Warm in some spots. 81 in tampa, 76 in fish hawk and 72 in zephyrhills. Right now were seeing a few showers starting to break out just off of Pinellas County. I think well keep a rain chance around on the coast for the next couple of hours. You can see that through 11 00. Minimal rain chances through 10 00 and then showers blossom inland. The inland communities will have a better shot at seeing that rain. Theres the weekend in greater detail, 30 chance today, 20 chance by sunday. Temperatures right around 91. Well break down the weekend forecast in greater detail in just a few short minutes from now. Paul. See you in a few short minutes. Thank you, ed. New this morning, a fiery crash on 275 in tampa after a st. Petersburg Police Officer stops to help a driver road. Mary mcguire is live. First of all, weave seen weve were seen what can happen in crashes like these. Any injuries . Sglz thankfully everyone is reporter thankfully everyone is okay. More good news, the crash was completely c
Opmistic. E wcan beat ts just like we have beaten the others. Reporter floridas Surgeon General said the state is making headway as it fights the virus in the wynwood area near miami, where t vast majority of 42 locally transmitted cases have been. Officials believe they have reduced the spread of zika from about half that size. So weve now had over two weeks where weve not had any additional infections in wynwood. Reporter were told mosquitocontrol efforts fro spraying to empties standing water to use mosquito repellent has been effective. The governor hopes everyone in tampa bay takes note. It you do this, we can control this likes we controlled chikungunya and dengue fever. Theyre not identifying the patient or say where the person lives. They dont believe moss key the are carrying the virus. Floridas Surgeon General explained whats next. The new case that we are our epidemiologist some time to get a good history and to understand potential exposures at home, at the workplace, at ot
Minutes releasing this video, hoping that someone will recognize this guy. Police saying it shows him at the 7eleven across the street before the carjacking. He is acting erratic in the video and hopes that someone remembers him and his unusual behavior. State Health Officials working as we speak to figure out how someone in Pinellas County contracted the virus without leaving the country. That makes 42 locally transmit the debt of health going door to door doing outreach and sampling but they wont say where in the county. It is being actively spread in the miami area. That does not mean that it cant happen here. All new at 6 00, abc action News Reporter carson chambers gives us a firsthand look at the front lines to ep that from happening in hillsborough county. The first address were going to be going to is 2614 shamrock. Reporter tampa has hundreds worst of the worst. Reporter foreclosures with pools, standing water from south tampa to tampa palms. Breeding grounds for mosquitoes. N
Particles mean it could be bad. You can also get up to 100 off your epipen with a coupon ike amber did if you have private insurance. Its not a choice. We have to find the money one way or the. Reporter im ashley yore, abc action news. Thank you, ashley. This dramatic price hike catching the eyes of lawmakers tonight. Coumers deserve what hind the prices. Yoread stories of individuals or parents say they may go without, they the risk now of not carrying an epipen, that ys something is wrong. Other lawmakers even calling on a House Oversight committee to invgate. If that happens, we will let you know. Now the most Accurate Weather Team in florida, abc action weather. How are you doing, everybody . Theres no doubt this is the area to watch. Remember, its been 11 years florida. Incredibly long period of time based on our geography. This looks ragged. There is only a 6 to 10 chance that this develops. Lets say that it does. Thats the key here. The models are hinting at two different situat
Panhandle, big bend region of florida, expected to make land fall later tonight as a category one hurricane. You can see hurricane warnings posted for areas north of the tampa bay area. And then as we head into friday, it will continue to move away from us and then up the east coast as we head throughout Labor Day Weekend. So at this point, its looking like this could be the first hurricane to hit florida in over 10 years. Hurricane hunters were out investigating this storm the today. And thats why they were able to upgrade it hurricane. They found wind gusts up to 86 Miles Per Hour. So it has strengthened in the gulf over the course of the last 24 hours. And now its moving more quickly as it heads towards the panhandle of florida. The other big story is, with this tropical system, we have to be mindful that we could see quick spinups or isolated tornadoes. We have parts of the tampa bay area under a tornado watch. Polk county, Citrus County, hillsborough county, up through county, tha