Jason we re glad you are waking up with sunrise. Let s turn our attention to a cold start. We have a chilly morning in downtown orlando. We re hitting the freezing mark. We ve got a look at the forecast. Amy we re going to bundle up all this week. Take a look at what s going on it. Our temperatures are going to climb. It will be warmer than it was yesterday. We will keep things well below average as we see sunshine and clouds. By noon, it be in the low 60 s. Yesterday we only topped out in the upper. Today we will be a little warmer will increase later today. Of we have another front that is coming through overnight tonight. It s 32 degrees in ocala. S 34 in palm coast. It s 39 in orlando and 42 in melbourne. Temperatures are quite cold this morning. The wind is fairly light. That means we don t have that big wind chill issue. It does feel colder in the spots where you have a breeze. In melbourne, it feels like 39. You can see that we are headed to 64. It will be 66 in orlando. Along t
Developing news in campbell countythe abandoned dan river plant caught fire today in brookneal and it continues to burn at this hour. People who work in the area tell wfxr news they noticed the thick smoke around 3 this afternoon. According to the town manager, the plant has been closed for about 10 years and was major employer in the area. The plant has been empty since it closed and was in the process of being demolished. The fire shut down part of route 501 as crews worked to put out those flames. People we spoke with say the smoke changed from light to dark and ashes were falling from the sky. Its been black, black billowing smoke and then it looked like it lightened up. It seems to have picked up and right now it looks like its more black smoke coming. I looked like it blew up, i anything that close. No evacuations have been ordered at this time but city leaders say the heavy smoke is so bad that some who live near the plant have decided to leave their homes for the night. And wer
Right now there is a small chance of snow on valentines day sunday but well keep our eye on it for changes. Sabrina lets get into the top five this morning. Sabrina morning commuters should use caution because of winds and drifting snow this morning. This is a live look at i35 north near ames. Parts of iowa will also be under a blizzard warning until six this evening. With safety officials stressing the need to use extra caution when driving on iowa roadways today. Elias in the number two spot this morning. Elias more details today from what the iowa utilities board has learned about the Bakken Pipeline proposal. The board has been the only one to not make a decision on the project, which would connect north dakota to illinois. After months of hearings, the boad plans to discuss their findings at one this afternoon at the iub sabrina the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door. Sabrina so far more than twodozen have been pronounced dead following saturdays earthquake
Sabrina and an Ivy League College student is accused of sexual assaulting a woman inside his fraternity house. Sabrina finally, its black history month. Well take a look back at the fight for civil rights from a small town in florida. Local 5 news midday in hd starts now. We are iowa sabrina good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im Sabrina Ahmed. Sabrina new at midday today sabrina there was a house fire in st. Charles this morning. It has been confirmed that one man was at home at the time of the fire, but he was unharmed. The house was a complete loss. The cause of the fire is still unknown. The investigation is ongoing. We will be sure to keep you updated as we received more information. Sabrina there was a also house fire near knoxville that left one person dead. Knoxville that left one person dead. It happened last night. Knoxville Fire Department officials were called to a house fire on mcgregor drive. One woman was killed and one man was injured. The in
Sunday but well keep our eye on it for changes. Sabrina lets get into the top five this morning. Sabrina morning commuters should use caution because of winds and drifting snow this morning. This is a live look at i35 north near ames. Parts of iowa will also be under a blizzard warning until six this evening. With safety officials stressing the need to use when driving on iowa roadways today. This need to use extra caution when driving on iowa roadways today. Elias in the number two spot this morning. Elias more details today from what the iowa utilities board has learned about the Bakken Pipeline proposal. The board has been the only one to not make a decision on the project, which would connect north dakota to illinois. After months of hearings, the boad plans to discuss their findings at one this afternoon at the iub headquarters. Sabrina the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door. Sabrina so far more than twodozen have been pronounced dead following saturdays ear