Bradenton. Also seeing storms not heavy, but heavy enough to put on the windshield wipers a little bit more fully. Englewood over to northport and around through sarasota and manatee county, we are still seeing rain and we have just seen a few dying cells in the brandon and bloomingdale area. All of this continuing to kind of that is exactly what is happening and will continue to happen, here are the totals over the past 24 hours, out in the gulf, this area has got like 15. 5 inches of rain coming down, 3 1 2 inches down to two inches in parts of Pinellas County into hillsborough, manatee 1. 2 inches, sarasota over one inch. Then we get into polk county we are seeing the flooding potential. That is why the flood watch has been posted and it will remain in effect until Tuesday Morning for citrus, hernando and pasco county. Looking at your day planner or evening planner for tonight, temperatures around 79 degrees going up a little bit into overnight. And not moving much at all over the next day or so as we continue to see the rain come down. A complete look at the timing of the storms and more importantly when it ringing over the next 48 hours coming up in less than 15 minutes. Meanwhile, the fears of heavy downpours pushing many in the bay area to prepare for possible flooding. We are live from pascoe county with a look at the conditions. Reporter the good news, the hour or so, we have a very light drizzle coming down. Wet roads are definitely a concern here at newport richie, we have got a little bit of ponding into the intersection, this is what we have been seeing across the county, creating slick spots. A very good idea to take it slow, the only area of any significant ponding a couple of miles down the road some deep puddles over in the moonlike area. The good news is the water is nowhere near the houses in the area and the road is passable. Pascoe county Emergency Operations team and Sheriffs Office keeping a close watch on these areas across the county like Thousand Oaks and the trinity area and the u. S. 19 4. So far, no major issues or damage to report, but the flood watch is in effect through tuesday night, the heavy rounds of downpours continue you could see additional issues, always a good idea to grab sandbags do anything you can to prepare as we see the potential for abc action news . Citrus county out of flood watch, that means there is a potential for flooding based on current forecasts. There have been floodings in the usual spots, but the whole county should stay up to date with what is going on in the area. In response to heavy rain the city of tampa and searches county have opened sandbag operations, the city of tampa will stay open until 7 00 p. M. Tonight, Citrus County will have two filling stations open. One on grand march avenue and the other on west golf crystal river, both close at 5 30 today and they reopen at 8 00 a. M. Sandbags will be provided, but as always you are encouraged to bring your own trouble, we have these locations and more posted on our website, abcactionnews. Com. For driving through flooded streets. It can be very dangerous, if you see water do not drive through it. If you end up finding yourself in the flooded area you can have your car stall, do not remain in the car, get out as soon as possible and seek higher ground, floodwaters can elevate quickly sweeping away the vehicle and passengers inside. Another story, if you have been driving on the Howard Franklin bridge you may notice a disturbing trend, dead cats on the side of the them since june. Another incident involving another. Jake peterson is live from the road. Do troopers know how the cats are ending up on the bridge . Reporter they really dont know why or how. They are investigating someone possibly throwing them out of the car window. Most of them are dead right on the side of the road, earlier today a motorist was driving over the bridge, she was and she noticed a white ball of for flying toward her. They say cats have nine lives. But this little one is only left with eight after what happened sunday morning. I dont know how the survived. She was driving over the Howard Franklin bridge when all of a sudden. Out of the corner of my eye i see something fallout of this vehicle. Im not sure what i thought i saw but it appeared to be a cat. She stops and runs over to it. I went to pick it up and it got scared and ran. Right into her wheel well. Traffic was blocked, they took her wheel off and save the kitten. She has got a mark on her face from when she hit the pavement. The family is keeping the cat, they havent decided on a name but one possible name stands out. I thought about calling it it is alive. After watching so many cars go by. I cant imagine how it survived. Claudette is hoping other cats dont end up in the same spot especially if this wasnt an accident. If this is a reoccurring incident happening it is super important to catch the person whos doing it. Fhp is investigating why it is happening to the cats, everything happened so fast she didnt get a good look at the driver, if you see a cat on the side of the road call fhp. Im jake peterson, abc action news. Right now police in st. Petersburg have opened a road shut down after a car crashed into sadly, the driver a 75yearold man died. Mehow he on 54th driving erratically. The street was shut down for hours, no other passengers were in the vehicle, police have not identified the driver. In tampa another driver crashes into a tree. That it driver also dies. The crash happened last night. Police say the driver lost control of the car while on the curve of the i75 entrance ramp, the name of the driver has not been released. Citrus county firefighters inve fire at a shopping plaza. Traffic was redirected away from the area, part of u. S. 19 was closed. There is no word on injuries or the amount of damage to the plaza. But we can tell you the shopping area remains closed. Several pascoe county kids are set to start the new school year, all thanks to some very special shoppers. A great effort by the fraternal Sheriffs Office lodge 29, they raised enough money to take 120 kids shopping and each child had a budget of 300. I have three children and this is really helpful. It helps tremendously. They helped the kids in the most need. Disney now building a stone wall around the lake where an alligator pulled a twoyearold into the water leading to his drowning. The wall is going up along the beaches of the seven seas lagoon where several resorts are located. Disney put up warning signs and ropes, an autopsy showed he died from drowning and traumatic injuries. The family did not decide