For folks just joining an overturned vehicle crash east bound hafkt affecting all traffic heading into a tampa. Live look courtesy of skyfox. And just bear with us this looks like they are trying to get their bearing and focus in. But of course this overturned vehicle. We were concerned showing you shots before but now we have better idea whats going on here. It seems as though the person who was stuck in inside vehicle is okay. Essentially what weve been seeing, is before First Responder even showed up this is really interesting. This gentleman right here appears to be off duty d maybe. Was crouched down holding womans hand. In the vehicle until First Responders showed up. They finally got her out. We were watching shes sitting there on the side of the roadway. Thats her being loaded up. She was talking ask conscious. Seemingly some not serious injuries. But of course we will keep you posted when we learn a little bit more about that. In meantime delays here westbound eastbound inside
275. A little bit of a slowdown on 54th as you can see trying to get through the interstate. We also have a crash at 126th avenue north. Leave yourself a few extra minutes there. I275 from pasco to hillsborough looking great from the apex to i4. Rodney . The re from hurricane hermine are just beginning. More than 125 homes and properties were damaged. The damage estimates in pasco county alone were 89,000. It would be cheaper to buy up the homes and move everybody out instead of dealing with the impact from flooding year after year. Lindsay, it sounds good but is are. Reporter for some people, that is a real possibility. A week after hermine came through, they are still pumping out thousands of gallons going out into the street onto ridge road. County leaders say absolutely buy up the homes and move us out. Other people say they are not going to go anywhere. The cleanup here will last few more days. Inside not to mention the repairs to waterlogged homes, parks and appliances. Areas alo
San andreas fault. The probability of a quake is high. These kinds the warnings are issued once or twice every year. Race against the clock for people to stock up on food and supplies in jamaica before a powerful storm comes in. The hurricane has been down graded from a hurricane ivan taught them not to take the seriousness of a storm for granted. Ivan was a lesson learned. Jamaicans no storm coming, a lot of persons feel t i want to be on the safe side. And taking a look at the current projected path for Hurricane Matthew. Tracking north, expected to head from eastern cuba to the bahamas on monday or tuesday and then head over to the east well check in with the weather now. There is a lot of focus on whats happening with a storm system that could push that further into the atlantic. I have friends that are forecasters in florida and theyre saying theyre barnging on it, it wont come in our direction. 150 mile an hour winds is dangerous stuff. Our forecast calmer by comparison. Good mor
We saw several troopers. We passed over the freeway. We could see traffic was insanely backed up. At least hundreds and hundreds of cars. We were told by dps to turn around. This is us headed north. You can see the u. S. 60 sign right there. Were just going to pull up right here to where the 60 is and try to give you a Better Vantage Point of the onramp. This is where traffic is off of the freeway. Were pulling up right here. Weve seen plumes of smoke that have been coming in this area right now. It looks as if the smoke has gone down. Were hoping to get a better live shot here from mesa police. Theyve shut down this area right now. So we just were told the media area is behind us in a parking lot. Well wait for the light to looking at. We have probably several hundred cars that are backed up. We see several flashing lights up ahead. The accident is just down the onramp on here. Were hoping to get a Better Vantage Point. Do you see the back up right here . Hopefully you can see that. T
Same thing as well. As you head out make sure you dont get caught in a blind spot of a semi, leave extra time, both hands on the wheel. Were headed to the skyway now to check it for the next hit. Well have an update in 15 minutes. Some good news from tampa this morning with some of the roadways opening back up though. What have you got . Northbound 275, they are reopening or did overnight, two lanes around himes so were expecting to see some relief there on 275 northbound. Right now i4 heading into tampa looking great. No crashes or breakdowns. These cars here heading right in to downtown. Lets check drive times starting all the way back in the lakeland area, 23 minutes from the edge of lakeland into downtown. 15 minutes from county line road to 75, seven minutes from 75 to 275. Check of the average speeds, from the apex so if you live in the Wesley Chapel area trying to decide between 275 and 75 pushing 70 on 275 from the apex. 70 on i75. Dan . 6 02. Breaking news we first told but at