Tia at 34 degrees. 35 on the map shows how dry the air is. Today, blazing sunshine. Temperatures warming up to a high around 6 4 this afternoon. And then set yourselves up for another cool evening tonight. For the early dinner hours, temperatures will dip down into the 50s. And then tonight, more mid40degree readings. A lot of soccer fans out there. Stick around because were going to talk about the sun coast is ahead. Thank you mark. To a health on your side health alert. Its flu season in florida and with the changing temperatures, mark is showing us were atrisk. This morning, we want to make sure you and your family stay healthy. The latest number shows 51 counties are seeing more cases of the flu. News channel 8 mary mcguire shows us a lot of our coworkers have been sick lately. Certainly true if youve been hearing people sniffling and coughing. Its not just your imagine. The Florida Department of health says flu season is ramping up here in this state and they have advice for you t
The 40s. Were going to wind up at 55 at 10 00 a. M. And by the afternoon, 64. Thats it. Yesterday we made it to 62. Were going to see similar Cool Temperatures here today, and then tonight. Another starlit evening. Great for outdoor fire pits, but what about tomorrow . I think youre going to see a change to warmer 70s and it looks like as we head through the next couple of days, the warmup will stick around. Ill tell you more about that when i come back in a little bit. See you then. Thanks, mark. To an 8 on your side health alert. Its flu season in temperatures, were even more atrisk. This morning, we want to make sure you and your family the latest number shows 51 counties are seeing more flu cases. News channel 8 mary mcguire is joining us from tampa bay hospital. I did notice people here at the news center are sick reporter oh yeah, it happens each and every year. It doesnt seem to be getting better. The word inspires shivers through your body. No one likes the flu and the Florida
The water keeping you nice and milder with temperatures in the upper 50s. Satellite and radar picking up on a few clouds rolling there. This is a boundary that will usher in cooler temperatures, well not be able to do much as far as a thermometer, stuck by lunchtime low 60s. Ill leave you with this as we widen out the shot, thats our weather for the weekend, another blast of cold air coming in, ill let you know exactly how cold well get as we head into saturday and sunday. No crashes or breakdowns on i75. The taillights you see, heading towards downtown, taking six if you are in the lakeland area, heading to i4 to come no downtown. I4 will be great, no crashes or breakdowns there. 22 minutes from county line road to downtown, 14 minutes from county line road to 75 and eight minutes to get from 75 to 275. If anything happens out there to slow you down, well let you know about it right here and on twitter. 5 32, the fear far from over near the scene of a mass shooting in kansas. A hospit
On busy u. S. 19 at speeds of 85 miles an hour, charles long did what he thought was the right thing, following a stolen car with a toddler in the back seat. Your body kind of goes into a fight or flight mode and you have no control over that and my body said fight. Do the right thing. Im a christian. Reporter as he tried to get the plate number so he could call 911 long now found himself smack dab in the middle of at least a dozen cop cars. Moments later his part of the chase would end as he crashed into a cruiser. They grabbed me and jerked me out of the car, threw me in the back of a police car. Reporter the car he was chased wound up wrapped around a sign and the reason why long wanted to help out so badly, that toddler in the back, turns out the mom lied and the kid was safe at daycare the whole time. And i will never do this again ever in my life. I love my kids and im going to go get my kids. Reporter cops say as telling as it might be, dont try to do their jobs for them. Just i
Week and 10yearold girl grabbed and dragged by her legs to the window have parents on edge. I think parents should take them to school and wait for them by the bus. I dont know about the man coming through the window. Speaking of scary, listen how the 10yearold elyria man says tried to snatch her in the middle of the night. Said he had a black, like a hoodie, type ninja and could only see her eye part and had slight acne. Said he had scars on his face could say. The alert girl acted fast trying to get away from the intruder . The window is high and sleeps on her top bunk and the window was locked. Who knows how this could have happened. It is the worst feeling in the world having your daughter scream at you that someone is bed. Doublecheck your locks and doesnt mean you have ocd. Keep checking. You just never know. You never know. Reporter the suspect has pretty distinguishing remarks and people out there probably know who he is. And police say pick up a phone and call 911. Reporter li