Gov. Murphy good afternoon, everyone. I want to give a shout out, i want to pay homage to the division of fire safety. State fire marshal rich, lenny and cerullo and all of the guys over here, hats off to the firefighters up and down the state who are as good as it gets. We salute you and thank you for everything you are doing. Im joined by the woman who needs no introduction, judy. This is our third engagement today. Two on the phone and one in person. The department of Health Communicable disease medical director and the guy familiar to you all, great to have you. And the guy to my left who needs no introduction, superintendent of the police, colonel pat callahan. Also jared maples. Welcome. Lets start with the numbers. I think we will go briskly today. We are announcing an additional 3457 positive test results for a total statewide of 1523. If we look at the curve of new covid19 cases, these are positive tests, we see continued flattening. We cannot ease up. Lets leave this appear a
Polk and hillsborough county. You can see that cluster right there in eastern hillsborough county. A ton of lightning, torrential rainfall. And this is right along i4. For for the for folks commuting, this is going to be rough. This goes until 4 15 this afternoon. For eastern hillsborough and western polk county. Not lake land just yet. But id be prepared for strong storms headed your way. As the a lot of heavy rain. Wind, potential for hail. You can see where its centered over the brandon area. As we show you the vertically indicated liquid, this indicates where we could potentially be seeing hail. Right along i4 into eastern hillsborough and western polk county, thats where we could potentially see hail. Scattered storms around bartow area over toward frost proof. Lake wails tracking heavier rain and spottier showers south into sarasota county, east of venice. So what to expect for the rest of the evening, well continue to see scattered and strong storms continuing in our inland spot
Fort meade. Thunderstorms have developed across central and eastern Pinellas County. Just north of downtown st. Pete getting rain. Largo then drifting to the east Safety Harbor area. Farther south you can see north port seeing thunderstorms all the way down south. Not at severe levels. Small hail with thunderstorms that develop on a day like this as well as a lot of lightning and local flooding. More in just minutes coming up. Well tonight voters will be able to see the president ial candidates goto to toe in the first president ial debate of this historic election. Earlier today news channel 8s Jeff Patterson was the only local fig tour to interview Vice President ial nominee tim kaine. Jeff joins us live in lakeland where kaine made a brief Campaign Stop. Reporter yeah, good evening. This is his fifth Campaign Stop in florida since being put on the ticket as the vice even he acknowledges that right now this state is too close to call. Tim kaine has served as a city council member, go
A handle on it, but smoke got intense. I could see flames racing across a second floor ceiling. Then fire broke through the roof. As day came, it was clear the Old High School could not be saved. Now now, just trying to contain it because of the building it is in, protect exposure. As parts of the roof started falling, firefighters pulled back for safety. It took hours to put most of the flames out. For generations who went to school, it was tough to watch. It breaks my heart. Because of the controversy, they told me. There needs to be an investigation. The mayor says some residents threatened her this morning blaming city hall for the fire. She says she is stunned by it all and wants to know the cause too. The f. B. I. Has been called in to look at this. If theres good news, despite a was injured. Anchor thank you. Stay with us for continuing coverage of the story on air and online at wbtv. Com. We will have another update coming up tonight first at 4 00. Fire investigators are workin
Over top of uptown. And traveling on i77 you will run into that rain and uptown is getting the rain. 227, idlewild area you are seeing some of the showers. And this is into Gaston County. And this is also pushing to the east and this is going to move to charlotte. Bowling green, clover, crowders. Through the evening that rain ramps up. Tomorrow a break and then the major part comes through wednesday with thunderstorms i have all the details coming up. Thank you. To keep up with the changes in the weather make sure you have the manitoba eel app mobile app and its free. News in the alert center that has to do with the mumps cases. We got the most recent update from the local Health Department in our area there are now three conconfirmed mumps cases and 9 we have been updating the number regularly. The Health Department says the numbers include some cases where people have recovered so they wanted to note that for us. And said the number of confirmed and probable cases will be updated on