About the search for the gunmen. Good morning. We will get to the breaking news for you in a moment but first the weather is the story today. Lets get started. Certified meteorologist Brian Shields over in Severe Weather center 9 or tornado watch was issued for Sumter County one hour ago. Of the remaining counties. Western tier under a tornado watch all of us have the risk of seeing Severe Weather as we go throughout the day. The tornado watch may be expanded to include the rest of us so we will watch for that and heres a line of rain and storms bringing Severe Weather back to the panhandle of florida. It is stretching all the way back to the gulf of mexico. As soon as this morning through the early afternoon we will see it move from west to east. Still we have been watching for severe thunderstorm warnings near north florida even a Tornado Warning toward georgia. These are some of the radars, we wont watch for the threat 60s, 70s and warm ahead of this but what we get the rain and storms arriving in the western zones. Elementary, heavy rain and the temperatures dropping. We will track changes that the system will bring us and we will go over the timeframe for you ahead. 5 01 am. Thousands of people are without power in the panhandle after the storm system hit overnight including a current confirmed tornado pensacola. Janai norman has been watching updates. Officials say the apartment complex caught the worst of the damage. Reporter i have been watching pictures and video showing the heavy damage to three buildings and we have learned at least two dozen units were destroyed. At last check they were search and rescue efforts to make sure the ones trapped inside. Video shows some of the homes flattened and pencil colonial pensacola overnight. Devastated by tuesday storms. We have been watching for updates out of Escambia County and all over the panhandle where 6000 people are without power until the Early Morning hours. Was the what is it like . Is horrible. Reporter we could getting updates from Escambia County officials who report the apartments that got the brunt of the storm. Pictures of shelters open for residents who could not go home and drivers were urged to stay off of i 10 were fhp shut down 25 mile stretch of road. We have updates when the i 10 bridge reopened after the storm blew over a semicausing backups for more than two hours. County leaders are planning to give an update at 9 30 this morning. Right now im watching for more updates. We have not seen too many reports of injury so that is good news. Get more information about the confirmed tornado. Jamie . Before the storms get here download our wftv weather app on your smart phone or tablet and you can track the weather no matter where your day takes you it is free and the apple store. Over to deneige broom to look at the road. I 4, and seminole county. For the 36 we have construction on the roads in both directions. Eastbound and westbound you will have one left lane to work with but they should be cleaning the construction within the next hour. Should not cause too many issues. On state route 520, christmas, we have a crash east of Colonial Drive. This has a couple of westbound lanes shut down at this point. Working to find out if you will need alternate i will have that update in about 10 minutes. Following breaking news out of volusia county. The lock down has been lifted for students of Bethunecookman University after gunfire near the school. Police are still looking for a driveby shooter. Eyewitness news is morning Kimberly Eiten is live where started giving coming in. The location may be the only connection to the university. Reporter we are asking police this morning if any of the few students were involved in the shooting that happened here at the intersection. The lock down more likely wanted to place out of an abundance of caution with the campus less than 1 mile away. The alert went out after midnight telling students to stay indoors as Daytona BeachPolice Search for shooter. They say the one opened fire and two locations hitting two victims. Reports of gunshot came from sheridan a wilson avenue and a second call to go minutes later usurpers park. Reports say they may have been dry phi sig waiting to hear back from officers to confirm that. Alerts came across the bcu system given a timeline of what happened. Officers search for the government and set up a perimeter. Students lifted around 1 30 with no rest. As a manhunt continues for the shooter we are asking police if they know who they are looking for and we are asking about the victims and how they are doing and what if any connection to have two the gunmen. Live in volusia county, Kimberly Eiten, Eyewitness News this morning. Altamonte springs mother accused of murdering her adult son is scheduled to face a judge this afternoon. Police arrested 59yearold virginia arteta after they found 29yearold lake howard shot dead inside a shower in the home that they were initially was running for welfare check. There was concerned about arteta because he recently lost a lot of weight. I saw the big crowd of people standing there. Im so sorry. I was worried for her. Im sorry i did not pursue it more. Police are working to figure out what may have led up to the shooting. Her Court Appearance is scheduled for 1 30 this we will let you know what the judge decides on Eyewitness News at 4. A mother of missing baby willow is still in the Orange County jail of 50,000 bond. Orlando police say later dwindling in the search for the baby. Susan richardson is facing child neglect and abandonment charges after investigators say should abandon the baby after giving birth last monday. Our legal analyst say proving the charges will be tough officers do not find out what happened to the baby. A formal charges are not found in 30 days, richardson could be him to walk out of jail without posting bail. Orlando police are looking for the three men who shot a man three times the front of his family. Robert brown and 22, recovery after the shooting in his mothers home late monday night. After we told you about this yesterday morning we learned investigators think the shooters targeted him. Brown was not able to answer all of the offices questions