had this on facebook. the models are definitely going closer to the east coast of florida, but they still remain offshore. now, if we see this going more and more to the west, we might have to change our tune. but based on the current track, i think tropical storm winds are a decent chance on the east coast. high lands and polk maybe thursday and friday. along the west coast of florida, maybe winds. look at the spaghetti models. lot of consensus, but there are some closer to the east coast of florida, which is why we've been saying you can't write it off yet. it could turn eventually and when it does, it could make the outer banks of the caroline as and possibly new england. we are still tracking heavy rain across part of the area. an update coming up in a couple minutes. happening right now, president declared florida a major disaster area. this mobile home park in port richey dealt with flooding several times in recent years. i've been here, i've seen the boats going down these streets. now it's gotten to the point that some of people that live here, the snow birds up north, they don't want to come here for the winter >> life has been a nightmare for dot. >> i just had my wallet stolen friday at walmart. i said come on. how many can you take? >> the wallet theft comes as dot is trying to fix damage to her mobile home caused by the flooding that hurricane hermine brought last month. >> i want my ducks fixed because i know there's something wrong. the fumes are coming through. >> there are also the unwanted there is flooding. that's why ron murphy is are here, going through the trailer and spraying for bugs. >> people find roaches, spiders after storms like this. there is a variety of issues. >> fema crews are going door-to-door in problem spots, pasco and seven other counties are part of florida's major disaster area. >> but the floors underneath are so sopping wet. >> residents can get grant money that does not have to be paid, it can go towards home repairs, personal items damaged in the storm. there are also low interest loans available. but dot has had enough. >> even with fema, they only a lot you so much. people in here fixed their have any money anymore, including myself. >> and you don't have to wait for fema to come knocking at your door, you can register online for help or call in. we've got that information on our website, abcactionnews.com. new tonight, dozens of allegiant airlines passengers are upset after weather diverted them from st. pete to niagra falls. passengers say the airline blamed the issues but all they saw were clouds. fight 894 attempted to land twice at niagra falls airport when the flight was diverted to syracuse. passengers say after a three-hour wait, the airline just canceled the next flight out. >> you're flight has been canceled and we have no buses, so you are responsible for getting yourself where you need to go. >> wow. the passengers say the pilot niagra falls. a spokesperson says weather is to blame, but it's still up to the pilot to decide how to operate the plane. happening right now, a teenager tonight is recovering from burns after someone's e cigarette exploded on a ride at universal. police say that e cigarette shot a fire ball right at the girl. the 14-year-old was riding hog warts express train this weekend when the fire ball hit her in the face. the girl is recovering tonight with mild her face, arms, and leg. the man with the e cigarette had minor injuries. police in ft. lauderdale are searching for thieves who stole five cars from a dealership. police have recovered two of those five high-end expensive cars. police believe the thieves broke into the building, the dealership in the keys. they are driving away with the stolen cars. the owner says he'd only been in the area four months and it's burglarized. a single mom remains in jail accused of arranging a murder of a prominent fsu professor. katherine is the third person arrested in what police believe is a murder-for-hire plot to kill a professor. we're getting exclusive video of an undercover sting that helped break the case. police say she's the link between the main suspect and the professor's ex-wife and her family. >> did charlie have anything to do with his murder? >> no. he's being looked at because of the fact that he had a dating relationship with katherine. >> the arrest affidavit claims he deposited $50,000 in the months he was murdered. he was gunned down in his driveway back in 2014. police believe the motive was because they wanted the children to move to south florida and the surfers beware. two more people are bitten by sharks. this happened over the weekend. a man was bitten on his side saturday night near flag ler and another man bitten on the foot. three people were bitten last weekend within a two-hour period. >> it makes me not want to go in the ocean, not want to go in the deep end, just not at all. >> it's been happening a lot. there have far this year. officials want to remind swimmers and surfers to stay close to a lifeguard. now to a developing story tonight, the department of transportation will not move forward with plans to make the howard franklin bridge a toll lane. public hearings were scheduled for this weekend. those will no longer happen. there was a lot of controversy surrounding the express lanes last week. the department of transportation says they'll reevaluate the openings for the bridge replacement and holding a public across the bay area across pinellas park. janelle shows us how to get around it. >> hi, everyone. we are starting off at a construction project that's going to last the next three weeks. listen to this. we have construction happening eastbound park boulevard from 66th street north all the way to 275. this is happening during the day, starting around 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. expect most of the congestion just during the evening commute. and we have construction, you're probably use today this. gun highway closed underneath the veterans. this is in the overnight hours, so it usually opens up about 5 a.m., closes around 9 p.m. this is in polk county right at state road 550, again, in the overnight hours. however, keep in mind if you're heading that way, leave yourself they have signs posted out there. follow me on twitter for these and other project updates. today the third day of our annual take action against domestic violence. it's a chance for everyone to consider how they can help end the epidemic of domestic violence. in pasco county alone, there were 3,744 cases of domestic violence reported just last year. six of them advocates at sunrise domestic and sexual violence center handled many of those cases and are desperate for your support in big ways and small. >> we are always looking for local businesses and community supporters to donate time, talent and energy. so if you can provide general maintenance, cleaning services, or if you don't have a lot of time to designate but you want to work on a special probably as a group or an individual, think sunrise. for those that want to support us financially, think about sponsoring our electric bill for our emergency shelter which runs typically around $1,500 a month. >> if you'd like to connect with sunrise or any domestic violence center, go to our website. we've got a county by county break down and as always, the statewide domestic violence