Spread. We are now able to cut the area basically in half. So now, start out as one square mile. Now it is less than onehalf square mile. Reporter more cases of zika are being found. Five cases announced by the governor today. One, in Pinellas County. The state is calling that case nontravel related. Not travel related means that they have not gone to a place where there transmission. Reporter the governor told us today they are still working to find out how they got the virus. You have to start doing are the teenist strategic testing. Reporter and they want to assure tourists that florida is safe. We have to be aggressive anywhere. Everybody has to be aggressive with no standing water. Reporter that is why im standing here next to a public sports complex. Old tires can collect water, breed mosquitoes. The Parks Department definitely need to do something about that mess over there. So right now we dont know where the person contracted this. We are not sure how this person picked it up
Infected in Pinellas County. And as mary mcguire shows us, state officials are working to find out where the person contracted the illness. Reporter officials are not telling us where that person living in Pinellas County, only that a person here in Pinellas County does have the zika virus and they didnt contract it by traveling to any known hot zones including miami. It is the news we never hope to hear. The zika virus in our own backyards. Governor rick scott revealed the latest case of nontravel related zika in Pinellas County. We only have two areas we believe have local transmission. Reporter the question remains where did that person contract the virus . At this point, we dont know that it happened in Pinellas County. Efforts now shifting to find out the answer to that question. We need to start doing strategic testing with the family, where the individual worked. All those things. Reporter the governor insists there are only two known direct transmission zones the first area, is
Upper 70s but doesnt feel like that. It feels like well into the 80s with the humidity. By the way a few showers in the other direction as a northeast flow now takes over and that will get us back to where we have not been the last couple of days, afternoon thunderstorms have returned. Janelle is excited about that, 4 00 to 7 00, getting back to pretty hefty storms by lateday as the northeast flow will favor that, 100 to 105 feels like. Theres the fetch from the northeast. Well talk more about that, our changing pattern into the ek update on the tropics coming up in a few minutes. First Tuesday Morning commute should be quiet . . I think i can speak for all parents. Lets wait for the afternoon pickup before the storms start. Its not fun. 3 00, 4 00. The roads are looking great. No crashes or breakdowns. Looking live at i275 and gandy, traffic very light. The average speed 70, between Howard Frankland. Checking out i4, around park road, smooth ride all the way from lakeland into downtow
Plenty of fish. After casing his auburndale apartment investigators say she told the three men what was inside. They went back to the home, forcing hillary to his knees before shooting him in the head and stealing electronics from the apartment. The Police Report even stated that two of the suspects laughed at hillary as he begged for his life. Family members say adam hillary was a good man. His pride and joy, his 5year old daughter. They are devastated by the loss. My more to us than what little stuff they wanted. I would like honestly for them to just understand, like, look, you made your decision, but i can say we dont come from family of hate. As far as me saying hateful words im not that person. Reporter investigators say all four of the suspects had been in trouble with the law before. Crimes range from robbery to identity fraud. Back here live, police also believe that these four could similar robberies like this one. That is something they are investigating this morning. Again
Cars are still able to get by. Can i show you exactly where it is on the map. You can see all the traffic indicators still in the green. So just seeing a slight slowdown if youre trying to get to i4 here in polk county. Here at county road 557. Just might want to leave a few extra minutes. Not really slowing down the drive on i4 once you pass this crash, traffic flowing nicely now on the interstate. 22 minutes from county line road into downtown and just seven minutes to get 275. In just a few hours from now Governor Scott is going to meet with local leaders to try to come one ways to combat the zika virus. Right now there are more than 500 confirmed cases in florida. Most of them travelrelated, 494. There are 37 locally transmitted cases that means people contracted zika from mosquitos in florida. Abc action News Reporter james tully is in Pinellas County now with the push to get help from washington. Good morning. Reporter its likely the governors talk this morning is asked the feder