to sue disney. More and more people wanting to own guns in florida has manufacturing firearms surging. Florida has more gunmakers than any other state except texas. Federal data shows a 350 increase in licenses for raising concern because Officials Say trying to keep up with demand is putting a strain on the atf. No solution yet on how to tackle the issue. It could be putting lives at risk. The irs under fire, an Appeals Court saying the organization may be targeting conservative groups applying for taxexempt status. The court found the irs committed unconstitutional acts by creating beyond th lookout list. Organizations on the list were not processed the same as other groups, some subjected to delays. The irs has not commented on the issue. Still ahead, learning curve, the lessons behind floridas effort to combat local transmissions of the zika virus and how it can help stop the spread in other parts of the country. The steps a giant retailer is taking to prepare for others could soon welcome back, Officials Say the number of home grown cases of the zika virus to 16. Concentrated in an area north of miami, Health Officials have launched an aggressive effort to stop the spread. Dan simon has more. As Florida Health works to rid the state of zika infected mosquitoes other parts of the nation are bracing for the virus to spread. The height of mosquito season and cities like new orleans with hot muggy conditions are particularly vulnerable. Our mentality should not be it is likely we will have one. With similar climates, louisiana, alabama, mississippi, georgia and texas have crafted plans to combat zika. The thread goes further. This map from the National Center for Atmospheric Research shows all the states at risk with yellow being low risk orange moderate and red is high risk. Health Officials Say they dont expect widespread outbreaks. We cannot be complacent do expect to see more zika cases. Florida the only state so far to have local transmission that may offer something of a template to the rest of the country on stopping the spread. It has begun using airplanes to spray insecticide. Chemicals are spread across a 10 mile area. The early results seem promising with a high kill rate in the traps used to gauge effectiveness. It has been mopping up water to deprive the mosquitoes from test being administered to residents to see how widespread the virus might be. Florida has waged a fierce Public Relations campaign, officers handing out zika information pamphlets to tauris encourage the use of bug repellent. Stores have actually run out of repellent, also in short supply is money, the white house and congress have been engaged in a 1. 9 billion zika funding bill. Congress and president have not been able to come together to pass a bill to provide more funding. We are asking the government to help with Mosquito Control help reinforce the state level, we will spend the money we need to to do the right thing. That was dan simon reporting, so many focused on backtoschool but walmart is seasons, the company rolled out a system called Customer First scheduling. 650 neighborhood markets. The plan is to have adequate stacking staffing during busier times. This is a business move, college Customer Service took a hit in the past. It gives employees a better idea of their shift and there is other talk to other retailers will follow. See why the yankees will be releasing Alex Rodriguez at the end of the good evening everybody, a the river gate tower on a rain covered lands. That is a look at a soaked davis island. And this is a soaked to view of interstate 4. The relentless rains rolling. Flooding fears are real. It is looking like they will be with us through midweek. This is what we are looking at, only up to 82 degrees. International airport, rains are rolling in as the temperatures stay in the 70s. 79 sarasota, 75 for lakeland. Brooksville 79, 80 degrees in clearwater, 78 st. Petersburg tampa and brandon at 79. A look at your futurecast. Going through into tomorrow morning plenty of rain on monday, some of those storms are very heavy, we will see this working into monday ni this rain is relentless. It is going to be adding up to quite a bit through the week we will be looking for totals topping out anywhere between 5 to 7 inches between now and the end of the week. That is why we have flood advisories and watch is in effect for areas north of tampa bay. 78 by the time you get up in 100 chance of showers, tuesday and wednesday we see the rain trying to dry out a little bit. But we have got to get through the rain first. John. Love him or hate him, Alex Rodriguez will go down as one of the greatest Baseball Players ever, at 41 years old the bronx bombers have seen enough. A road and the yankees announced fridays game his last in pinstripes. He will then be unconditionally released. He will remain as a special advisor through december 31, 2017. The yankees are obligated to pay him the remainder of his 21 million salary for this season and 21 million over the 2017 season, the final of his tenure 275 million deal. He will not rule out a return was retiring, but he said it was too early to y to think abo playing again. If this is the end he sits for home runs away from 700, a record that he would love to ve this is a tough day. I love this game. And i love this team. And today, i am saying goodbye to both. 0 or any of those lestones, i would have had unbelievable fun time to go after them, those are not the cards i was dealt. I am at peace with the organizations decision. 696 career home runs gives him fourth most alltime this year hitting 33 last year just nine this year in 62 games. A slight chance he will play in the next series in boston either way the rays will see game. Before the race thought about that game they had todays Series Finale against minnesota and a trip to toronto, but they are happy to see the twins third baseman leave the stadium. Twins take a 31 lead. Giving up six runs. Trying to chip away, Nick Franklin showing off the long ball straightaway to center, th to be miguel again that one gets out in a hurry, third home run of the series the twin to 11 00. Welcome to world news tonight. Breaking news, tragedy at a major water park. Details coming in at this hour. Donald trump facing dangerous poll numbers. The republican nominee losing ground. The huge group of voters lining up for hillary clinton. But now trump unleashing a new attack. Honestly, i dont think shes all there. Crash course. The frightening wipeout. The cyclist crashing in the middle of a race, rushed to the hospital. 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