Regarding this mess. Paul mueller joins us with the latest. Paul, is there a solution in sight . Reporter there could be, you know, that meeting happening right now here at city hall has been happening the last couple of hours. Both men admit there is a whole lot of work that need to be done and they need to do it quickly. And two of the biggest options on the table, the quickest options on the table right now is to ramp up the expansion work at the southwest plant as well as reopen shut down just last year. Exclusive video you will only see on newschannel8, water pouring out of the top of the holding tank out of a city waste Water Treatment plant. This comes after hurricane hermine slammed saint pete dumping 15 inches of rain on the city in four days. Mayor kriseman got grilled by the council and we showed the video to other counselors. We have said multiple times on the record, the second we started discharging i thought should have informed the public. We should have informed the me
Weather. Reporter our official sun rise at 7 20 but we are getting our first glimpses of the sun this morning. Overall, a fairly quiet start to the day. 77 for clearwater, tampa, 74 bradenton and bartow. Now down to 69 in zephyrhills. Here we go, not too much happening. We do have one lone shower continuing to fall apart offshore. You a couple of drops over the sunshine sky way this morning. 78 this morning, its going to be warm with a slight chance of a shower. Temperatures emptily get back to eventually get back to normal. Also were tracking the tropics, karl looks to strengthen and we have invest 97l. Well look at that in a few minutes. Ed, thank you so much. Deputies are investigating before 3 00 this morning on gandy boulevard north. The map right there. Deputies telling us at least one person was shot and at this hour, no word on the victims condition. Of course were making calls and will bring you any updates as soon as we get them. Some good news for drivers in Sarasota County
Area beaches. Got a few clouding billing up. 87 degrees at st. Pete. Already hitting 90 in tampa, 91 in apollo beach. These numbers as mentioned, warming up quickly. Weve still got mid level dry air thats really not giving us much in a way of cloudiness. With all of that sun, were baking. Heat index values already feels like its in the upper 90s for most of central florida. The radar, not showing much in the east coast although we are getting a few showers and storms starting to fire on the east coast sea breeze. Eventually that will start working back across the state. Youll see through the afternoon, as that works inland, well see our west coast sea breeze fire up. Could see a couple of isolated showers, thunderstorms there around 5 00. Theyll be hit and miss but could be lingering around the get a little warmer than that. Well take a complete check of the afternoon forecast and the work week forecast coming up. Were tracking breaking news. One of the top pitchers in baseball has die
Start with starting with clear skies this morning. Not quite as warm as yesterday. 79 in st. Pete, everyone below 80 degrees this morning. We have been looking at a cup of thunderstorms off coast this morn couple of th just like yesterday, a fairly quiet first half of the day. Well get building cloudingses here towards 12 clouds towards 12 30. In the afternoon, were going to bump up the rain chance. Bucs not the on the team playing today, the rays hosting the red sox at the trop. Possible if youre tailgating for either of the games. Thank you ed. Right now, deputies investigating an Early Morning shooting happening just before 3 00 this morning. Theres the map right there to show you where it happened. Deputies tell us at least one person was shot and at this hour, no word on the victim. Well bring you updates as we get them. Good news for driver sarasota downty. After 24 hoursings all lanes of 25 are now open. The interstate closed friday night after a deadly crash involving a fuel ta
To you. As it happens. As hurricane hermine passed Saint Petersburg, 15 inches of rain fell on the city in four days. Water infiltrated the citys waste water lines and this is the impact. Video shows water pouring out of the top of a holding tank with the force of a large fire hose. What do you think when you see that . I think we made a huge mistake. Reporter we showed the video to two Saint Petersburg city Council Members. I said multiple times on the record, the second we started discharging, the second after that, we should have informed the public and the media. Reporter the water flooded the azalea neighborhood. Mayor kriseman says it is 99. 99 clean. That is not what new documents from a whistle blower reveal. In a new email, they warn we must inform upper management informed the public it is the same water they put on their lawn. They want to put up warning signs around the area of the discharge for public safety. After seeing our video, Council Member Charlie Curtis agrees. As