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WTVT Good Day Tampa Bay 6AM August 9, 2016

Pretty much all of coastal pasco county so you can go from spring hill southward, all the way through hudson, port richey, New Port Richey, further south now where it looks like heavier rain pin he he will as county, all of this activity working from southeast to northeast. Rain chances sky high along the coast, 70 . Lesser amounts inland with high temperatures in the mid afternoon but of course, more rain on the roads means a slower commute. Right . Vanessa definitely urging folks to slow down when the rain comes. We are dealing with a few more crashes than typical this time of morning. Most of them will be off to the showed he were. One lane blockage crash well get to in a second. Right now a live look at the Howard Frankland bridge closer to the north and tampa side. Looks like out here, about a six minute drive for you folks bridge. Here is the lane blockage and good news for this one as well, just a turn lane is going to be blocked but it will be blocked nevertheless in the northbound direction so please use caution. Russell a serious crash in Hillsborough County. Laura and it ended with one car bursting into flames and several other drivers were filming as they were forced to go around it. This was sent to us the accident happened just before 11 00 last night on hillsborough avenue east of the veterans expressway. Thats just behind the airport. Officials say two of the three cars involved caught fire. Several people were hurt, at least one suffered burns. We know that. No names have been released. Highway patrol is looking into the cause. Russell warning for bay area boaters this morning. Detectives in pasco county are searching for several boat burglars. This is video from the dry dock in holiday. Take a good look at the video. This man was seen Walking Around outside the fenced storage area the night after several boats wre broken into. One point, some boat flares were even set off. Man looks familiar, call the pasco county sheriffs office. Another local zika case reported in florida and for the first time, not miami dade. This person lives in palm beach person did travel to miami dade recently. Monday zika update added several travel related cases here in the bay area. Two in hillsborough, one in polk. Hillsborough has a dozen travel related cases. Polk has 13. Governor scott is still fed up over the lack of funding and support from the federal government in the fight against zika. Hes asked congress to approve funding and asked the cdc to preparedness. Governor scott has a plan to protect our kids from zika when they head back to school. Here is how it works in the next half hour. Laura Delta Airlines is helping to get back to normal today after a huge computer glitch on monday. They expect to cancel about 100 flights this morning but thats a far cry from yesterday. About 1,000 flights were cancelled worldwide. Problem started about 2 30 in the morning yesterday in atlanta and of its flights. It took more than seven hours for flights to resume. T. I. A. Saw at least 100 delays, 15 cancellations and as a result of the weather, the number was higher. The outage caused enough problems on its own. At least four flights this morning are cancelled or delayed. Delta says that anyone flying yesterday or today that has a cancelled or significantly delayed flight can get a full refund. The airline is asking all passengers to check its website for flight status prior to it is 6 05 now. Race for the white house, Hillary Clinton keeps gaining in the polls but another legal controversy could bring her back down. Russell parents of two soldiers killed in benghazi are suing clinton for wrongful death. They say her, quote, extreme carelessness in handling confidential and classified information contributed to the conditions that led to their sons deaths. Clinton Campaign Says shes been investigated several times over the attack and theres no evidence clinton was in the bay area for a few campaign stops. She held a rally and stopped by the three daughters brewery. She is leading trump in florida by about four points. Laura donald trump laid out his economic plan on monday but his campaign is once again distracted by opposition from his own party. A group of 50 Republican National Security Officials just trump would be, quote, the most wreckless president in american history. They also said they will not be voting for him in november and trump responded, calling the Group Nothing more than, quote, the failed washington elite. Also pointed out that many were responsible for the invasion of iraq and blamed them for making the world a dangerous place. Russell this could hurt trump even more here in florida. Chief spokesperson for the Republican Party is leaving his job over trump. He is the latest high profile latino republican official to quit after trump was named the partys president ial nominee. In a statement, he said that he was looking forward to his new job at a conservative organization while, quote, avoiding efforts that support donald trump. Laura and voters are headed to the polls in wisconsin. Will they pick paul ryan . Speaker of the house is running tonights primary. One poll is leading his opponents by 66 points. Things got dicey last week when trump hesitated to endorse him. Trump did last friday night. Russell Pinellas