Thats backing up traffic. Lets get to vanessa for that. Vanessa good morning f. Youre just joining us, this is blocking eastbound 70 west of u. S. 301. We dont know many details about this crash but we can tell you usually about four hours of blockage for that deadly crash investigation. Meantime, alternates should be 63rd avenue east. We also want to get to theyre moving on. All right. Well get to all right. Theyre moving on. I luckily saved a still shot here. I4 westbound. Weav truck. Entrance ramp from county road 557 on to westbound travel lanes, good news here, the driver is not hurt but you can see theres some debris in the roadway, partial lane blockage. Well try to get you shots in a bit. Well get to dave. Dave its a very warm, stuffy morning outside. Temperures are in the lower 80s. Its pretty, though, no doubt about it. Sun up in two minutes over at the john hopkins all hospital beautiful place we live. Dont you think . 82 in tampa. Temps still 83 in clearwater. Lower 80s alo
98 in clearwater. 100 in bradenton. Give give you kind of day were going to have. Difference today we will have fw afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Hopefully. Thats the, these electric bills are going to be sky high. How do you keep up with this heat . Ra chance today will be 40 percent and we will go up this weekend. Thank you, de were following bayed bradenton if this new for some of you folks just waking going to affecting state road 70 primarily eastbound lanes which are completely blocked just west of u. S. 30 one. So work around here definitely, 63rd avenue east. Were also hearing a second crash in the same area in the westbound direction which some partial lane blockage. Which why were seeing some delays heading that way although much more minor in nature. We will get to live look here polk county. This is entrance ramble from 557 morning. We had a big clean up here, and an overtruck the truck is gone thats good news. Bad news still seeing partial blockage here. Looks like d
Transmission here. We have now a total of 42 nontravel related cases in the state. Weve able to deal with other mosquito born viruses as an example. If we all are aggressive in our own what we do in our lives and we know we have very good Surgeon General and state department of health and local county Health Departments and Mosquito Control we can beat this just like weve beaten other ps g sleeve clothing and Area Protection such bug repellent with deet. Lets bring in dr. Jo with who has following ookdz epidemic for months. Is this case surprising to you . Did you expect to see more cases . Its not surprising. I men youve got to remember we have a lot of mosquitos here. Weve in peak season. Weve lot of people here we have a very dense population and traver that is come and go to our area on a regular basis. Were not that far from miami. See more cases in the future. And always remember, four out of 5 individuals will not have symptoms. We may not be hearing about all cases we may have
Opmistic. E wcan beat ts just like we have beaten the others. Reporter floridas Surgeon General said the state is making headway as it fights the virus in the wynwood area near miami, where t vast majority of 42 locally transmitted cases have been. Officials believe they have reduced the spread of zika from about half that size. So weve now had over two weeks where weve not had any additional infections in wynwood. Reporter were told mosquitocontrol efforts fro spraying to empties standing water to use mosquito repellent has been effective. The governor hopes everyone in tampa bay takes note. It you do this, we can control this likes we controlled chikungunya and dengue fever. Theyre not identifying the patient or say where the person lives. They dont believe moss key the are carrying the virus. Floridas Surgeon General explained whats next. The new case that we are our epidemiologist some time to get a good history and to understand potential exposures at home, at the workplace, at ot
Lower 90s for today. Very similar set up. Its beautiful though. I will say that, Hilton Clearwater beach camera is stunning with gorgeous sunshine. 80s along coast a few upper 70s. Inland the rain chances come back today. So a little differe than yesterday. Were still going 92 for. Heat index at 100 plus. But the rain chances do return to 40 percent. Mainly Late Afternoon and early evening. Vanessa. All right, thanks, dave. For those who are just joini biggest more serious crash coming to us from braden to ton area. Eastbound west of 30 one a fatal crash reported. And so you can expect those eastbound blain bloj blockages for a few more hours. Work around 63rd avenue east we do have an incident causing southbound delay out of Pinellas Tampa road palm harbor southbound lane blockages likely back ups from tampa to nebraska. And then, to this, just a heads county road 557 that entrance ramp you see that heavy duty to truck to remove overturned dump trucks we will keep you posted. Partial