, most drivers who are distracted or impaired. He has simple advice, Pay Attention when youre bethe wheel and dont get be youre behind the wheel and dont get behind the wheel if youre had one too many. Im chip osowski, news channel 8. Talk about a mess for a sarasota homeowner. Take a close look. Thats an suv flipped on its side just inches away if a home. Investigators believe the suv driver lost control and then hit a light pole and a car before smashing through a fence and flipping. The driver only suffered minor injuries and was cited for careless driving. A fire at a tampa mosque is ruled an arson. At first, fire crews thought an electrical issue sparked the fire. And now they believe someone purposely set this fire. Investigators discovered gasoline was poured on the air conditioning unit. No one was hurt but the fire caused abo Crime Stoppers is now offering a 3,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest. A bradenton man turns escape artist. He vanished from the back of a cruiser despite being handcuffed. Deputies are still searching this morning for the escapee. They arrested him after a car crash, handcuffed him and put him in the back of a patrol car. But just minutes later, he was gone. He was wanted on violation of controlled substance. Now he can add escape to that list. And a final goodbye to a muchloved teacher killed by a drunk driver. Over the weekend, family and friends attended the funeral forker the music teacher that taught in st. Pete. She and another teacher were hit by a man police say was driving drunk and ran a red light. The music teacher is in serious but stable cond recovering. The road to rio comes to a spectacular end with the closing ceremonies. Sad to see it all over with. The games were filled with a lot of memorable moments that captured the the attention of the world. Overnight, hash crag crag apparent that olympic planners Pay Attention to social media because this guy right here, you know it, hes the oiled up guy who made our hearts explode during the opening ceremony, he returned again, shirtless, and still oiled up. All right. Hey, people seemed to get a kick out of kicking vegetables. Not quite sure whats going on here, there was dancing broccoli and and rio firms passed the rio officials passed the flag to tokyo officials. He materialized as mario from the super mario brothers franchise. And every athlete seemed to flip out over simone biles. A lot of selfies there. Gene, a lot of interesting moments last night and throughout the 2016 summer games. No kidding. Your vegetables and. We racked up 121 medals. No doubt about it. Once i saw mario last night, i am all in for 2020. Cant wait. All is quiet in the weather world. Early on the commute, no problems weatherwise. Take a look at whats happening, 81 degrees with calm winds in tampa. Not a bad shot over downtown. And our by hour today, the rain chances staying slim for today. We only had a couple thunderss. Ahead. And with not that much to cool us down, our temperatures warm up to 92 degrees. We have to talk about the tropics. Still active. We have fiona now a tropical depression. And two areas of disturbed weather. Invest 99 is the one were going to keep the closest eye on as it is expected to roll through the Lesser Antilles and approaching the bahamas in the next five days. We could see increased moisture i75 and towards the coast. Better chance inland here. So be breaking out the shades more than the umbrellas today. Leslee, good morning. No shades right now. Dark out there on the roadway. Right. But were not having slow downs. Thats nice. Kicking off toy anice morning as well. And in fact off to a nice morning as well. And in fact, a couple cars on the Sunshine Skyway bridge northbound, those have removed. And the overnight construction has been cleared on the Sunshine Skyway bridge. Of course, over here in sarasota, it remains. A couple lanes taken away eastbound on university. And the ramp is affected both northbound and southbound on 75, the transition on to university parkway. If you come by and its still blocked, go down to clark or if youre headed north, go up to fruitville. So keep that in mind. Back to gene and gayle. Thank you. Office in tampa. Today you will see quite a few police car, fire trucks and other emergency vehicles at the main office. They are participating in an Emergency Preparedness drill beginning at 8 00 a. M. Its designed to test how well the post office and local agencies like police and fire crews Work Together in a crisis. The post office will remain open and mail will be delivered. President barack obama gets back to work as he closes out his presidency. Of business. And a kitten in surgery. How the 4weekold found abandoned on a bay area road is doing. And keeping up to date on whats going on in school. A new app thats helping parent, teachers and students stay in contact. Its 4 11. Youre watching news channel 8 8 is on your side help ugh get schooled this month and school is in full swing for most students across tampa bay. Theres no doubt, heavy class loads, Extracurricular Activities can quickly become overwhelming. And now many schools are turning to technology to help stay connected. Ill take to you a high school in hillsborough that found an easy way to keep everyone plugged in to whats going on at school. I have for golf and ag. Heres one right here. Reporter from Extracurricular Activities to staying on top of a packed schedule in ruskin, High School Student lance relies on remind 101. Pretty much anything that you have thats important for that day or night, it will reporter 35 million student, teachers, parents and coaches are signed up for remind 101 nationwide. Its a Free Online Service that you can download on to your smart phone. So everyone can stay connected with no phone numbers exchanged. Were able to give them remines about whats coming up the next day, assignments that are due, things like that. Reporter this teacher explains its simple and convenient to use and likes the attach photos, videos, voice clips and other files to any message that can be sent to other students. Its extremely helpful. Not able for quick messages but you can attach files as well. So if i need to send an assignment so they dont miss it, its sent through the remind message as well. Reporter the service keeps Contact Information private and allows you to access your Message History at any ti and emails. So its part of i keep safe, an organization that specializes in student data privacy which is important to parents. Okay, were connected who recollects can tap into this . Well, its watchdog. That security layer. Yes, absolutely. Very important. Cool. Thank you. Across america, a shooting at a house party leaves more than a dozen people injured. There were about a hundred guests at this party in erupted. Police believe two people hiding in the hedges started shooting. 