We have a contrast in our weather locally, first thing this morning. Good thursday morning. Well still be on guard for a threat this afternoon for severe storms. In the meantime, some nuisance showers hanging on across Broward County, same location that had the unfortunate strong tornado touch down into Coconut Creek and Pompano Beach. Still wet weather lingering here on the saw grass, on the florida turnpike and also on to i95. Those showers will be quick to exit. Were free and clear into Miamidade County. Ill come back to whats headed our way momentarily. There were isolated showers in place across eastern Miamidade County. I do think ouroadways will be wet on i95 and on the 826. Most of south florida, not really concerned about any wet weher initially. If youre a 6 00 a. M. Commuter, i think youll be just fine. Were watching the shield of rain press closer to the metro area after we get past 7 00. In the meantime,taking an umbrella for more showers in place today. Morning time temperatures right now into the lower 70s. Last hourly observations with showers nearby in ft. Lauderdale. Quiet in miami at 71. On our way to 80. A warm and humid day. Not much sunshine. As we get deeper into the afternoon hours, first alert forecast looks to lean towards more showers and thunderstorms across the area. Flood watch into Broward County. Well talk about why in a little bit. Right now first alert traffic with kelly blanco. Good morning, south florida. A couple of things in Broward County. We have pines boulevard eastbound and westbound completely shut down at northwest 114th street. Our alternates, pembroke road, johnson street or taft. We a julia bagg on scene of the policeinvolved accident. I95 northbound at pembroke road is nice and green, traffic moving at full speed. B a left lane is lock blocked off due to a broken down car. Lanes around northwest 62 on the street. About 20 minutes ago is where we had two express lanes and a couple local lanes blocked off as well as onramp to northwest 69th strere. That accident cleared, no major issues in miamidade. We continue to follow the test on breaking news out of pembroke pines. One person was killed following an officerinvolved accident. Nbc 6 keeping you up to date on the story on air and on the nbc 6 twitter page since 4 00 this morning. Reporter julia bagg is live there. When we last talked to you, theyre now saying alcohol may have played a factor. Witnesses say she actually ran that light. She did, sheli. Let me talk about that as we look at whats left of the two vehicles t. Gray infinity is the what the woman was driving who died at the hospital. Officer was driving that vehicle. Let me show you the red light that were learning witnesses say she ran. Coming out of that parking lot, because of the time of this crash, it was around 2 15, there were only a few places open including the ale house here in pembroke pines. Thats one of the pieces of this puzzle hat police are trying to figure out, was alcohol a factor . Was she driving drunk behind the wheel . What they do mow is six different people were watching wpen this crash happened. Based on solely the witness testimony, we do believe that the gray infinity did run the red light unfortunately and caused the accident. A a for the Police Officer, investigators are not releasing his name. They are saying hes a veteran Police Officer, been with ppbroke pines police at least ten years. Let me give you another look live at this crash and whats left here. Expect pines boulevard at northwest 114th avenue, expect it to be blocked for quite a while. No word yet on when it may open back up again. Stay close to your nbc 6 weather app for that. Live in pembroke pines, julia bagg, nbc 6 news. You can see where the gray honda civic flipped on top of that toyota and would continue to make its path across the parking lot here, overturning this f150 pickup truck. You can only imagine how incredibly intense this storm was to be able to do that. At that point we did not know this was a tornado. Nbc 6eporter bobby brooks, one of the many reporters we had coverg that Coconut Creek tornado. We were right there with you during extended live coverage through the morning and early afternoon mesterday. Keeping you safe as Severe Weather ravaged through that area. This morning nbc 6 reporter michael t process is to dry up out and clean up. That may sound simple but its much easier said than done. It is. Were not too far from where bobby was. Yesterday surprisingly they got to work pretty fast. Here on browawa college, still some wor left. Trees and limbs still down on campus. Classes are back to norm toll day. No cancellations this morning. Weve heard the leaf blowers out lready. The workers are here working to get the rest of the mess eaned up. The National Weather service showing you the path of yesterdays ef 1 tornado. You notice at the bottom left, that is the start of it moving north from Coconut Creek to Pompano Beach. The area in orange is where we are now, the worst of it there you have video right now off the even as it subsided to the north, still causi a lot of damage to the business. Trees all over the cars. They caught up with one man. He was caught in the middle of this, was able to get inside. Many other folks who were not caught in it but were inside. They got quite the surpriseame out. Take a listen. Amazing. I lived through hurricane andrew. It was similar to that, to come out and see everything upside down. Reporter amazingly just one injury reported, very mimir. Youre looking at a video from broward campus hehe. The cars that were whipped around, those cars are gone. When you look at this and other nghborhoods in the area, we neighborhoodahead. We know the city of Coconut Creek isfering cleanup and bulk picp for neighborhoods that have this mess to clean up. Keep that in mind as the trucks make the rounds. Live at Broward College north