With a look at the weather. Lets talk about whats happening locally. Finally the low is moving away. We are seeing once again generally clear skies this morning, maybe haze but its going to be nice to watch the morning sunshine again. 73 in zephyrhills. Right now, inverness, youre 73. Auburndale, 74. 77degrees in sarasota. And the kids, back to school again today and giving the forecast an a because it we expect for the first couple days of august. Partly cloudy, 90 when the final bell rings and thats when i bring the rain chance up. In weather and traffic on the 8s, i have the eightday temperature trend for you. And we have the morning commute. I am seeing a little bit of merkiness. I wouldnt even call it fog, on some of the Traffic Cameras. And the areas saw some overnight rains. Merky there. But 75 is accidentfree. Just Road Construction right now, hillsborough avenue closed at the veterans expressway for probably the next hour or so. Traffic is rerouted in that area. Bay area bridges for the most part, up to speed. There was overnight road work on the northern end of the bridge. That has cleared. Per my Traffic Cameras pinellas county, accidentfree. Breaking news this mo including two firefighters are hurt after a possible explosion and fire at an Apartment Building in the washington, d. C. Area. When firefighters arrived, they tried to rescue those trapped on the second and third floors. The fire involved at least two or three buildings. Firefighters warn not everyone is accounted for right now. So clearly this is a story still very much unfolding. We will bring you updates as soon as we know more. In an 8 on your side morning for work or school, you will want to hear about a new study that points to what is causing thousands of wrecks a year. Yeah, we not only have to be on the lookout for dangerous drivers, we need to be aware of dangerous debris on our roads. News channel 8s ryan hughes is live in pasco county this morning. A big problem. Reporter gene, good morning. A big problem caused by small and large objects on the road. A study by aaa shows that road 200,000 crashes on roads like this one here, u. S. 19 here in pasco over the past five years. These accidents led to 39,000 injuries and 500 deaths between 2011 and 2014 according to aaa. Now a lot of the debris flies out of vehicles. Drivers simply forget to secure stuff that can lift up and take most debris related crashes happen on highways because the high speeds can increase the chances of parts becoming detached and landing in the road. Add to this a study from a couple weeks ago that Shows Florida is home to some to some of the countrys worst drivers and you have a bad come by nation. The key this morning, watch out on the roadways. Yeah, thank you. Happening today, a hearing in the verses gawker media in st. Petersburg. A judge ordered the gossip website to pay hogan 140 million in damages. After that, gawker filed for bankruptcy. Todays hearing is expected to focus on how the company will pay hogan and where the funds will come from. The hearing begins at 3 30. Today we expect an update on the zika virus from the federal health officials. Allergy and infectious, diseases will reveal new information. Right now, there are 23 non travel related cases of zika virus. They all originated in miamis winwood neighborhood. This morning, new questions about ride safety after a 10 yearold boy dies on the worlds tallest water slide. This comes as the water park reopens though the ride remains closed. News channel 8s Lindsey Mastis joins us. Reporter yeah, people want to know how th morning. Investigators are not revealing much but two women that witnessed part of the tragedy as it happened, they are speak out and calling for changes to the ride. I think they definitely need to fix the straps on the ride. Cause you would think for something thats supposed to be known for being the tallest slide in the world, they would have more secure traps than because your neck gets shaken around like really good. And you hit your head a lot. Reporter and this video is showing riders going air born on going airborne of this test ride in texas. And we are learning that an early test of the ride, sandbags flew off the rafts and engineers had to redo half of the ride. Before the ride opened, the ride included height and weight privacy as they prepare for his funeral friday. We will continue to follow the story and let you know what investigators find out. So difficult for that family. Yeah, so tough. Thank you. A home owner in sarasota got the shock when a big tree came crashing down. This is in the 2600 block of lockwood meadows drive and you can see the tree limb over the driveway of the home. They cant explain how this problems with street flooding. This was the scene last night. High water covering the roads. Drivers tapping their brakes to try to make it threw there. The water has since receded. And this is out of a thriller. Stuck in the mud with poisonous snakes all around. Yeah, a lakeland man lived through the nightmare. I cant imagine. The 78yearold feeding turtles in a creek behind his home. His flashlight fell and when he stuck in muddy waters with water snakes nearby. Eight hours later, workers spotted him. I said what in the world are doing here. I said, waiting for somebody to pick me up. He was covered with mud. To thank the men, bob bought them gift cards to red lobster. Not a bad thank you gift. Next time, leave the i hope the turtles enjoyed the meal though. Yeah. Lets get ai check on the weather with leigh spann. Good morning. We have a typical august day in front of us. Its going to be a dry start. Afternoon storm, finally breaking out of the gloomy pattern that started the week. Lets go hourbyhour through temperatures. 