dave problems with an aging sewer system. Has the cities of Saint Petersburg and largo especially concerned about Tropical Storm hermine. And all this rain. Is already causing problems. The city of largo says the extreme heavy rain has overloaded parts of the sanitary sewer system. Getting into the pipes. This is all happening before the storm has even made landfall. The city is asking people to conserve water. Cut back on the nonessential activities like doing laundry and washing dishes. In other parts of largo, we spotted neighborhoods underwater. Similar problems in st. Pete, where they are . Also asking residents to conserve water. Because of similar sewage problems. Heres what mayor kriseman had to say and now to pasco county where Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point in hudson has been undergoing an evacuation. Due to an electrical fire. Hundreds of patients are having to be moved in the middle of this storm. And fox 13s Shayla Reaves is at the hospital right know if everyone is
No closed captioning is jen developing this morning. A dire situation at a bay area hospital. Center Bayonet Point in hudson. wally it started with an electrical fire. But the bad weather. Complicated the situation. wally fox13s Shayla Reaves joins us live from pasco county. Shayla, this would be grueling under the best conditions. But with all the rain weve thanks, shayla. wally the storm really did a number on some aging sewer systems in Pinellas County. jen and its pecially troublesome in st. Pete and largo. Fox13s Alcides Segui went to check out how its affecting the People Living there. wally while most hunkered down and got cozy overnight. One tampa family had to find another ple to sleep. A tree fell on their home, wednesday afternoon. It crashed right into the living room. Linda dorman and three of her children were hangingout in her bedroom when they heard a noise. And then, the big limb on a neighbors tree. Came smashing through the roof. Linda says she dove to protect her fi
Its quiet now, iont be later this afternoon. Wt for evening commute as well. He aircraft is flying winds at. Around, the pressure is falling. The storm is likely strengthg. Enin it could become a category one hurricane and even the latest computer models, the oneshat ru kes i to make a hurricane as it just east of alachicola by very early tomorrow morning so even though you look outside now, everything is quiet, i want you to understd tha the potential impacts around here are going to be later today and tonight and the Tropical Storm warning continues from pasco county north. Notice how this is what the wd speed is around t center of the storm, bringghe Tropical Storm force winds innit. This may be a case where its quiet until early this winds and the rains come in theres yourrocal sto warning. Ive got a lot t talk b. Coastal flood advisories, surf advisories and so muchmore. A lot of people haveo get out the door. Even though its not raining, we have a few issues on the roads. Vanessa
Road 70 closed now in both directions at betts road so you want to use county road 675 and with a chula road to work around it and state road 64, fhp asking drivers to avoid 70 now. Democracy 2016, Hillary Clinton will be back in tampa today campaigning on usf campus. Expected to talk about national safety. Rert near the usf Student Center where clinton will be holding a rally in a few hours. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Its quiet here now but wont stay that way long. Hillary clinton is expected here in just a few hours. Were expecting her to talk about security in in in the United States but her campaign trump. We know shes already taken jabs at trump most recently in ohio yesterday during a coughing spell. Every time i think about trump i get allergic. Trump had his own response to clintons coughing saying that shes allergic to the media after finally spending time with them yesterday. Clinton is blaming the coughing on seasonal allergies shutting down conspiracy theories abo
News channel 8s Meredyth Censullo is in pasco county. Jamel lanee in Pinellas County. And our ryan hughes in Sarasota County this morning. We want to start with leigh to get the latest from the tampa studios on the storm. Its still a Tropical Storm and still has winds of 60 Miles Per Hour. But look how big this is. This is the center of circulation and seeing rounds of rain coming in near the coastline from it. And the latest advisories remain. Hurricane panhandle and northern portion of the big bend of florida. But closer to home, a Tropical Storm warning. And that means that we could feel Tropical Stormforce wind speeds in citrus, hernando and pasco within 36 hours. Heres the latest forecast. 60Miles Per Hour sustained winds. One big change, picking up forward speed finally. Yesterday, it was basically stationary and now its moving north, northeast at 12 Miles Per Hour. This afternoon, 65 Miles Per Hour winds, getting stronger. After midnight, it could strength on the a category one