Of fiona. You can say goodbye to fiona. We have Tropical Storm gaston strengthening in the atlantic and we are watching closely invest 99l which currently has a 60 chance of development. Gaston moving off west, northwest at 21 Miles Per Hour. Expected to strengthen into a hurricane but were not expecting this to impact florida and likely not even the u. S. As it makes the open atlantic. And what were watching more closely is the tropical wave, invest 99l, you can see the Spaghetti Models bringing the storm to the north and west. And by the weekend, you can see its moving in the direction of florida. So its still a ways away. Right now, not a tropical depression. Not a named storm. But theres a 60 chance of development, especially towards the end of this week. And we have the Hurricane Hunters out today investigating was, its still very disorganized. Just a tropical wave. Did see wind gusts up to 37 Miles Per Hour within this storm but again, at this point, its just too unorganized to b
Spread. We are now able to cut the area basically in half. So now, start out as one square mile. Now it is less than onehalf square mile. Reporter more cases of zika are being found. Five cases announced by the governor today. One, in Pinellas County. The state is calling that case nontravel related. Not travel related means that they have not gone to a place where there transmission. Reporter the governor told us today they are still working to find out how they got the virus. You have to start doing are the teenist strategic testing. Reporter and they want to assure tourists that florida is safe. We have to be aggressive anywhere. Everybody has to be aggressive with no standing water. Reporter that is why im standing here next to a public sports complex. Old tires can collect water, breed mosquitoes. The Parks Department definitely need to do something about that mess over there. So right now we dont know where the person contracted this. We are not sure how this person picked it up
Infected in Pinellas County. And as mary mcguire shows us, state officials are working to find out where the person contracted the illness. Reporter officials are not telling us where that person living in Pinellas County, only that a person here in Pinellas County does have the zika virus and they didnt contract it by traveling to any known hot zones including miami. It is the news we never hope to hear. The zika virus in our own backyards. Governor rick scott revealed the latest case of nontravel related zika in Pinellas County. We only have two areas we believe have local transmission. Reporter the question remains where did that person contract the virus . At this point, we dont know that it happened in Pinellas County. Efforts now shifting to find out the answer to that question. We need to start doing strategic testing with the family, where the individual worked. All those things. Reporter the governor insists there are only two known direct transmission zones the first area, is
Cam. He told his bicyclist to ride the bike on the sidewalk and the man and the man p tells the officer its illegal. Ive been doing this for 12,000 miles man. The officer in the video wont face discipline but the Department Says it will retrain officers on bicycle laws. The city of tampa unveiling an aggressive plan to keep zika infected mosquitos out of our community. The question the city purchased 3,600 dunks, thats the giant chemical tablets that kill the mosquito larva for up to 30 days. The city is not responsible for mosquito control, its the countys job but bob buckhorn says with the public crisis in miami they cant sit back and wait to act. There are 4,000 abandoned properties in tampa and getting the dunks to treat pools or wherever water collects will be a challenge. Clearly it would make all the sense in the world. Maybe just to teach them to throw from the front yard and get it into the backyard. Joking aside the city says they will find a way to get to the high risk areas
Upper 70s but doesnt feel like that. It feels like well into the 80s with the humidity. By the way a few showers in the other direction as a northeast flow now takes over and that will get us back to where we have not been the last couple of days, afternoon thunderstorms have returned. Janelle is excited about that, 4 00 to 7 00, getting back to pretty hefty storms by lateday as the northeast flow will favor that, 100 to 105 feels like. Theres the fetch from the northeast. Well talk more about that, our changing pattern into the ek update on the tropics coming up in a few minutes. First Tuesday Morning commute should be quiet . . I think i can speak for all parents. Lets wait for the afternoon pickup before the storms start. Its not fun. 3 00, 4 00. The roads are looking great. No crashes or breakdowns. Looking live at i275 and gandy, traffic very light. The average speed 70, between Howard Frankland. Checking out i4, around park road, smooth ride all the way from lakeland into downtow