The latest damage reports and were also seeing how this is affecting travel. First of all, there is a Tropical Storm watch for sumter, polk and highlands county. What that means is you can feel Tropical Storm force winds within 48 hours. That is what a watch means when you talk about the tropics. It doesnt mean it will get worse or easier it just means the timeframe. Lets talk about the warnings. Want to headed to southeast of the 5 00 update, hurricane warning has been issued. That means they will feel Hurricane Force winds within 36 hours. It is a more more of a timing issue. Heres the latest forecast, it will strengthen through the bahamas by tomorrow morning is a category 4 hurricane with winds at 130 milesperhour. A gets very close to the West Palm Beach coastline. Will have slowed down from previous forecast. Here it is friday morning, 130 mile per hour winds right along Cape Canaveral that it has a long jacksonville by saturday morning and then up toward the carolinas. What i wa
Right along the coast of florida. This is an unusual track. There it is. Right along the coast paralleling the coast. Some of the models make landfall with this thing. Its not set in stone as far as the forecast. Here is now. I will pause it through the bahamas. Major disaster for them with winds of 120 to 130 Miles Per Hour. Basically thursday night we would have a category 4 hurricane within miles east of florida here. Now, the Hurricane Force winds extend out 40 miles. That could be impacting the east coast which is why we have the hurricane warnings up. Then it parallels the coast which is worse because the storm maintains its strength and allows for the dangerous wind to continue hugging the coast up to the north. Lets focus in on our area as far as the impacts. You saw the cone. It remains to be seen. A jog to the west and we are the watches and warnings are posted. Specifically for our area we have polk and high plants county under Tropical Storm Highlands County under Tropical
Paralleling the coast. Thursday night, i paused it, not just because we have a cat 4 east of florida but i think this will be the impacts. Beginning thursday night into friday. We are talking about polk county, Highlands County. You are the ones that will experience the worst of it as far as the winds as the track is now. 40 to 60 Miles Per Hour winds thursday into friday because of that parallel. You see that line close to the coast and then heading up friday across the northeastern part of the state. These are the watches and warnings but we focus in on our counties. Polk and Highlands County thursday night and into friday, 40 to 60 Miles Per Hour winds. Power out tables, if you are watching from lake wales, lakeland, place sick lakes, you there could be power disruptions, especially on friday. Lets talk about the rainfall associated with this in a few minutes. Good morning. Wesley chapel, a crash in your area on bruce b. Downs at 56. Northbound lane is blocked. We are working to get
Saying that. Let me get into it here is a major hur cane. Even t be expected. Their presentatn ishowing ecthause i went through two mountainous areas but is hcore. Winds are still at 125 Miles Per Hour andit ahead of it but incredibly war water and ind n restrengthen. What laura was just talking ea coast. Erously close to t in fact, one of the latest computer models has it touching the east coast briefly, then turning to the north. This is where the change is coming in. Watch the models. Yeah, just kind of loop around. So its something we have to Pay Attention to and perhaps next week, this thing still is did nothing with that but now, theyre beginning to buy into this as well because all the major computer models are making this loop. So again, by friday morning, europe youre looking at the passage or friday afternoon, very, very close to the cape. If not touching the shore, maybe just miles offshore. Hurricane force winds would likely be right at the beaches, Tropical Storm force win
He could go right in front of the car. And neighbor took him in and called the school. He was there and then he was going that way and this way and over there. And i realized that hes been there too long for him to be alone. And, she requested that her children be picked up by a Family Member only and not allowed to take the bus home. The School District admitting that they are at fault that makes up. The school need of information the parent needs to have to those people involved. Sosa the teachers or staff at a bustling or carbine. Luckily my son was found and out of harms way. But it could have been worse. He could be missing. Bus lane or car lane. Luckily my son was found in out of harms way. Older sister walked him and his older sister to meet their grandmother. Thank you. Hernando county deputies need your help tracking down a hit and run driver. Take a good look at these pictures. The deputies posted them on the facebook page. They say that this woman had a pedestrian in a walgr