swift boats, all ready to move in and begin to go door-to-door when it is clear enough to be able to do so. power outages have slammed half a million. that is the latest number that we have over the course of this hour that we re now in. floridians on the ground as ian barrels towards their homes, their businesses. we have people all across the state with updates about different sections of the state, what it feels like, what s going on there. fox team coverage with all of our great weather team out there spread across the state as well. we begin with katie burn who is in orlando. katie, what can you tell us from where you are? all right. let s go to max gordon first. max is in tampa bay. max, tell us what you re seeing where you are. hi, martha. so we ve been hearing a lot about the storm surge concerns in the fort myers area. but up here where we are on the north end of the storm, we ve seen an erie sight along old tampa bay. we ve seen what is known as reverse storm surg
Bars this morning after her husband alerted police that his stepson was found dead in a closet at the familys home. Police believe his mother veronica was keeping her son locked in a closet for three years. Yonathans siblings told police their mother was using sleeping aids on the boy and locking him in closets, so small he couldnt stretch out his feet. And although dcfs investigated the family six times for possible abuse or neglect and yonatans risk of abuse at home was gauged as high social workers never opened a case. Veronica aguilar, who volunteered at her kids school, apparently convinced everyone nothing was amiss, our cbs affiliate in la reports. Investigators reportedly talked to the school nurse, the school doctors, school counselors, the teachers, and lapd investigators, who all said everything heres what im looking into at 630. This story has several of you talking on facebookim digging through your comments. Plus, what our cbs sister station in la is doing to hold dcfs ac
Sarasota county Police Arrest auto teenager for chatting on line threatening to kill kids at school. New at 11 00 why a judge is throwing tout charges. Good evening. Im wendy ryan. Im jamison uhler. Abc action newre Sarasota High School to explain what this means for other students or anyone who makes similar threats. Michael. Reporter jamison and wendy, the student was expelled over the tweets that are outlined in this appeal, but according to this appeal, and the judges ruling from yesterday, he didnt break the law because there is no law against a tweet that student sent. In 2014 this tweet with the was sent by a 16yearold Sarasota High School student. To talk stupid is not actually a violation of that statute. Reporter the teens Attorney Says getting arrested ruined the students life and that Sarasota Police overreacted. I would sure hope that if a student says something that is alarming but not criminal that they would go talk to him before they arrest him. Before you come with th
Thunderstorms, that will pop up through the afternoon once again. Coverage is about 40 for today. There is dry air to work through the north. Well talk more about that and more updates on our intensifying hurricane in the caribbean. Very early this morning, tier gas and pepper spray over the Police Killing of a mentally ill black man. Police say the crowd was much smaller than the first two nights but also much more violent. The scene got very heated when people stuck in traffic caused by the protesters were trying to get through. The protesters got agitated and started throwing objects smashing car windows. The rays are out of the playoff hunt, but the city of team there. Rodney dunningan is live outside of the trop and a major deadline is set for today. Reporter you are right about that, deiah. The city is set to pitch their master plan for the tropicana field site as well as the area surrounding the stadium. This could be do or die for the city. The city and Mayors Office have been
From the Sheriffs Office about the allegations. I was told they will be investigated thoroughly. I have an autistic boy myself. I can sympathize with the parent. Reporter she is glad she wont be back. Little is still in jail held on 3,000 bond. We found tools to help you research a daycare in your neighborhood. Head to wtsp. Com and click seen on tv. We are on top of a developing story. A school bus filled with kids crashes in river view. Sky 10 fly over the wreckage you can see. It happened before 3 00 on highway 301. It sent three people to nearby st. Josephs hospital south where Kendra Conlin is live now. How are the kids doing . Reporter we know two kids from the school bus as well as another driver had to be taken to the hospital to get checked look at the video from sky 10. You can see the kids on the stretchers there being taken to the hospital. I can tell you that other students on the bus tell me one boy hit his head on the window and the other had a shoulder injury. Since i t