yesterday. His injuries are so bad. They are waiting for him to this morning, donald trump is celebrating a decisive win in nevadas republican caucus. It is his third victory in a row in a race for the gop nomination. The latest results show trump has the support over 45 percent of gop caucus goers in the state. Senator. Marco rubio florida who is also republican establishment favorite is currently in second place ahead of senator. Ted cruz. It is really only by a small margin and his victory speech trump hinted he could wrap up the nomination in a couple of months. Of course if you listen to the pundits, we were not expected to win too much and now we are winning, winnie, winning the country. Trump also told supporters he plans to keep the military Detention Center in one, no bay cuba open hours after president obama laid out plans to close it. Ben carson and governor. John kasich were at the bottom of the pack last night they vowed to march on super tuesday. As a republican watch the contenders at the state for a town hall. Clinton and sanders talk about race issues days before the South Carolina democratic primary were africanamerican voters make up half of the electorate. Clinton will hold Campaign Events in South Carolina while sanders is a missouri. The florida primary is march 15. None of the republican in the legislator have endorsed donald trump. Read what it could mean for the gop at and at a blog on our elections page. Orange county commission with an arrest history tells us is passion not stop others from supporting her. Whatever the case in 2010 when josi colsn was put on probation for alleged witness tampering. He said the past accusations werent misunderstood understandings and he wants to serve his misunderstandings and want to serve his committee with his platform. Could and judge me only got. Noncovered drug charges and stocking accusations against he says two Marijuana Possession arrest were due to a medical condition he no longer has. The stocking complaints complaints were dropped. In the last humans without more video of the damage left behind from a line of strong storms moved to the south. Look, this is what a twister did to the roof of a fitness gym in louisiana. Brian certified meteorologist Brian Shields is and Severe Weather center 9, this is the line we will see come through. We are watching the system compare. We have a tornado watch for men and Sumter County, all of us have a Severe Weather risk for today. Here it we are and their are the line of rain and storms moving in as soon as is market we will keep you posted if any warnings are issued. Almost all was under the site risk of Severe Weather today and that is what we will have as we go throughout the day. Showing you the storm timeline. Eight10 00 storms in the western zones. From 10 002 00 late morning, early afternoon a cross i 4, mid afternoon, wrapping up that pushing out to sea and we will see nice weather moving in. Severe Weather Threat going up. Tracking it together future track had. 5 10 am. Deneige broom. I plotted out christmas state route 520 e. Of Colonial Drive blocking was always so if you are trying to get colonial might take taylor creek wrote to Colonial Drive until they are able to clear out the crash. Orange county, and an intersection to shut down because of flooding. At holding street when we get word they have been able to reopen we will let you know. A number of small streets in the area you can use to work around the intersection culture. Federal lawsuit claiming your utility may have inflated your power bill. The money collected for an expensive project that was never built. The latest case of the zika virus is is a Morrow County. We asked what is being done to keep the virus from getting spread the plan to get back to it . Yes maam. And emotional day for an Orange County sergeant. Who says she was run over by a teenager. 5 14 am. Storm system Brian Shields is tracking for us also crossover louisiana yesterday. This video shows the damage in an rv park in st. James parish about one hour west of new orleans. Two people died here. Seven others were critically hurt. Witnesses report seeing a tornado of that has not been confirmed. A lot of damage. Monitoring tornado watch and parts of Central Florida for us now. Three minutes away from his next update. The 15yearold accused of trying to kill an Orange County deputy will stay in the juvenile jail for now. At the core yesterday the surgeon who was nearly killed was overcome with emotion. He tried to kill me. Sergeant. Marcy pierce was at the hearing in Juvenile Court yesterday. The team turned himself in he was being on the run since investigators say he hit peers with car last week she tried to take him into custody on burglary charges. Says she hurts from head to toe with a fractured foot and head injury. I strive really hard to take care of those people everyday. I do my best in my guys do their best. Sergeant. Pierce also said as soon as she is well she will get back to the job that she loves. Ortiz will stay locked up in juvenile Detention Center for at least three weeks until this trial for burglary. 9 investigates Lady Lake Police officer writing bogus tickets. And complete report, line to reside. Paul attlee was filed from the five from the Police Department after putting a juvenile in a cell at the edible jail and also for allegedly calling his wife while he was supposed to be in control. He was then hired at lady lake pd where he was written up for using a Police Search system for personal use. Not doing the basic duties of his job. He quit before being fired. Three Marion County deputies were off the job after the quick during investigations into two alleged misconduct. Deputy cuba libre accused of a party and deputy beth billings was accused of hosting the party and original sheriffs officials about the alleged drug use. The other deputy is accused of searches. Aubrey resigned once they found investigated. 