Suspending tolls in those counties dealing with evacuations. The governor of South Carolina activating the National Guard in the palmetto state and at one point major highways getting out of South Carolina at a dead stop today. So the guard had to come in and help direct traffic and buses picking up people in charleston today. Since people are listening to the warnings and getting out making a run on supplies like water gas and wood, the hotline to report price gouging is up and running look at the empty shelves, some reports of gouging on water is happening in south florida. Here is the reality of the storm it has taken the lives of 11 people, this is brandnew video coming in from the capital of haiti of the damage and they are still seeing rain as well. Look at the devaation in other parts of haiti as we get these images coming in. Island hit especially hard, massive flooding a problem, these pictures are from a group in the country trying to help children still struggling after the
It stinks but we will make it up tomorrow. This Family Vacation from denver are left making new plans. They say it was a calm orderly evacuation. They were treating us well, there is a character out there playing with the kids making everybody happy. The themepark was shut down for the day, the fbi and tampa bomb squad continued their search for dangerous canines trained to detect bomb materials, with several agencies to assist us. Reporter we did speak to the general manager at legoland in winterhaven this afternoon, he said he believes the bomb threat was a hoax. When we asked multiple follow up questions asking him to elaborate he did not want to. Like that from which her haven, ryan smith abc action news. A suspected kidnapper returning to tampa bay. Just arriving a half hour ago to face charges, nearly one week after being accused of abducting a fouryearold girl. Authorities found him and the girl earlier this week in tennessee. Health says there is a newsy zone in miami, we are l
Addicted to oxycodone because of a longterm back injury that is why his Job Performance and started to suffer. He was eventually demoted twice and given a desk job but on the desk job instead of destroying an unused prescription he took them home instead. He may have taken as many as three of the oxycodone pill bottles and probably over 300 pills. Smiths downward spiral got so bad he sold clock at this pawnshop. Smith told investigators he did not take the pills on the job instead he doubled up on his dosage after work he needs to face the consequences for his actions. We hope he gets the help he needs. Reporter the sheriff says he wishes smith had admitted his problem earlier so he could of gotten help before hitting rockbottom. He was missing his gun because he has two. Erik waxler abc action news. Also right now hurricane the cold bearing down on bermuda. Look at this category two storm, a round of dangerous storm surge now that the eye has passed over bruno. Isolated tornadoes are
Grocery store. We started breaking news. The man accused in a deadly hit andrun is jarvis. And the Senior Vice President of the credit union, he is accused of hitting the 74year old early in the morning on october 6. He drove away leaving her on the side of the road to die. He said he had been drinking and crash a delivery and had a deliberate scheme to cover it up. In the, on macintosh road. It notified the insurance company. In other news, they are busting people for drinking and driving. Yes. The veteran was driving his own it is pretty obvious that something wasnt right here. Reporter it was pretty obvious. Deputies found that officer asleep in his own car right here on gulf boulevard in madeira way. Deputies found the officer late last night he was not working, his days off are monday and tuesday. But the next time that he would have had to show up to work was wednesday at 7 am. The Police Department hired him in 2005. This is not the first time he has been in trouble. He was conv
We have construction happening here on the sunshine skyway. This is the southbound lanes. Traffic is light this morning so not really causing major issues. You will run into flashing lights out there. Shay . Things are looking good janelle. We have dry conditions. So, hopefully that will help with your morning drive. We have temperatures that are just a little bit higher than what they were yesterday morning. 62 degrees in tampa right now. 54 in temple terrace. Lutz at 53. Its still cool out there and chilly to the north in Citrus County with a temperature of 48. Homosassa at 50 degrees. As we work through the day, there will be lots of sunshine in store. That will help to warm us up. 73 by noon. And 81 as the high today. Rain unlikely. I will let you know how long that will last coming up in the sevenday forecast. Deiah . Thanks, shay. One minute after 5 00. The final push before voters go to the polls. Hillary clinton and donald trump will spend a lot of time and money in our state o