hotline is available all the time. that number is on your screen. once again your annual taking action against violence special is airing next wednesday, october 12, at 7 p.m. please join us for a look at the every day heroes who help survivors and dv heroes. a live look at a hotel in jamaica as hurricane matthew heads toward that area. why owners are keeping an eye on this powerful hurricane. pick the one that pays you back the most. . a warning for those looking our sister station uncovering that many sellers on websites like craigslist do not even know about the car's history. many 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see it right here near the top. >> thank you, jackie. hurricane matthew about to impact the caribbean islands. many families in the bay area have connections to different islands. the taste of the islands restaurant keeping a close watch st. pete and another one in jamaica. the island is expecting 5 to 10 inches of rain. >> i ain't got much ready there, so the last thing they need is a hurricane. a lot of times we have to send food stuff down there, ship food in a bag and so on and so forth. >> the red cross is already assisting in relief efforts in the caribbean. looking outside, obviously a lot of clouds locally acros area. nothing to do with matthew. it's more of just storms that developed in the gulf of mexico and they have moved inland. if you look at titan doppler radar, you see the radar covering seminole and east central hillsboro county, manatee, hardy, desoto, this is going to be winding down around 9, 10:00. i think tomorrow not a bad day with nothing more than a few isolated afternoon and evening storms. of october. temperatures right now upper 70s to mid-80s. not nearly as warm today because of the cloud cover that came in. we hit 87 in tampa and that's actually where we should be. the normal high is 87. rain at the airport in tampa, the dewpoint 75. we hit 87 and that's where we should be. normal is 87 and 72. today temperature wise was actually about what we typically see in early october, not so much the rain, though. it's still raini at 81. partly sunny in sarasota. they've had plenty of rain over the last few hours, giving a little break in. still looking at moisture from the south that's going to be around tonight. tomorrow come wake up time, i think we've got a pretty decent start to your tuesday after these rains and storms wind down by about 10 or 11:00 tonight. this is what you'll be waking up to, partly sunny skies, temperatures back in the 3 or 4:00 and then the storms push west. again, this pattern that we normally see in july and august lingering, not nearly as hot because some of the cloud cover is still going to linger. by wednesday, i think more of the same, still an easterly flow, still sunny start to the day and then rain chances blow perfect east to west later on. thursday and friday, that all depends on this. now, let's talk about what we know right storm moving north, it might be even moving northeast. look at your longitude line. it's moving northeast. jamaica is going to get this, but not as bad as it could have seen because the hurricane force winds only extend 35 miles out from the center. now, tropical storm force winds 5 to 10 miles out there. so when you look at the track, unfortunately in western haiti, they're going to get the wind and the rain, as will eastern cuba. this is what's changed in the last 12 hours. we've been talking about this for the past couple of days. models have been trending west. at 5:00 today, the hurricane center pulled the trigger and moved everything west. let me stress one thing. i just looked at numbers at the hurricane center sit hurricane force winds in the bay area are zero. current track, zero. if it changes, we'll have it for you. but let's not hype things, not hype what-ifs, because that's simply not the forecast right now. what is is a lot of heavy rain from haiti, cuba, eventually into the bahamas. this is the latest track. this is one of our models, but i think it's on the money. western haiti, eastern cuba, and and starts to curve. and at that point it could be an issue for north carolina sometime on saturday. that's what we're looking at right now. here's a look at florida's most accurate seven-day forecast, rain chances closer to home, 50% the next few days. thursday we start to get breezy and there is definitely the chance of tropical storm form winds in our eastern counties later thursday into friday. matthew pulls away this weekend and sunny and drier weather returns by both saturday and sunday as rai zero by sunday. coming up, controversy surrounding party city. the reason why one woman says the store would not fill her . party city is investigating an incident where an employee in pennsylvania refused to fill a balloon order after learning it was for an officer's memorial service. the clerk had someone else take care of her. party city says the it is committed to their customers and the community and they're now looking into the matter and plan to take action accordingly. two big outdoor retailers will no longer be bass pro shops is buying cabela's for $5.5 billion. bass pro shops has 20,000 workers and 99 stores. no word tonight, yet, whether the deal might mean some closures of some locations. cabela's had been falling behind smaller competitors and online retailers, forcing a decision late last year to either sell or reorganize. now here's a look at what's >> sinkholes like these are sometimes called naturally occurring. but tonight experts say this is a real possibility. a dog euthanized hours after showing up to a shelter. the two things you can do to stop it from happening to your family. i saw one of my personal students's grades submitted as a c, which was bumped up to a b. >> this teacher witnessed school district. coming up, an eyewitness . tonight euthanasia outrage. a woman mad at polk county animal services for putting down her dog. but the shelter says it did nothing wrong. new at 6 the one mistake a lot of owners make and how to keep this from happening to pets. plus, passing the blame. calling a toxic sinkhole a natural occurrence. all new at 6, we're finding out if the company could have done more. first, state of emergency tonight. the governor just putting all of florida on notice ahead of hurricane matthew. our chief meteorologist dennis phillips has the newest model. >> couple of things. first of all, looking at the latest advisory from the clearly this is moving northeast. look where the eye is going, northeast. it's very bad news for haiti, but good news for jamaica. jamaica looks as though it will get tropical storm force winds, but if it continues in this direction, and i believe it will, it will be well farther than 50 miles away from the center. that's how far hurricane force winds extend right now. so where do we go from that point? the latest a we saw it coming, the models are trending west. but let me stress. the overwhelming majority of these models keep this storm well to the east of florida's east coast. maybe they get a little bit closer, but the impact on the west side of florida minimal at best. if you live east of polk county, high lands county, maybe gustier winds thursday and friday based on the current track. might that change? we'll talk at that in just a couple minutes.

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