2 to 4 inches of rain predicted across Tampa Bay this week
Forecasts show widespread storms Monday and Tuesday across central Florida with higher amounts possible in some neighborhoods.
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TAMPA â Forecasters predict the coming week will bring another round of heavy April showers across the Tampa Bay region, putting some areas at risk of flooding.
Despite high temperatures, meteorologists at the National Weather Service in Ruskin said a stalled cold front over the Tampa Bay region will likely act as an incubator for showers and thunderstorms from Sunday evening through Wednesday afternoon.
Forecasts show widespread storms Monday and Tuesday, dumping two to four inches of rain across central Florida with higher amounts possible in some neighborhoods.
By Spectrum News Staff Manatee County UPDATED 7:38 AM ET Apr. 18, 2021 PUBLISHED 6:53 AM ET Apr. 18, 2021 PUBLISHED 6:53 AM EDT Apr. 18, 2021
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MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. A 3-year-old boy was killed on the South Sunshine Skyway Bridge Fishing Pier late Saturday afternoon after being struck by a pickup truck, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
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The boy was from Bowling Green
The truck’s driver was not hurt
According to the FHP, the investigation is ongoing
At around 4:50 p.m., the toddler was walking behind a parked vehicle, trying to cross the northbound travel lane of the pier when he was struck by the front right of a Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck, stated the FHP in a news release.
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âItâs like torture. It could possibly be the worst mental torture weâve ever gone through,â said Frank Miksitsâ granddaughter Kate on Friday about the United States Postal Service losing her grandfather s ashes, before they were returned to her family on Saturday. (Frank Miksits Family)
After missing for weeks, lost Palm Harbor fatherâs ashes return home PUBLISHED 11:00 AM ET Apr. 17, 2021 PUBLISHED 11:00 AM EDT Apr. 17, 2021
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PALM HARBOR, Fla. â It has been more than a month since Frank Miksits passed away and during that time, his ashes were lost in the mail, but as of Saturday morning, they have been returned to his family.