The cause of the fire is under investigation. Not what you want to see as we head into the holidays. Good morning. Im dan schaffer. And im deiah riley. Some of you are looking to hit the roads today. We are off to a warmer start. Much warmer. This puts us in the cool range, but its average for this time of the year. Mid to upper 50s this time of the year. Tampa, the 30s, Crystal River at brooksville, and that will get us to 20 to 21 degrees warmer than this time yesterday afternoon. The morning lows are now being impacted, and they will continue mild for the next few days. We will touch 80 here, and then mostly clear skies, and a few clouds rolling through the afternoon, and upstream, we have to talk about the front and the pressure system that we will eventually make it through the area. More in a few minutes. Good morning, everybody. Today is one of the busiest travel days for the roadways, and they advise according to google that you leave right now, and if you can leave right now,
And when youve had pockets of up to 10 inches another quarter inch would be a problem. And were going to get more than that today. The heaviest of the rain, tampa, youre done, light showers left over from a clust theyre moved in through pinellas. Its this pocket there of heavy rain. These are downpours beginning to move in across pasco and eventually headed to hernando. I want to widen out this shot. A couple of showers are developing on the back side of it but unlike yesterday look at this, this chunk of dry air here. Or at will begin to move in. Well eventually get back more rain but for the morning commute compared to yesterday were doing a lot better. Still throughout the day today another two to four inches likely across the north. That is why the flood watches are extended until 8 00 p. M. Tonight. Well transition back to a more typical pattern tomorrow. Before that happens were going to hang in with some periodic heavy rainfall throughout the day today. Well keep you posted on t
Different story. Look at titan doppler radar, what a difference, showers off shore, they are not going to bother us but inland sections pretty dry. Well continue to see clouds billowing up so by around 1 00 well have the potential for thunderstorms. Despite the fact you wont need the rain gear early this morning always pack it because by the afternoon well have downpours setting up. That will be the case through the next few days. So roads pretty dry. Its a little ponding out there. Areas that really got hit but for the most part i think were in good shape. For the most part we dierdorff is out at the bus depot in Pinellas County. This is at largo. You can see the bus drivers getting ready for their First Official day and no problems out there on the roads in the largo area. The buses should be pulling out shortly. Just keep in mind make sure if youre driving around today give yourself extra time to make way for the buses. A lot of extra cars on the road. And make sure you Pay Attentio
The mother of the boy cused of killing his little sister in court this afternoon. An update happening right now, in the courtroom just a short time ago as the judge ing a high bond for the bout mother. The judge saying it may not be enough, why is that . Reporter Kathleen Steele was a Financial Advisor for raymond james. She may be wealthy enough to post bail on this really high 100,000 judge set these additional conditions including being banned from interacting with any children including her own. She is accused of locking all three children and a hot van earlier this week while she spent over half an hour in a Cell Phone Repair shop in pinellas county. During that time her sixyear old boy allegedly beat his. Yesterday the sheriff described Kathleen Steele as emotionless when told of her little babys death. Today after the hearing her attorney disputed that account. I found her to be certainly devastated by this. You can only imagine the shock and difficult time it is. It doesnt take
Now facing charges. Thats not all. Police say these kids didnt go to school for up to three years. Abc action News Reporter clifton french uncovered this investigation. He joins us live from the home where you can see the conditions for yourself. Clifton. Reporter yeah. You can see how de lab tated this house is from looking at it from the outside. You have broken cars on the outside, broken windows. Police say the inside is just falling apart. As you can see by the sticker, the home is at least one Family Member tells me that none of this Police Report is true. You can barely see this home from the street. The landscaping is overgrown. On the other side of this fence, what looks like an abandoned jumping yard. Broken down cars, trash and tools piled up. A trailer full of bicycles and other junk sits in the backyard. Tattered tarps cover the roof. I felt like it was a lot of bad things going on over here. Reporter tony smith lives across the street. Stayed to themselves. She did on occ