And mr. Riggins was transported to the hospital with life threatening injuries. The investigation was for the sale of illegal drugs. A big story to keep on eye on now is the tropics as the tropical depression nine continues to churn out there. Its still a tropical depression as of the 11 00 update. A memt information from the Hurricane Center still 35 Miles Per Hour winds and a lot of more convection and thunderstorm activity. The Hurricane Hunters flew in and said the organization isnt any better than it was yesterday. Still keeping it at a tropical depression and another Hurricane Hunter is scheduled to go in this afternoon and see if it actually has strengthened to a Tropical Storm. The latest forecast coming in as of 11 00 this morning. Its now pushing to the west hour really starting to make that turn to the north. So sometime today or tomorrow it becomes a Tropical Storm and makes the turn back to the north or east. It has 50 Miles Per Hour winds by the time you head into thursda
Right now were at 79 degrees, maybe even mid 70s or so inland. It will be mild, muggy. Notice the absence of clouds around the area. Thats why i think its going to be a beautiful day. Rain chances even lower than they were yesterday. Yesterday they were 30 . Even though the tampa area did get some shower activity, today were going to drop the rain chance to 20 . Well probably get back to the 90degree mark once again. Vanessa thanks. Good news is on the a lot of our earlier incidents cleared out and we have no new ones popping up. Its quiet. Well get an update on the interstates. Here is polk county, i4 at polk parkway which is the actual eastern exit and entrance at i4. So looks like were running up to speed there. Eastern Hillsborough County, 275, six minutes over the howard frankland, four between selmon jennifer tear gas, riot shields. For the second night in a row, protests filled charlotte after the Police Shooting death of keith scott. A peaceful prayer vigil turned into an angry
The forecast center. I cant call it a name because it still doesnt have one. It is just depression 9. Hermine is the next tropical depression on the list. It could be good news that it is not a Tropical Storm. That it is is a tropical depression. Not in a very good environment. Not much better than it was 24 hours ago. There is the big picture there. Gaston out to sea. We are interested in tropical depression number 9 wh still a tropical depression by the way. According to the National Hurricane center. As of 5 00, 35 miles an hour winds. Theres your forecast track very close to what the consensus of the major models are doing. A slight northerly shift. Of course, as we get closer to potential landfall, the cone itself, that white cone, gets a little thinner. 65 miles an hour thursday afternoon. You can see moving off to the northeast. Tropical cyclone. We could bring some very strong tides into the west coast of florida. Especially high tide thursday any time from noon until 3 00 in t
And help stop the spread of zika. Whether they are on the ground or in the trees, bromeliads are a popular site. This one you might recognize. A florida mainstay they reproduce quickly and are included to be easy to maintain but they cause a problem when it rains, water pools in the center. Collecting water and debris making their own compost stew so they get the nutrition and water. A breeding ground for that spread zika. Michelle rencher got rid of all of the bromeliads on her property. You need to do the best you can for your kids. The director of Sarasota County Mosquito Management says to help stop the spread people need to be mindful. We dont like to tell people you have to get rid of them. There are products like these that you can sprinkle on plants larvae, you can also use a hose to rinse out the plant. That is one of the things people like they are located plants. Plant and forget but you cant do that in the modern world. Anything holding as little as a teaspoon of water can
Six that led to the shooting. Reporter police here say that 23 year old joacuin was killed by his cousin after asking him a question, he asked his cousin if the bullet proof vest still worked. He said lets see, he pulled out a gun and another person was home and saw the whole thing. The suspect was arrested and charged with manslaughter. I was trawking with the family this afternoon, they are heart broken that two relatives were impacted by the tragedy, they said that joaquin was a kind loving man. They appreciate the prayers that they have received. New tonight Tampa Police Investigating a crash that left a motorcyclist dead. Investigators shut down traffic for two hours. The investigation continue into the shooting involving two tampa police officers. We brought you this story as breaking news last night. Police pulled over joel cook and realized that the car was stolen, he put the reverse and slammed it into a squad car. The two officers fired at him. Cook is in the hospital. We loo