It is the first time wii done weve done a fullscale evacuation of a facility. As rain pour pours down, an electric outage and a storm prompt the evacuation of an entire hospital, in pay point. Bay net. And streets are continuing to flood and rise with more than 10 inches of rain. The water is already halfway up the driveway. An aging sewer system continues to be a big concern. With overloaded treatment plants. Good evening and welcome. Im mark wilson. And im kelly ring, we are dealing with a lot of rain as we track Tropical Storm hermine. Well, here we go. Record rainfall in some of the bay area, in fact, sarasota had its wezzest august day on record, 7. 2 inches of rain and its still rains. And the inland counties through high lands are now getting their share of rain. Bands of rain are moving your way from the southwest. Well zoom in around tampa bay. Mostly light rain in her hernano and all of pasco. The good news is the rain has diminished but there is more rain heading for sarasot
Te. A return to common sense. 5 12 0308then he threw me to the ground and he took my walker and started hitting me with the walker. A veteran attacked and violently beaten. In a st pete walmart parking lot. You can help find the man responsible. 10pm cold 1527 right now weve had 70 residtnal struturs 111 mobile hoems 5 buisness by either major or desstroyed the storm damage numbers are in from citrus county. And theyre staggering. Hurricane hermine caused more than 50million dollars in damage there. We have seen four students, coming in, students from itt tech, requesting information. Students are left looking for a new school. After itt tech suddenly closes down all kelly good evening, im kelly ring. mark and im mark wilson. Thanks for joining us. mark vo knocked down, beaten and robbed. A st. Petersburg man was attacked in broad daylight in a walmart parking lot. Tonight, police are trying to track down the person who did it. mark boxes fox 13s haley hinds is live at the st. Pete Pol
Director have been placed on unpaid leave. Im willing to put it on the leave. This after the chief operator at the plant says that indicates that the water that was dumped into the bay was not safe. Not healthy for the eco system or the people surrounding that. And the whistle blower and plant and capacity problems down the road. And the mayor said that he and the council nerve saw that. And. And st. Petes public works administrator said he is one of many plant operators stands by the safety of the discharged water maintaining that there was it goes beyond that as well. Who is liable and culpable. Rick scott has called for an investigation by the department of enviromental protection, and the mayor said the dep is already involved in the issue and given that the governor is singling out st. Pete and ignoring the actions of governments across the region. We have to chalk this up to the mayor not happy. And will address the council about the situation and the future of the workers right
Pete. Fox 13s crystal clark here with more. Reporter teams are in place, uniforms have been handed out, and at this Point Little League Officials Say they cannot and will not turn back and cancel the season despite being unable to pay their bills. Young players proudly sported their new uniforms at tuesday nights game. But hopefully they kept the tags on. We have local people who have printed our thousands of dollars in debt is how president david vann says the northeast Little League is starting their season. With barely enough money to keep the lights on and the gates unlocked at their field on 45th avenue north. Parents were told to pay their registration fees through an Online Service called jevon. Each time a parent pays the company is supposed to transfer the money into the league funds from all the parents that have paid. Reporter Officials Say many customers were getting charged twice on their websites which alerted their banks. That trigger add Fraud Investigation through Merc
New this morning a bay area boater rescued by the coast guard. His boat started taking on the water. In the middle of the gulf. But thankfully. He had a working radio. The coast guard got the mayday call just before three yesterday afternoon. A man said his 20 foot boat was sinking, about ten miles off johns pass. A coast guard helicopter crew flew down from clearwater to help. This is video of the rescue just released by the coast guard. When they got to the boat they say the man was trying to get the water out, with the only thing he had a cup they lowered a dewatering pump. And a rescue swimmer. And helped him back to a dock. If the water on the boat rose just another . Half an inch. The battery would have flooded and the boat would have gone under. Fox 13s Shayla Reaves is covering this story for us. And shell bring us a live update. Coming up in our next half hour. A lot of Unanswered Questions this morning. After a car hit a young girl on her way to school. The girl is recovering