The big 10 has been wow ing crowds for years but tonight there are big changes coming to the circus. Ring for good. Some say its about time. Heres jeff lennox. Reporter they are the show on earth. But the 11 remaining elephants of the ringling brothers circus are preparing for the final curtain call. A year and a half eaeaier than expected. Parent company fell entertainment announced in 2014 they would be retiring the asian elephants in 2018. But that has now changed. Including these ones behind me from our touring units of ringling brothers to live at finally. Reporter concern over the treatment of the gentle giant and new law across the country made it challenge to go use towns. It has become more difficult and will become more difficult elephants. Reporter the new home 200 acre conservation property in Central Florida between tampa and orlando. It already houses dozens of elephants. Some of the animal will be used for breeding to help increase the dwindling numbers of asian elephant
Also as we are taking a look at Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach, tamarack, sun vice getting soaked right now as we led further southwest, miami lakes also getting drenched, sweet water, west miami, coral gables, palmetto bay, cutler bay, you get it, we are dealing with a very wet start to your commute. Mid to upper 70s there, winds anywhere from 14 to 21 Miles Per Hour sustained. 29 to 32 Miles Per Hour throughout the day today unsettled, strong to severe storms possible with highs in the upper 70s, even through the evening hours and tonight an even better chance of storms into tomorrow. More on that in my complete forecast. A check of your traffic right now with vanessa. Reporter luckily right now all that rain is not affecting your drive just yet but i can assure you it eventually will. This is i95 southbound, so a lot of commuters out there, luckily no crashes just yet. So lets talk about drive times this morning. On the turnpike 874 up to 836, 9 minutes there that commute will take
The day. The atmosphere is very moist as we have a surge of moisture. Pompano beach getting soaked. We had widespread rain across south florida. Pretty much. The roads are slick across the board. Hollywood, sunlight boy benefit you are getting trench. Around portions of his honor down and the keys, it has been a soaker for you and throughout the day today with the south southeast breeze from 5 to 10 Miles Per Hour, also mug i gay we low 70s. Highs in the upper 70s. Showers likely even firing up here and there. The commute is wet and messy but a break from the rain and turn up the heat, more on that in the complete forecast. Reporter i95 at theres the northbound light. You can into the reflection of the reflection of the lights out there. We did have a crash at check boulevard. Thats off to the shoulder. Then on i75 you will see an accident blocking the eastbound drive as you approach the palmetto, a crash on 836 at 72nd. That crash is on the entrance ramp and finally a new issue of bro
Surprised that we have the longest coastline of any state save for alaska. And when it comes to beaches, the state of florida by far has more beaches than any other state. But because we have so much exposure to the oceans the atlantic on the east, the gulf of mexico on the west we are particularly subject to Climate Change that the earth is heating up. Now, why is the earth heating up . Well, there is the effect known as the greenhouse effect, and what this is, if you put certain gases into the atmosphere that are as a result of manmade efforts so, when we burn things like oil and coal and we dont scrub out a lot of the stuff, it goes into the atmosphere well, one of the things that goes into the atmosphere is Carbon Dioxide. And what Carbon Dioxide does is it goes up into the upper atmosphere, and it forms this greenhouse effect by creating an invisible shield that what happens when the sun rays come and strike the earth at daylight, those rays then reflect off the earths surface, an
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