Out there as they use max defender 8 scanning the skies all over the tampa bay area. We are not finding any rain but also barely finding a cloud. Were keeping the humidity in the not too bad category. As you go up through the at the spear, the bright red color color is really cool air. At 6 08 we will take you hour by hour through your wednesday. Lindsay will take you through the wednesday commute which has been problematic. It is Getting Better but you would think it would get worse as we move toward rushhour. We do have a crash at Ponce De Leon. That is north of brooksville on us 98 also here in Pinellas County 49th street 42nd. Injuries apparently involved in the crash. We also have some slow and go traffic about an hour for hot about a half hour delay on i 75. It is not clearing as quickly as we hope to because of a disabled vehicle that is blocking one lane. It has gotten better but we still have that disabled vehicle so allow for extra time or take 301. In your vote away from the
Its aging fleet. Over the last 12 months, incidents were defined as a diversionary turn back, they are down 60 to the same 12 month period. Reporter mike winegrant says they do not have mechanics at each of the airports they service. Unlike bigger carriers, they may have to divert or turn around to get things fixed. I believe allegiant is safe. I am not convinced most rileyable on what reliable based on what we will see. Reporter will that influence passengers decision whether to fly allegiant . Consider over the past two years amidst over all those reports the airline had record profits. At st. Peteclearwater international, eric glasser, 10news wtsp. Allegiant says its inquested one and a quarter some are already services st. Peteclearwater international. All flights in and out of the airport will have newer aircraft by the end of 2017. It is that time. Get your devices out. We want to know, does this report change your mind about allegiant . Will you still fly with them. Go to wtsp.
Thankerfthankfully the wrong way driver and the officer are okay. Reporter thats right, deiah. Atthis morning. That wrongway driver is expected to be okay as well. Now investigators are left to figure out exactly what happened at this intersection. We were here at the intersection of east kennedy and hyde park avenue not long after the crash. The damage clear, the officer involved doing better after being rushed to tampa general injured. Air bags on both vehicles did deploy. Investigators telling us the officer was traveling eastbound on kennedy heading into downtown when the wrongway driver entered his path of travel northbound from the South Hyde Park avenue. Thats when the two vehicles collided. South hyde park avenue is clearly marked as a oneway street. This morning investigators still trying to determine why that driver was coming down the wrong way. At this point they have not told us if alcohol was a factor in this crash. Possibly help out in this case, the cameras right here a
Right now. Hes got a look at the forecast. We started the week really pretty cool outside. We really had a pretty big warm up as weve gone through the week. Were seeing just scattered clouds overhead. Alleges patchy fog and few areas first thing this morning. That is pretty much done with. And we will continue to see really a nice afternoon. There you see some of those clouds over downtown tampa right now. And as far as temperatures really pretty mild. Tampa 67 degrees. Still looking a 50s to our north currently at 56 degrees. Bradenton 65. Down in sarasota currently at 68 agrees. Thanksgivings over weve got family heading back home, the airports actually in pretty good shape across the north really no weather to speak of thats going to slow things down. Just heavy volume as we go that you the day. In fact, from coast to coast, we are looking currently at no delays across all the major airports. Soths going to be pretty quiet day today. Weve got warm weather. But we are looking a cold
Themselves. The mood remains festive hours after castros brother, raul, cubas current president made that announcement. Listen in. Listen in. [speaking spanish] alcides raul castro said his brothers remains will be cremated today. Nine days of National Mourning are under way right now. Tampa, as many strong ties to cuba. We will have more on the local reaction a little bit later on requesting good day tampa bay. First foxs brett bahr takes a look back on his life. Reporter the man born as Fidel Alejandro castro ruiz came to power leaving a ragtag band of bearded rebels to overthrow a dictator. He ended up becoming one himself. He stood defiantly against ten u. S. President s. Influence and power called castro a hero. But for the u. S. , he was the alltooclose face of the bitter cold war. And while the world could never completely dismiss castro politically, over time to some critics, he seemed more like a caricature with his wiry beard, faded fatigues and sixinch cigars. The most signi