campus. Right now its 6 08. Were getting a different look at the rollover wreck in southwest miamidade that involved six different cars including a Miamidade Police cruiser. This is red light camama video showing the moment the driver loses control of his carending it on a crash course with a whole bunch of other veicles. It happened tuesday night in the area of southwest 8th street and 32nd avenue. The officer ended up with minor injuries related to the crash. In the meantime,olice are saying the man that caused this crash is facing dui charges. David marin any is his name. He told nbc 6 he crashed because his brakes gave out thaha night. He ended up hitting a total of five cars. Two teens Holding People up at atms are behind bars. Theyre behind at least five robberies that stretch fom Pompano Beach to deerfield beach. The 17yearolds use the same they would approa people at walkup and drivethrough atms and demand cash, all while they have a gun in their hand. Police are still looking for a third person. All right. Donald trump is saying hes going to be a noshow for tonights gop debate. Ted cruz isnt taking that news lightly. What that texas senator has done in hopes of luring trump into a oneonone matchup. Rain in the forecast again today. Youre looking at our live first nbc 6 meteorolo welcome back. If youre just waking up, prepare for another wet start to the day. Meteorologist Ryan Phillips has been tracking showers and first blanco getting you around any delays. T is all the buzz in politics, tonights republican ebate without donald trump. He will not be there. For nbc 6 tracie potts is in washington, d. C. The big question is we know hes not going to be here. Is this going to help him or hurt him in terms of being the frontrunner for the gop. Reporter a good question. We really dont know. What we do know is there are brand new numbers that show us hes running strong not just in iowa but other early voting states. The analysts are debating whether or not trump dropping out of this debate is going to be a bigger risk for him or whether it might turn out to be a smart move. Just released this morning, the nbc merit poll showing donald trump noww up by seven over ted cruz who was leading there earlier this month. Trump is up by 19 in New Hampshire and 16 in south feud with fox news anchor megyn kelly has led to one less candidate on the stage. I dont like being taken advantage of. Reporter trump tells South Carolina voters its what the u. S. Should have done with the iran nuclear deal. We walk out. You leave. Thats what you do. You leave. Ted krus challenged trump to a oneonone on saturday. He doesnt want to answer questions to the men and women of iowa about how his rord doesnt match what hes selling. Reporter drawing attention to where cruz was born, trump tweets, can we do it in canned da . Other candidates are ready to move on. Did i whine and moan, refuse to show up, did i hold my breath and stamp my feet, no. I said, you know what. Give me a podium and a you dont walk away. You stand up and fight. Reporter donald trump has decided to sit this one out. It remains to be seen whether iowa voters will feel snug, will they be offended or might they impressed. Live from washington, tracie potts, nbc 6 news. This is happening out of ft. Lauderdale. The process of figuring this out is on going. A trirail train has derailed at northweses 18th street. This is in ft. Lauderdale. We know 40 people right now are being evaluated for their injuries. Again, a trirail train, northwest 18thtreet in ft. Lauderdale. We understand the train engjne is on fire. Theres fluid leaking, but we understand emerncy crews are on scene managing the situation. Also these0 patients injuries dont seem to be severe or really major at this point. Evaluated possibly on scene. No reports if they have been taken t t the hospital. Well keep you posted as we get more information. One of the big thing is fluids are leaking from the train. So they want to contain that as much as they can. Whether or not theyre flammable were trying to figure that out. Michael spea is on his way to the scene. Well be talking with them as they are on their way. Well be posting and sending push alerts using the nbc news and weather app as well. Breaking news out of ft. Lauderdale, a trirail train has derailed at northwest 18th street in ft. Lauderdale. 6 16 now. Good thursday morning. We bring weather back to the center stage into our thursday headlines. Showers and storms willove back in across the area perhaps as soon as t t 9 00 hour and hours where more rains could aggravate the problems that we already had yesterday nto Broward County. Well talk about that in just a moment. Lets show you where the rain is right now. South floridas only live local Doppler Radar on the air. In Broward County we had Early Morning showers move through. We had a shield of wet weather overtake the area and now dissipating over to the north and east. Improving conditions for Coconut Creek and Pompano Beach. Al here back as far as margate and tamarac. Notice the shield of shower activity breaking down as it lifts to the north and east. So were left with some wet roadways. And theyy important roads at that. Federal highway 95, turnpike and saw grass expressway, wet but no active weather right now. Miamidade, youve been free and clear for a couple hou. Weve had overnight showers that were quick to break down. Were watching this cluster of showers. Thunderstorm activity across the gulf. With this particular line of showers in the last half hour. Not worried about that immediately ramping up. We watched for it to move into the metro area. After we get folks on the road after 7 00 this morning. For the next hour or so, conditions wide and dry into Miamidade County. Showers back into therea later on. Again, some embedded havy rains, yes. We could see wind gusts up to maybe 35 miles per hour. But