40 hours after a water main broke in ocala, families dont need to boil water before using it this morning. Look at pictures of crews standing in a massive hole after the water main broke. It was repaired and all homes have water again. It has not been cleared yet. Spacek is launching the first rocket of the new year in Central Florida. Falcon nine rocket blasting off in the Cape Canaveral station at 6 46. It will carry Communications Satellite into orbit for a if it looks off, as always, watch a lot on channel 9 and wftv. Com. That is a big if. A lot going on obviously in the clouds today. We have shown you the scenes and damage to the west. Big storm system racing and good news. As it does get out, we will see Severe Weather threat. It is off to the west of us. The rain is popping up and we will use our network of radars to give you an update as this line was in. This morning to the early afternoon, there is a line of rain and storms stretching back from south georgia, warnings are up there. Warnings in north florida, you can see the vigorous lightning to the gulf of mexico. All of this will be moving in as we go throughout the day. 120 miles away from orlando. That means it will move in around late morning, midday. Tornado watches for marion and Sumter Countys until 10 00 this morning which may expand to include the rest. The higher side today. Very gusty winds and isolated chance of a tornado. 60s, 70s now. Winds wasting racing on the south. On the lookout for the storms that will be picking up. 79 at noon, 80 by 2 00, raises jones arriving in cocoa beach. Arriving later today. Future track as we go over the storm timeline, 6 am, going through it slowly to give you an idea what we see picture to see the timeframe top right corner of your screen, a line of rain and storms this is 8 am, just into the western zones at that point, and right across i 4, look at that, getting close to i 4 by 10 00. From 10 00 to noon, a cross i 4, it is widespread at that point. We will watch out for any signs of rotation and then sliding off by about 2 00 starting to favor central and eastern zones. By 2 00, dealing with wet weather. After that improving, by 5 00 seven osceola, and everything sweeps away southern osceola. Storms arrived, strong to severe, temperatures around 81 degrees. Today, watching out for 70s, 80s and the Severe Weather threat is what will be on the lookout for. 40s and 50s tonight on the way. Clearing out and turning chilly for tonight. At least we settled more of a settled weather pattern tomorrow. Highs tomorrow in the 60s with plenty of sunshine. We need to get through about the next 612 hours for the Severe Weather threat. Fiveday forecast, where the weekend is always in view today is the day stay whether aware, have the Severe Weather app co. , or whether app with you. Get Severe Weather alerts sent to your device. Five day by tomorrow, a great day for much cooler and breezy, even children by friday. 65. Into the weekend, gorgeous with it, lots of sun. At the bottom of the hour, we will updates and weather potential as storms are closer to the western sections. See you in a couple. 5 20 am. Checking traffic with deneige. A crash Daytona Beach i95 northbound after us 90 to you can see they have been able to get this to the side and have not been causing too many issues for the northbound traffic. Move over while they tried to clear it out. Live traffic tracker, we have a crash and christmas causing a partial roadblock, state road 520, east of Colonial Drive. Two westbound lanes are blocked off. If you want to completely avoid that, take taylor creek wrote to Colonial Drive to skip over the crash. Millions of car owners are facing a recall over potentially dangerous airbags. Why the risk is even greater for florida drivers. Pictures showing a damage of tornado caused and panhandle overnight and coming into the root newsroom. Tracked the system headed for Central Florida. It looks to go higher next week. The flu is making hundreds of people sick and Central Florida. Why Health Officials think it a Guatemalan National accused of driving drunk causing fatal hit and run crashes in jail. He was granted bond yesterday despite concerns about his fling the country. Visitors a caused the four car crash early monday morning near Orange Blossom trail. State troopers say he has been in the country seven years without a drivers license. Brett adams died in the crash. Many colleagues and loved ones have been out with the flu this week. Health Department Says flu cases are on the rise local educators and ers tell us they have seen a huge spike in patients in the last couple of weeks. Doctors and Florida Hospital said they cannot explain why it is late this year but over the last week they had seen a record 940 cases of flu. Snow and cold imagery but we had several weeks to months of flu activity ahead of us but if you have not gotten your flu shot theres time. If you have flu systems, doctors say had you 48 hours to get treatment to fight the virus. If you have not gotten that flu shot there is tight. We posted a link for information on the vaccine on wftv. Com click on web links on the home page. We will keep an eye out for the afternoon update of the spread of the zika virus is such a florida. The Florida Department of health announced yesterday the case popped up is a Morrow County so that brings the total case in the state to 29. Brevard, osceola have one case and there are two in Orange County. So far, all cases are travel related. Officials say local mosquitoes have not tested positive for it yet. Do your part to help by Getting Better standing water around spring for mosquito more often so they do not bite travelers who could be potentially effective. The School Resource officer used a taser on a child to break up a fight in Orange County middle school. Why parents are outraged over the Sheriffs Office reaction. Want to validate out of the panhandle where tornado touchdown overnight. Coming up, pictures just into the newsroom of the damage leaving thousands of the dark. A tornado watch for some of us up for some of us. A line of rain and storms 5 30 am. That is the weather front headed our way. You see the strong band of green moving across the state that could bring rough weather. Stay whether aware. Of Tornado Warning issued in marion and Sumter County. Tornado watch it. Tornado watch. Im sorry. But lets get over to certified meteorologist Brian Shields for the latest. 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