We need to know what to expect weatherwise. It is. Across the atlantic, active. We had Tropical Storm julia. Ian is posttropical. Just late last night. Tropical storm karl developed. Let me focus on julia. We have the latest information in. Its still sitting off the coast of carolina, still a Tropical Storm as of 11 00 this morning and will sit over there the next tuesday, it heads out and dissipates. Now we talk arable Tropical Storm karl. It will head west and gain strength. By the middle of next week, it is a category one hurricane. The track is pushing north, which is great news. Bringing back home, has a tropical feel to the air, uncomfortable level of humid still. In our headlines, today and on sunday. No relief from the heat. Upper 80s to low 90s for the rest of summer, stacie. There are questions about a massive sinkhole this morning on top of a mosaic gypsum stack. Eagle 8 flew over it. Take a look at it. In the middle is a waterfall. Its about 40 feet across. No one is. Its c
Bit. When you see these bands ashore, they can be very, very strong. This is the 5 00 advisory with 75 mileperhour winds. In the grand scheme of things, the intensities arent that great. Its a category 1 hurricane. Its formable, but its a category 1 hurricane. Still doing damage to many folks and likely will the next Tropical Storm warnings west coast of florida. Nasty line of thunderstorms and showers and high winds coming ashore. Also the possibility. Weve seen this. Tornado warnings are possible as it moves ashore. Moving at 45 Miles Per Hour to the north northeast. So know that within this areas it comes onshore, you can see strong wind gusts. Outside chances of seeing a brief tornado across the central part of Pinellas County right now. Youve seen Tropical Storm wind sarasota. Possibly not as intense but still very brief wind gusts are possible. Tropical storm warning for the west coast of florida. Well continue to track this thing and watch the high tides now the next 24 hours. T
According to meteorologists in indiana, tornado watches expired at 11 00 last night but another batch of storms is possible today. And gayle, theres a way to text to 41444. Thats to send money to the salvation army. Wow, the images are unbelievable. All right. Thank you. A man in a motorized wheelchair is dead this morning after he was hit by an suv in new port richey. This happened near massachusetts avenue and little road. State troopers report the 79 yearold was crossing the road when the suv crashed into him. The driver of the suv told us he was on his way home from work when the man just poped out of nowhere. Searching for this man. He is a person of interest in the case of the campus flasher. They believe he may know something about a man who exposed himself at two different usf dining halls. If you know who he is, call police. A rapper is headed to court today, no, not to wow the judge with music. Kevin gates will attend a preliminary hearing on battery charges. He is caught kic
Atlantic. This morning, we have hurricane gaston. And also, invest 99l which could become a tropical storm. So lets turn it over to meteorologist leigh spann for the latest leigh. So its very busy out there. It is. And this is the time. I mean, the peak of Hurricane Season is early september. So we expect to see more tropical systems developing and thats what we have. Heres invest 99l. At this point, an 80 chance over the next five become some sort of tropical system. Overnight, it became hurricane gaston, the third hurricane of the season. The good news with gaston, yes, it may strengthen to a category two hurricane over the next five to seven day, but it stays out to sea. We are closely watching what we are calling invest 99l. Over the next several day, it will head into the bahamas and strengthening. If its not a tropical system before it gets there, good chance it will after it arrives. And then notice the five to six day spread, the storm could head anywhere from the gulf of mexic
So slow down and move over when you pass. The other direction heading towards tampa looking great. We are watching this crash in tampa. This is eastbound mlk right at tampa street. Were seeing a bit of a slowdown westbound. Be aware, you might run into a bit of a delay there. Also checking your drive on 275, looking good now, southbound 61 mileperhours is your average speed. Strong aftershocks are co italy after neds powerful earthquake. At least 200 have hit in just the past 24 hours. The death toll from the quake now stands at 247. Dozens, though, remain missing. At this hour, search teams using dogs, bulldozers and bare hands to continue to comb through the pile looking for survivors. Including one where tourists were gathering for a pasta this years sunset Music Festival and has authorities thinking if this should even be allowed. In a matter of hours, the topic will be up for discussion at the city of tampa at the city council. Rodney dunningan is live outside Raymond James stadiu