13 people were injured. 12 only suffered minor injuries but one person is in critical condition. Back to work for president barack obama. The president and haze family returned to washington, d. C. Overnight after spending two weeks vacationing in marthas vineyard. One of the first things on the president s agenda, the flooding in louisiana. He is set to tour affected communities tomorrow. Well the flooding in louisiana forced thousands of people animals abandoned and lost and many ended up at shelters. One shelter sent 18 dog thes to the Human Society of tampa bay to dogs to the Humane Society of tampa bay. Over the weekend, 16 of the dogs were adopted so thats great but there are still two that need new homes. We have two. Will this is little pooh bear. He is a little shy right now. And then we have another dog, bell, and shes a mix as well. I know you want the details. To adopt either of them or any other animal, you can visit them monday through friday from noon til the 7 00. And they are open on weekends from 10 00 to 5 00. So cute. I wonder if they bark like cajun style. A kitten is recovering om a delicate operation. Vets removed a tumor from her eye. She was just four weeks old and only weighed 12ounces. She was found abandoned on pennsylvania avenue in port richey. No one knows how she got there. And a reminder, while were on the subject of cat, its National Take your cat to the vet day. The majority of cat owners do not take their feline pets to the vet on a regular basis. Independent. Yeah. They give themselves baths, go to the bathroom on their own. They still need to the see the doctor, like all of us. You just dont think about it but now is the day to do it. And thankfully, where ever youre headed today, i dont think we will see too many thunderstorms. A mainly dry commute where ever youre going. Dry air lingering around, keeping the rain chances at a bare minimum today. Steamy conditions on tap. High temperatures low to mid 90s. And the troping, wev keeping our eyes on. 81 at 8 00 a. M. Isolated showers along the coast during the morning moving inland during the afternoon. 81 in tampa. 77 for brandon and plant city. And a mix of 70s and 80s all over the sunshine state. High pressure still is our dominate weather feature. Not going to see too much through today. And you will notice into the afternoon, the rain chances with the onshore flow pushing inland through the day. Rain chances coming back up by tuesday, up to 40 . Check on the roads, good morning, leslee. All right, good morning. Here we go on the roadways. Look at this, i4, no delays in lakeland. We are up to speed. In fact, between each entrance of the poll, parkway, 14 minutes on the polk parkway, 14 minutes. University parkway, this is the lingering construction, eastbola ramps is affected north and southbound. Looks like the northbound on ramp is blocked here in sarasota. You can take fruitville instead or clark. But allow for extra time if youre exiting or getting on there. Thats a look at weather and traffic. Back to gene and gayle. Thank you. The Labor Day Holiday just around the corn labor day youre watching news channel 8 today. You love summer but its tough on your feet leaving them feeling rough. Discover amop . Pedi perfect. Its the beauty secret thats earning five star reviews feet salon pedicure smooth. Feel the difference for yourself. Amop . Love every step. Two important recalls involving thousands of vehicles. The first recall involves hyundais from 2013. The problem is with the brake pedal stopper that can deteriorate and cause the park. Another recall involves mitsubishis. The problem is with a delay in acceleration. Labor day is just two weeks away from today and as you make your plan, you may want to consider a lastminute get away. The holiday can be busy because of travel bargains. They point to historically low gas prices airfares. In the next half hour, the Daring Rescue as crews work to free a mom and children before a car falls to the ground. First, weather and traffic on the 8s is just three minutes now at 4 28. I think you will be getting a the umbrellas . Not so much. Only a few storms expected later today but temperatures warm into the low to mid90s later today. Rain chances come up for tuesday as moisture increases and we will hover around 30 to 40 . Generally seasonal reasonses here for the second half of the week. Seasonal for the second half of the week. And week. And of course the rays are in town playing host for the red sox, 84 ee traffic on the 8s. Lets throw it over to leslee. Thank you, ed. Good morning everyone. Looking at polk county, its a breeze on i4. No delays. This is around kathleen road, traffic looks fantastic. And lets move over, this is 275 at 54th avenue north. Pinellas county, up to speed from the Sunshine Skyway bridge to the Howard Frankland bridge. No delays in pinellas. And also taking a quick look in its cleared up, eastbound lanes on university at i75 and the ramps on 75 affected as fighting the zika virus. As more cases are reported in south florida, one bay area city is taking extra steps to make sure the virus does not spread in our area. And it is the school for students in sarasota county. Were live with an important reminder for all drivers. Also, a dramatic rescue caught on camera. A car dangles off a bridge. Were going to show you what First Responders show you what First Responder did say to bring them to safety. Im gayle guyardo. And im gene ramirez. Thank you for joining us
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