This is abc action news. Now on abc action news, historic blizzard causing chaos. How the storm may end up worse than expected and the domino effect on travel out of tampa. Plus this. We see a a need and fill it. We will get to the water in a minute. But we begin with breaking news. A man is dead after being gunned down outside of a Lawn Equipment equipment. And deputies are looking for his killer. It happened in bradenton street. The victim, Charles Leonard got in to a fight with one suspect before they shot him. Deputies have not identified any suspects. We of course will continue to monitor the story. If you know more, you are urged to call crimestoppers. Bill logan has areas of concern with weather advisories. We got freeze warnings and also wind chill advisories for the bay area. As a matter of fact, as we take a look at titan radar, you can getting a clearing right now and with the layer of clouds and that blanket that keeps of warm, we will get very chilly. As a matter of fact,
It is being blamed for at least 20 deaths. These are lives pictures of times square where they have work to do on the roadways. One of new yorks busiest places, thousands have been affected by the storm. Lets go to meteorologist mark collins for a look at our local forecast. Is there any hope for a warmup. There is especially after coming off of freezing temperatures. We have the sunshine across the area but even though it is sunny, there is some bite in the air. It was a massive storm taking up basically the one right side of the country. The whole half of the country and the clouds have moved off the eastern seaboard and looking from sunshine from maine to florida. That high is getting closer and the winds have dropped off but we are cooler than this time yesterday. But we have certainly made we were dealing with freezing temperatures in brooksville and inverness and the coastal hills and 54 in breadenton and 52 in st. Pete. 57 is what we will have with sunshine. It will be a cool da
Shore boulevard to show us how the tiny ones braved the cold temperatures. Jake. Yeah, good evening to you. You know the parade is just now wrapping up here on bay shore. You can see the last few floats are going down bay shore right now. As you can imagine, there were tons of beads and tons of freezing little pirates. We can tell you this is one of the nations largest childrens parades. The 2016 parade will be known for elaborate floats and cute costumes and the weather which can be summed in one or two words. Cold. Cold. The cold and windy. This mom says it took a little longer getting her pirates ready this morning. They are bundled up. Rain or shine we were going to be out here. We love to hang out with our crew, the crew at hillsborough and it is a great event and lots of kids and the girls just have a blast. Organizers say that the not seem to stop the crowds and the craziness. They estimate one hundred thousand people attended the parade. You can hear everything. Screaming. Like
St. Pete mayor Rick Kriseman is laying out his vision for 2016. During todays stateofthecity ing st. Pete player Rick Kriseman is laying out his plan for 2016. He describes st. Pete as strong and sunny but didnt hesitate to point out its flaws. The number one issue involving st. Pete is gun violence, city hopes an 800,000 investment towards youth involvement will help. He plans to launch a baseball forever campaign, his goal is to pete even if they build a new ballpark. The current site reimagined and redeveloped is the best place for a new stared yum. The bottom line is this is a win win and i can assure you, st. Petersburg will come out on top. If the team decides to move, they will make use of the land. They plan to raise money for youth programs. A journey under the sea, shipwreck treasures of the deep at the st. Petersburg museum of history comes use sw in time for gasparilla. Youll travel thousands of feet below the surface, and the iconic bell willing be on display, never seen b