77 account 7 00 a. M. By 11 00, 58. 19 at 4 00 p. M. And then this evening, youre inside im sure watching the bucs take on philadelphia. They are actually up in philly. Going to be 58 degrees if philadelphia at 7 00 p. M. With a 30 storm chance. What about our tomorrow chances . Well, out of the forecast for several hours. Im stopping this at 2 00 p. M. When we start to see showers right just east of polk county and highlands county. And then notice the storms push closer and closer to the coast through 9 00 p. M. And hopefully we clear things out because tonight and early tomorrow morning, the meteor youre away from the bright city lights and thats more than we typically see. We will be around 19 or 9 around 91 or 92 for the next eight days. Thankfully things are dry this morning. Yeah, some pockets of haze. Lets take you outside and show you here at 275 and bird street. Nice and clear. But take a look at i4, Branch Forbes road, not a big deal but we are seeing haze around the street lights. If that gets worse, leigh and i will let you know. Bay area bridges including this one up to speed. 10 minutes or less to cross the Sunshine Skyway bridge. Gayle, gene, back to you. Thank you. Fighting deadly peanut allergies with peanuts. Still ahead, the miracle method involving peanut exposure. Plus, one mans solution to missing his flight. Why police are warning us not to try this at home. Not a good idea. And the road to rio. Olympic torch burning bright. Up next, how the u. S. Is dominating the school how a hometown athlete helped bring home gold. Youre watching news channel 8 today. So this is weekend me. She makes lists with the weekly ad. But then there is weekday me, no time for anything. Except bogos, and publix has tons of bogos. Thats how i save at publix. How bout you . . I dont want to lie down. I refuse to lie down. Why suffer . Stand up to chronic migraine. With botox . Botox . Is the only treatment for chronic migraine botox . 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She anchored the team usa to another gold. And our hometown athlete did earn gold because she swam in the preliminaries and helped secure a spot in the preliminaries for the team. Today Michael Phelps will go for gold free style, Michael Phelps in the 100meter butterfly. Golf begins today for the first time in the olympics since 190 humidity and the womens all around finals in gymnastics. The last chance to see the simone biles go for the gold in the individual events. Heres a look at the medal gold, 11 silver and 11 bronze. China has 23 total medals. And japan, 18. Well, talk about olympic spirit. Take a look at how this guy in arizona has his decorated. He has decked out his home in everything olympics. You see the rings and flags from all different countries. And he has a statue of Liberty Holding the olympic flag the front lawn. He set up a tv for his neighbors to come on over and watch the olympic action. I say he deserves a gold medal in the spirit competition. Across america, police shoot and kill a 14yearold boy in los angeles. Officers were checking out a call involving gang related vandalism. They claim he was armed with a hand gun and firing towards them. The officer who shot him was time. Investigators are going over it to see if it helps determine what happened. And tornado terror in connecticut. Youve got to see this video of a twister as it tears through new haven. If you look carefully, you can see it swirling. The National Weather service reported this tornado had winds between 65 to 85 miles per hour. It did cause damage but no one was hurt the. The tornado downed trees and broke branches as you see here. Some of the trees buildings. Well, impressive images out of liberty township, ohio. Yep, take a look. Thats a semitruck that crashed into a house. Luckily no one was home at the time. The passenger in the truck was injured but should be okay. No word on what caused the driver to lose control and crash. Frozen is better than fresh embryos with a syndrome. The women had more live births than those who received fresh embryos. Thats because women are able to recover in the process before the embryo is implanted. Parent, and kids about fighting allergies with peanuts. It was tried in a university of North Carolina study. They were gradually increase amounts of peanut protein each day. Two years later, almost 80 were able to tolerate peanut with no allergic reaction. This week is International Dog assistant week. And those who helped the most feel a week isnt enough to show their appreciation. For luke, the dog jasper is a lifesaver. Him to oncoming seizures. They hope this will raise awareness for service dogs across the country and beyond. Ive had access issues lately where people didnt know the laws and what they were supposed to do when a service dog comes into the business. So i think education and awareness will help. They go everywhere together. He even went to prom and walk add cross the stage with her when she graduated from high school. Nice. Looking good at om the bucs first preseason game is happening tonight. Because of the olympic, the game will air on great 38 at 7 00 p. M. Again, thats great 38. The head coach wants to make sure everybody gets through the night without any injuries. And he wants to see every player get into that game, especially the guys fighting for spots on the team. Go bucs. Another team, another lost series. The race couldnt get anything going on offense. A different story for toronto though. They scored