Right now on news channel 8 at 6 00. An unpleasant surprise for two Home Invasion suspects, how the victim made sure those crooks wont be bothering anyone any time soon. Good evening, everyone. Im rod carter. Thanks so much for joining us tonight. Well begin with the expected to drench Pinellas County this week. Residents arent taking any chances. People traveled to the Community Park in st. Petersburg with their shovels and filled sand backs for free. This started at noon and about an hour later 150 bags had already been given out. We spoke with a man that says its better to be safe than sorry. I think its important just for peace of mind. Even if the weather doesnt hit, i still got a couple bags. A bit and i think its important to allow communities to prepare themselves. Sandbags will be available again tomorrow in st. Petersburg from 9 a. M. Until 5 p. M. The sandbags are limited to 20 bags per person. Just how much rain are we talking about . Lets go straight to storm team 8 meteor
Will see temperatures in the mid 80s. That is a look at your forecast. I heard water dripping and that is when i saw i had a limp coming through the ceiling in my living room. Violent storms ripped through northeast ohio. Medina county was hit the hardest. That is where we find sarah this morning. Good morning sarah. Reporter good morning, a branch snapped off of this tree. You can see the road is closed. Ohio edison has been here. They have had several crews pass through but they have left the scene. There are quite a few low hanging wires. The power outage map estimates restoration to be about noon. The storm brought violet rain and winds. Luckily were told no one was hurt. At least one room ceiling causing a leak. Joe says the storm toppled 24 trees in his yard. The storm came out of nowhere. One 2nd it was nice and sunny. I went in the house, heard a bunch of noise and it came out of nowhere. It lasted about 4 minutes and it was over. Reporter he is looking at the bright side sayin
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Also have work happening on 90. This is the east and west on area right at crocker it will be close temporarily overnight. Tonight they are doing pavement work. So far, the highways look good. We have been watching all the cameras and no problems to tell you about. You dont hear about traffic stops like this too often but our overnight news track was there to document this , sending these pictures into the live desk a woman caught driving on the sheriffs stopped her right by the davids restaurant at marriott. Also a crash in Bedford Heights that police say started as a drag race. This is on rockside road right near 480. 2 cars involved. There were racing eastbound when they went off the left side of the road slamming into an embankment. Luckily, no one was hurt. Classes canceled. Students in accra nursing home after a smoke. That is were Sarah Phinney joins us live this morning. Sarah, where did the fire start . Reporter School Officials are telling our partners that they believe the f
Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Investigators, this morning, are looking for patterns and possible links to International Militants after a series of domestic attacks. The attacks happened over the weekend in new york city, seaside park, new jersey, and st. Cloud, minnesota. Here in new york city, several people are being questioned about a bomb that injured 29 people saturday night. A man seen in Surveillance Video near the blast site is being sought. Contained an explosive that can be purchased in Sporting Goods stores. The cell phone that triggered the bomb was similar to one used in a pipe bomb that went off saturday in a jersey shore town. Isis says a knife wielding attacker at a minnesota mall was one of its soldiers. Hena daniels joins us now live from manhattan. Hena, good morning. Reporter good morning, annemarie. There is Ongoing Police presence here in chelsea. We are told the nypd is on taken into custody in connection to this chelsea blast. Meanwhile, another team