Communities as much warning as possible in the case of severe weather. 10news reporter emerald morrow is live at the winward Lakes Mobile Home Community on dale mabry in tampa. Emerald, these Weather Radios are especially helpful in the case of a tornado. Thats right. In the case of a tornado. Often times you only have minutes to get to safety. So these Weather Radios could be the difference between life and death. And if you dont have one, Officials Say this is a musthave for your emergency safety kit. Thats exactly why the office of Emergency Management and tampa fire officials are partnering up to make sure People Living in Mobile Home Parks have access to one of these life saving tools about 70 of these radios were donated to the city. And this new initiative will make sure every Mobile Home Park in tampa has at least one. Radios. You can get them at just about any electronics or Sporting Goods store. Just make sure it has a public alert logo on the device. But why the emphasis on
3 walter its now 5 thanks for joining us. Im Walter Allen Jen and im jen epstein. Lets start off with a check of the forecast, with dave. 3 3 3 a little fog to start, then partly cloudy and lovely during the afternoon. High temps in the upper 60s to near 70. Tonight will be clear and chilly; lows near 50. Gorgeous sunshine on tap for thursday, with high temps near 70. 3 3 no closed captioning is available for traffic. 3 3 vanessa and these are scenes this morning from an accident on northbound i75. Just north of big bend road in riverview. One of the women involved, tells us that she was hit from behind by an erratic driver around 1 am. The person who hit her rolled over. Causing 2 lanes of the highway to be shut down. Both drivers are ok. Its believed alcohol may have played a factor. 3 jen another possible accident cause potholes you in harms way, but hitting one. Thatll hit your wallet. Hard. In fact a new survey shows potholes cost american drivers about threebillion dollars a year
3 3 3 3 3 millions of people all along the northeast are probably wishing they had our forecast today. Theyve been hit this week. A dangerous mix of heavy snow, sleet, and freezing and thousands are without power after ice storms downed lines. 3 that also means a huge travel alert. For airports all along the east coast. The flight tracking website flightaware counted more than eight thousand canceled flights yesterday. And another seven hundred already today. At Tampa International airport. The board says it all. Lots of Flights Canceled or delayed last night. No matter where theyre headed. 150 flights were delayed yesterday. And nearly a dozen canceled. So far this morning, there are eight delays. And two cancellations. Needless to say. If youre headed out. Or picking someone up. Check with the airline first. 3 3 new this morning a former College Football player is behind bars in pinellas county. Hes charged with trying to have sex with a minor. 3 pinellas deputies arrested 23yearold