Never fight back. Theysay its just not worth the risk of injury. At police headquarters, christina hager, wbz news. A woman is dead after a house fire in fitch burg. Flames broke out on cottage street and a 53yearold was pulled in her home but she later died. Investigatorssay that the fire was caused by pellets for a pellet stove stored too close to the water heater basement. Also in fitchburg, flames broke out at an abandoned burning and burned off the roof. School was canceled at a nearby middle school. And a neighbor placed on house arrest is upsetting neighbors. His house is condemned meaning he is living in a van in the driveway. And the town is trying to avoid being stuck with the here. Reporter Chris Bernard wears a gps tracker because two weeks ago, a judge ordered house arrest due to a probation violation and here is his house, boarded up and condemned. He cant go inside. These votey ons vote photos show why, a filthsy home with pet waste anywhere. So in the front of his house
Well, if it didnt feel like fall before, it sure does now. Cool temperatures and some fairly gusty and some fairly gusty winds out there this afternoon. Lets see how things are shapingup for tonight. Meteorologist jesse ritka joins us with the weather. Fall has finally arrived on a strong wind, dropping temperatures down into the 60s and very dry dew points in the 30s. Tonight will feel cold but it will be seasonable in milwaukee with lows near 50 degrees, the wsw wind will stay strong at 1020mph and make it feel colder as you head out the door on tuesday cedar rapids, for the secondworst flooding in the citys history. The cedar river is expected to crest tomorrow morning. Authorities asked residents of about fivethousand homes to evacuate by last night. Fire officials said they would ask for the names of next of kin from people who did . Not . Want to leave the area. The cedar river crested saturday night in waterloo, iowa. Its about fifty miles upstream from cedar rapids. And thats w
Polk and hillsborough county. You can see that cluster right there in eastern hillsborough county. A ton of lightning, torrential rainfall. And this is right along i4. For for the for folks commuting, this is going to be rough. This goes until 4 15 this afternoon. For eastern hillsborough and western polk county. Not lake land just yet. But id be prepared for strong storms headed your way. As the a lot of heavy rain. Wind, potential for hail. You can see where its centered over the brandon area. As we show you the vertically indicated liquid, this indicates where we could potentially be seeing hail. Right along i4 into eastern hillsborough and western polk county, thats where we could potentially see hail. Scattered storms around bartow area over toward frost proof. Lake wails tracking heavier rain and spottier showers south into sarasota county, east of venice. So what to expect for the rest of the evening, well continue to see scattered and strong storms continuing in our inland spot
Fort meade. Thunderstorms have developed across central and eastern Pinellas County. Just north of downtown st. Pete getting rain. Largo then drifting to the east Safety Harbor area. Farther south you can see north port seeing thunderstorms all the way down south. Not at severe levels. Small hail with thunderstorms that develop on a day like this as well as a lot of lightning and local flooding. More in just minutes coming up. Well tonight voters will be able to see the president ial candidates goto to toe in the first president ial debate of this historic election. Earlier today news channel 8s Jeff Patterson was the only local fig tour to interview Vice President ial nominee tim kaine. Jeff joins us live in lakeland where kaine made a brief Campaign Stop. Reporter yeah, good evening. This is his fifth Campaign Stop in florida since being put on the ticket as the vice even he acknowledges that right now this state is too close to call. Tim kaine has served as a city council member, go
Though the debate could get fiery, they say the nominee that remains calm could be the winner. Reporter the audience for tonights show down between Hillary Clinton and donald trump would reach 100 million viewers. The faceoff comes as the latest poll shows clintons numbers slipping putting her in a tie with trump. The democratic nominee spent most of her weekend practicing sors. Trump on the other hand devoted leasts time for prep but his Campaign Says hes ready political experts say in this debate trump has to show hes president ial while clinton has to get her supporters excited again. That the that people are switching over, but her voters reporter on the campus the College Students want to hear about the issues before they make up their mind. This debate is to important, because so many people their decision is up in the air. Reporter are you leaning one way or the other . No, im waiting to hear and see what both candidates have to say. Reporter both candidates have plenty to say a