70degree mark in clearwater and 71 in st. Petersburg. Dew points are manageable. You know, as long as we can keep that number where it is in the lower 60s. It may sneak up to the mid 60s. I think well be okay. Another very warm afternoon coming at us with a mixture of clouds and sun. Your highs go back to the mid 80s. Vanessa . Vanessa and right now we want to get to the scene video out of the lutz area. A vehicle has crashed into a home and this is all happening off of Heritage Harbor road. The driver, unfortunately, died. We are able to tell you, however, the folks in the home are okay. Power was knocked out briefly to the neighborhood, but were hearing thats restored. We do have some lane blocks reported on lutz lake fern road on Heritage Harbor road. While we were to get more information, well give you more work arounds and bring you those looks like state road 54 up to the north is probably going to be one good work around and the second one is van dyke which is going to be toward
Petersburg. Another breezy day. But temperatures get right back up into the mid 80s. Where we left you yesterday afternoon. Vanessa. All right dave, thank you. We want to equilibrium which the roadways its been pretty and a situation a that have been developing, and a live look here at the a sunshine can i skyway bridge an earlier that cleared out i do want to point this out however, this is fairly new within the last few minutes or so were seeing motorcyclist there on side of road just be southbound direction it seems to be walking his bike in that left shoulder. We ran out gas or what we will watch that. 75 southbound got heavy delays here crash reported south of fletcher with left lane blocked. Big delays are back towards bruce b. Downs boulevard starting to trickle back towards junction with 275. Make sure youre either avoiding or planning extra time outdoor in case you missed it after this Early Morning fatal crash finally open and Heritage Harbor parkway. All right vanessa, thank
Avenue. A little west of the ybor city area. Firefighters got the flames under control an hour later. There are no reports of injuries. The cause of the fire is now under investigation. Today all pasco county schools will be open following hurricane hermine but some neighborhoods are still drying out from flooding. As abc action News Reporter Cameron Polom shows us three Unsung Heroes spent labor day pulling families out of danger. Reporter hundreds of people felt the devastation of hurricane hermine in its aftermath families are still being forced from their homes. As soon as we got back there we noticed a lot of people still stuck in their homes. Reporter eric, joe and rich were not affected by the flooding but seeing the despair they decided to do what they could by boat. One family helped because they spotted a little girl asking to be rescued. You ok . Saw little elizabeth waiting. She was adorable. In her home, mom, dad and three brothers and sisters all surrounded by water. You
Hurricane season starts June 1. And water district officials are planning to rebuild a water control structure that helps keeps the Hillsborough River from flooding during major storms. It's a key feature protecting much of Tampa.
For more than 55 years, the Tampa Bypass Canal System has been helping mitigate river flooding during severe rain events and hurricanes, preventing serious damage.