nothing severe in there. No lightning. No signs its ramping um in intensity. Prepare for more wet weather today. Were quiet and dry in the keys with light showers just beginning to nose into the key west area. Bus stop forecast, lower 70s this morning. A cloudy and humid start to our day. More wet weather as the day goes on. Send the kids with the rain gear. We still maintain our threat for severe storms, isolated in nature later this afternoon and into the evening hours. Ill show you why in just a moment. Flood watch now in effect for Broward County. We could see more wet weather moving in and setting up shop across the area. Any additional rains could bring in flooding problems into Broward County. Here are the temperatures not moving at all in the next few hours, 69 to 72. We could see a lull in the aaion as some of the activity bleeds off to the north. Late they are fternoon, i think the showers will consolidate along the cold front as it pushes through the area. That with upper level energy above the surface, moving through the area could ignite strong, if not severe storms. Chief meteorologist john morales will keep an eye on that into the afternoon and evening hours. Everything clearing out later today. Great end to the workweek ahead. Wet weather on the way for today. Strong to severe storms this after noo noon. Highs 80. Lows for the 50s on saturday, here is kelly with an update on your morning commute. Something youre definitely going to have to do, the ads are slick and dangerous. Its really busy out there. Taking a look outside, southbound and northbound lanes at griffin road. Traffic moving up to speed, but a lot of folks out there this morning making their way to work and school. Over to our maps, we still have that policeinvolved accident completely blocking the roadway at pines boulevard eastbound and westbound, completely shut down. Julia bagg is on the scene telling me this will not clear up for at least another two hours. Dont even think about pines boulevard this morning. Take pembroke road or johnson street instead. We still have the broken down car blocking the left lane on i95 northbound at pembmbke road and a brand new crash at miamidade. 836 westbound making your way towards northwest 27th avenue, we have a crash with injuries 6 21. Quick update on the breaking news we told you about in ft. Lauderdale, a tri rail trarn has derailed at northwest 1 1th street. We know 40 people are being evaluatedight now, triage established which means injuries and there treated on the scene. Michael spears son his way right now. Well have live report from him asap. Meanwhile t as zika virus continues to spread in the u. S. Leading many questioni whether Health Organizations are doing enough to stop it. One person is involved after a policeinvolved accident in pembroke pines. Officers are telling nbc 6 reporter julia bagg that alcohol may have played a role in what happened. Thats not confirmed. Information on. Welcome back. We continue to follow the were hearing a trirail train has derailed near south dixie highway and 18th street. Were hearing the engine may have caught on fire and fluid may have been leaking from that train at some point. 40 people are being checked out for injuries. We have nbc 6 reporter Michael Spears on the way to the scene. Hell have a live report for us in just a few minutes. Nbc 6 following also breaking news aboutut the zika virus. Our team working to gather the latest information for you. Eric standing by at the breaking news desk with thoso details. Sheli, things are getting pretty bad at this point and growing. In a couple hours the center for Disease Control and prevention will give an update. President obama is calling for research and the development of vaccines and treatment to fightht that mosquitoborne virus. The fda working with federal partnerso put together restrictions for blood donations for travelers who have visited the impacted countries. Than a dozen south american and Central American countries. Generally the virus isnt that dapg rouse to most people. If you do get it, mild flulike systems. Once its out of your system youre immune from it for life. The real danger is for pregnant women. They san jose it can cause smaller heads and brains in newborns which translates to extensive mental disabilities as they get older. So far in the united states, no loek case haves been reported. There are cases reported in people who have traveled to thehe affected countries. Here in south florida two cases were confirmed, also one case reported in los angeles. Straight ahead, see what detectives are up to after an Early Morning crash that left one woman dead and one of their own in the hospital. Watching live first alert doppler this morning, showers trying to press in across will it impact t one woman is dead, an officer in the hospital after a crash that happened here just a few short hours ago. Right now detectives taking measurements. You see the smashedup cars. Coming up, well have a full report about what happened here and what we know now. Julia, thank you so much. A chk of your busy first alert traffic and weather together starting with a live look of downtown miami. South florida in for more rain. Nbc 6 meteorologist Ryan Phillips keeping busy. The question s obviously yesterday a Severe Weather alert a confirmed tornado. Anything like that headed our way . Well maintain the threat torefofo severe storms late they are afternoon. We have a break in the action in brard county and miamidade, seeingngll the activity push towards the east. Were watching this cluster of showers. We had embedded thunderstorms moving to the east, not making a raraid push into the metro area at 6 31. After we get past 7 00, we might find light shower activity moving into the area. The deeper we go into the morning hours, the better the chance for storms to kick up. Initially this morning, you may st