Newschannel eight today at 11 00. Plenty of sunshine out there and were free and clear. Weve had a few sprinkles on the east coast that we tracked with our radar here. They may drift inland through the course of the afternoon but most will miss out on the rain. Partly cloudy skies, temperatures are up to 80 degrees at this time, 79 in clearwater, degrees for zephyr hills. Moisture coming in off of the atlantic. With the dry air aloft, despite the moisture and increased humidity were expecting about a 10 shot at a shower and most the showers will have a hard time holding together. 85 is your average high and well just to 87 later on today. Its going to be a warmer than average day and a warmer than average weekend. Well take you through that a bit. Overnight, the man accused of running over a 17yearold leaving her to die is out on bond. We spoke with him as he walked out of jail. Investigators say he hit and killed ashley on hills on the road. We spoke with the man just hours ago. Repor
Candidates are back on the campaign trail this morning after the rivals spent the night roasting each other at a Catholic Charity dinner. The long standing event is usually marked by civility between president ial nominees. But with the election less than three weeks away the candidates couldnt keep their gloves from coming off. Clinton hits the campaign trail in ohio today. While trump campaigns in North Carolina and pennsylvania today. Trump will be in tampa monday night. Can you imagine living in the dark, without any power, for weeks . Thats whats happening in the bahamas ever since Hurricane Matthew tore through the and now, just moments ago, more than 20 linemen from tampa electric left to help people in the bahamas. 10news reporter Sarah Hollenbeck is live at tampa electrics operations center. Sarah, this is a huge undertaking. Yes, thats why our local crews are bringing 3 of these electrical trucks with them theyre saying it could take 6 full weeks before power is restored to a
Sarah hollenbeck is live. These 20 linemen are needed there . Reporter people have been living like that more than two weeks. Now they are getting help from tampa, including the bucket trucks. They sent five of them over to the bahamas today and those guys just left less than an hour ago to get over there. Hurricane matthew battered homes, it tore off roofs, it picked up an power poles across the tropical island. The damage is so severe in the bahamas that in some areas the electrical system has to be rebuilt from the ground up. Its going to be strenuous work. Right now 20 tampa electric employees are on a bus headed to ft. Lauderdale. Then they will get on a ferry and take that to the island. They will be working 16hour days doing extremely difficult work. Its extremely difficult. Materials you are trying to get on. Especially on an island. Its isolated from the mainland itself. Getting materials over there to work with materials without running out of materials, thats an obstacle in
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