seven runs to win 7 0. The blue jays are just a few points behind baltimore for the lead in the al east. Well, its a question many have faced, what to do if you miss your flight. Most of us book another flight, maybe find another way to get to where were going. A man in spain secured himself a spot in jail. The man bypassed security, jumped from yes, he chased down that flight on the tarmac. Wait for me yeah, bags inhand and all. This guy actually managed to get on that flight moments before it took off. They let him on the plane. However, when the flight arrived at the destination, thats when Police Arrested him. Not a good idea. Its 4 48. Heres leigh spann with a look at the weather. How did they let him on the plane . Dont let that man on the plane. All right. Back to what im talking about. Area of low pressure pushing away from us. So we get to return to the normal afternoon thunderstorms in august. So were going to wake up to sunny sky, 78 degrees, close to average for this time of the year. Warming up quickly. 91 at 4 00 p. M. Theres the 40 chance of storms. We saw them yesterday as well late in the day. 77 in tampa right 75 in sebring. And 73 in inverness. Let me walk you through the next couple hours. First of all, 6 00, 7 00, 8 00, 9 00, so, passing clouds but dry. But the time we head to lunchtime and just after, notice we get this southeast breeze. This is 1 00 p. M. Places like polk county and highlands county, you will start to see the thunderstorms. And then those start to push farther toward our coastline, getting closer to i75 by 3 30. Coming home around 3 30. The west coast sea breeze comes in and right along 75 around 6 00 p. M. , some of the stronger thunderstorms develop before theyll generally push back toward the coast. And end. So a 40 chance today and tomorrow. 30 for the weekend. Lets check on traffic on the 8s. Good morning everyone. Taking a look at downtown tampa. Not a lot of folks on the roads just yet. Nice look at the skyline. We have a little bit of fog and haze on the roads. Nothing major i75 here at 301, again, very light traffic. A construction note for you, hillsborough is closed at the veterans expressway for the next 30 minutes or so. You will be rerouted there. If youre heading eastbound, i suggest using memorial highway. Gene and gayle, back to you. Thank you. A popular disney world parade is turning off the lights and head add cross the country. The last day we can enjoy the main street electrical parade plus, you wont find heart break at this luxury memphis we could brag about whats in new light fit yogurt. But wed rather talk about whats not in it. Like no artificial colors or preservative ingredients. New light fit. A 90 Million Investment in tennessee is expected to bring thousands of tourists from around the world. The guest house at the Graceland Hotel will be awesome. Travelers will get to Southern Hospitality at this hotel. I features an Elvis Pressly bar and grill. The hotel will be done by august 27th. The grand Opening Weekend is already booked. I bet. Walt disney world is pulling the plug on the main street electrical parade but we can catch it in california. It will parade through disney land for a limited time next year. After the last run at disney world october 9th. It features half a million twinkling and glowing lights with aexperience from classic characters. With appearances from classic characters. In china, 1,007 robots danced and gyrated to break the world record for digital dancing. Guinness was there to verify the group dance session. Little scary. Over. I dont know how i feel about it. A bay area man leaves a bar without paying his tab. How the dispute over a few dollars led to a highspeed chase and a big take down. But next, weather and traffic on the 8s is just three minutes away. Why are you deleting these photos . Because my teeth are yellow. Why don,t you use a whitening toothpaste . Im afraid it,s bad for my teeth. Try crest 3d white. Crest 3d White Diamond strong toothpaste and rinse. Gently whiten. And fortify weak spots. 2 times stronger enamel. Clear skies for the most part. This is a towercamera look over hillsborough river. Temperature right now, 77 degrees. Some areas are seeing light haze but i dont think it will be an issue. Later today, well after 1 00 p. M. , about a 40 rain chance. Otherwise, partly cloudy and hot with a high of 91. How is traffic on the 8s . Pinellas county, youre all quiet. No not a locality along the 275 corridor. One accident in the bradenton 27th between 64 and cortez boulevard. Unknown road block right now. If its a problem, i will let you know. Well be right back. . Know youre budgeted for the expected, and the unexpected. A new home can be clear and simple. Know your investments can make retirement closer than you think know. The one word behind all the guidance we provide, tools we create, and services we offer. A violent carjacking at a convenience store. Right now, pasco deputies are searching for two suspects and we have the video you do not want to miss. Also, police have identified the officer involved in a Fatal Shooting at the police academy. He is no strange tor con metro severe single digits. We will show you why. And news channel 8 is your official olympic station. Heres a live look at the olympic torch burning bright. Team usa back in the pool tonight competing for more gold. Gymnastics continues tonight. Plus, were keeping you connected to rio via social media. A lot of fun stuff happening there. It is. Good morning. Welcome to news channel 8 today. Im gene ramirez. And im gayle guyardo
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