Dave murphy has accuweather. Karen rogers hopefully a very different day when it comes to the traffic. Its a pretty good election day. You have to bundle up if youre headed out early. We have clear skies across the region clouds even farther off the coast than before and the stuff out to the west you might get a little bit that of later in the day and tonight but generally speaking a fair amount of sunshine today. Were Still Holding the low 40s in philadelphia. Down to the freezing mark in allentown. 32 in reading. 33 in wilmington, 35 in trenton so cold to start out across the region and even philadelphia may dip down into the upper 30s briefly. But as we go into the afternoon, things do improve big time also winds not really much of a factor. Weve got a lot of calm winds. On your way to the polls this morning expect it to be chilly. In philadelphia we may still be holding 40 but a lot of suburbs virtually all of them will be in the 30s at 7 oclock so if youre voting early its going t
Roads. Not seeing any potential for ponding in the area. As you get closer to tampa, Pinellas County, things really start to dry out. We are keeping an eye on this fatal crash, unfortunately that happened overnight. We now know according to authorities that this was a motorcyclist who was killed when he hit a power pole there. So this is still an active scene, a lot of flashing lights. Eastbound ridge road still closed at airway boulevard. Well continue to watch this. I will let you know here and of tampabaytraffic as soon as that clears. 6 01. To breaking news scary moments for a tampa mother who woke up to the sound of a car crashing into the side of her apartment. Abc action news anchor james tully is live at the scene. You were able too give us a look at the damage earlier. What is that woman saying about what happened . Reporter at the apartment complex across the usf campus. Bushes. The gutter completely flattened. And look at this, a hole it left in the side of this apartment bu
Road 70 closed now in both directions at betts road so you want to use county road 675 and with a chula road to work around it and state road 64, fhp asking drivers to avoid 70 now. Democracy 2016, Hillary Clinton will be back in tampa today campaigning on usf campus. Expected to talk about national safety. Rert near the usf Student Center where clinton will be holding a rally in a few hours. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Its quiet here now but wont stay that way long. Hillary clinton is expected here in just a few hours. Were expecting her to talk about security in in in the United States but her campaign trump. We know shes already taken jabs at trump most recently in ohio yesterday during a coughing spell. Every time i think about trump i get allergic. Trump had his own response to clintons coughing saying that shes allergic to the media after finally spending time with them yesterday. Clinton is blaming the coughing on seasonal allergies shutting down conspiracy theories abo
Last week. All patients were evacuated after the building lost power. Anchor james tully is live at the hospital. Is every section of the Medical Center fully operational now . Reporter from the emergency room to every floor of Bayonet Point its back open. Last thursday it was a dicey situation. The hospital lost power because of a fire and all 224 patients had to be evacuated. Now in the days since we understand that fire started in a room where the auxilliary generator was being kept. That generator has been repaired. The reason it takes so long, one of the reasons its a hospital. Has to be sterilized. Cleaned very thoroughly. Hospital staff this morning working to bring patients back that were transferred to other parts of pasco county and hernando county. As for the cause, it was initially said lightning was to confirm it was actually lightning but Bayonet Point is back open and fully operational. James tully, abc action news. Thank you. Things are returning to normal for students
The dew point is about 64 so thats theoretically how far we could fall, right . Mid60s. How about that. That is Something Else for this time of year. What is going on, we have dry air on top of us. That will not just shut off our rain chances the next couple of days but also lower our humidity as well. As that happens the temperatures can go a little lower so were not talking about a front that moved through our anything like that but well take what we can get this time of year. So mostly sunny, well stay dry for the morning commute for the bus stop or pickup. Everything looks good and then rain chances come back as we head through wednesday. Heres the Anclote River at elfers, falling below flood stage. That is critical today and were going to see that dropping in fact through tomorrow. You saw some issues still there obviously. Hour by hour forecast high around 90 today but with lower humidity it will feel rather comfortable through the afternoon. It will feel like about the actual te