Some dangerous encounters for students. A reminder to drivers and students as kids head back to school. A good friday morning. We begin with breaking news as hurricane hermine hits the florida panhandle. The category 1 hurricane made landfall just before 2 00 a. M. Near st. Marks, florida, with 80mileperhour winds. So far three states have declared a state of emergency, florida, georgia and north carolina. There are widespread Power Outages this morning affecting tens of thousands of homes. Many schools in Southern States are closed today. The live radar shows the storm bringing strong rains and winds to a large area from tampa bay all the way up into north carolina. Its also bringing a large storm surge. There is extensive flooding in northern florida, and forecasters warn flash flooding could threaten lives. The brunt of the storm was felt further east tn expected close and we have Team Coverage this morning starting there in the panhandle. Abcs Marci Gonzalez is in mexico beach, flo
Students, a reminder to drivers and students as kids head back to school. A good friday morning. Hurricane hermine hits the Florida Panhandle and it made landfall before 2 a. M. Near st. Marks florida. So far three states have declared a state of emergency, florida, georgia and North Carolina. There are widespread Power Outages this morning affecting tens of thousands of homes. Many schools in Southern States are closed today. The live radar shows it bringing strong rain and wind to a large area from tampa bay all the way up into North Carolina and bringing a large storm surge. There is extensive flooding in northern florida and forecasters warn flash flooding could threaten lives. The bankrupt was felt further east than expected close to the state capital of tallahassee. We have Team Coverage this morning starting there in the panhandle. Abcs Marci Gonzalez is in mexico beach florida, good morning, marci. Reporter good morning. Well, some parts including where i am are getting spared
Meteorologist rob haswell High Pressure moves of wi today and as it moves to our east in the next few days we start warming up. Lots of sun today with highs in the low 70s. By tomorrow, well move into the upper 70s and by sunday we will hit the 80s again. Our warming continues ahead of a low early next week and by tuesday, were in the mid 80s with a chance for rain and thunderstorms. Anchor adlibs traffic red on traffic map major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no morning after florida is hit by red on traffic map major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no delays green on traffic map no delays following breaking news this morning after florida is hit by its first hurricane in more than ten years. Lets head to nicole in the newsroom for the latest. Early this morning hermine weakened to a Tropical Storm as inland. Heres a live look at tampa, fl where things are a lot calmer than last night. Hermine hit the gulf coast of florida w
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Fox5s anjali hemphillhemphil explains why and what you needhn to know to prepare for your your commute this morning. Orning. Good morning. Reporter good morning, yeah, this metro station was able to open yesterday m moring, orning on time for that rush hourou commute even though the same the hasue happened the nighte beppfore but a ts yoheu can sees behind me here the station istai closed at a and it will remainem closed for most of the dayhe d today for additional inspections after two days in i a row debris fell from the t ceiling here 6789 now, you can see a temporary barrier set up around the metro station heretir thats to keep riders out and a this is after about if you have clock yesterday evening during that evening rush houharr commute metro says smalls sma pieces of concrete fell from fro the ceiling and Officials Say the happened 20 feet away fromio where concrete and a piece of metal fell from the ceilinghe cg the night b this is all in the t mezzanine area of the station si