County, a new Ferry Service could finally get the green late. Pinellas county commissioners are set to vote on the service during the regular meeting this morning. They are the fourth and final group that needs to weigh in on it. The other three, tampa, commission have already voted and approved the Pilot Program so another yes vote today puts the plan in motion. Project will start november 1 and carry up to 150 passengers per trip. Well, just one more day to sleep in for many bay area children. First day of school for most counties now just 24 hours away. Laura its not just the kids that have to get ready. All the bay area drivers need to be prepared, too. Hazards. Aaa says that florida is the second deadliest state in the country for child pedestrians. We had 34 kids die while walking just a few less than california. In the same area, 11,000 children were injured nationwide as pedestrians. Its not just the mornings you need to be aware of. Over a third of the deaths have been after school, between 3 00 and 7 00. And one group that will definitely be putting child safety first, bus drivers. Russell and hundreds will be hitting the road today to get their practice run. Shayla reaves is on one of those runs right now in Hillsborough County. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you guys. We are on the bus this morning for one of the trial runs taking place as students prepare to head back to the school year, get the school year underway. This is the last day to sleep in and enjoy pressing that snooze early, doing one of the trial runs underway today as drivers prepare for another school year. Of course, this is one of the drivers responsible for making sure that some 90,000 students around Hillsborough County make it to and from School Safely every year. So she is on the road today along with a number of other drivers testing out more than 900 routes, making sure there are no problems, no glch things to worry about before students head to the bus stop in the morning and prepare to hop on buses just like this one to make their way to school. Well be here taking the ride with her as she tests out her morning commute. Of course, well be back with another report for you coming up here shortly. Back to you. Russell see you later. Thank you. Laura one Bay Area School is having a grand reopening this morning. The blossom Montessori School they went through a huge renovation thanks to many organizations. School has a lot of new technology to make learning easier for kids who have hearing problems or suffer from things like cerebral palsy. They even got a new shaded playground. Russell heres a question. Is any Amusement Park attraction 100 safe . Thats what people are asking this morning after a frightening ride on a ferris laura and what really happened on the worlds tallest water slide . New details about a young boys death. Dave more rain especially to the north this morning. I have heavier rain in hernando and pasco county, northern pinellas. Its all working southwest to northeast plus more offshore. Hopefully this is the last morning for the widespread rainfall. Starting off quiet in tampa now but well have some showers and temperatures eventually making making headlines across russell 6 13 right now. Making headlines across america, line of duty, this time in oregon. Laura officer was shot but expected to be okay. Happened last night in glad stone, oregon. Officer tried to stop a car but the driver got out and started shooting. The officer was hit. The gunman ran into a nearby subway stop holding a woman hostage there. Officers were eventually able to free the hostage and arrest the gunman. The officer who was shot was hit in the chest but he was wearing a bulletproof vest. The officer is survive. Russell water park in kansas city is expected to reopen tomorrow for the First Time Since a deadly accident. 10yearold caleb schwab died while riding the water slide. Its called a neck injury. He was in a raft with two women. They suffered facial injuries. Injuries happened on a hill after a big drop. Caleb was reportedly thrown into time soon. Laura and another Amusement Park disaster. This time in tennessee. She kids fell off a ferris wheel at the Greene County fair. They all dropped about 40 feet to the ground after the bucket they were in flipped over. The children are now recovering in the hospital. All mechanical rides at the fair are now shut down until further notice. Russell authorities in california telling about 5,000 people in San Bernardino that they may need to evacuate. Comes as a wildfire inches closer t more than 300 homeowners forced to evacuate. Smoke can be seen as far away as las vegas. Laura then here at home, weve been talking about a lot of rain. Not as big of a rain event i think as we were wondering if it would be. Dave it depends. Inland, no. Not a big deal. But you go up to Citrus County and theyve got seven or eight inches of rain. For those folks, and then down its just very pesky the past few days and im looking at the radar this morning and there we go. Hernando county, pasco county, some heavier showers once again pouring onshore from weeki wachee down through spring hill. Theres your moderate to heavy rain. Thats not lasting long. The influence of this low beginning to wane as it moves further to the west. But still enough where we have along highway 19 some showers so actually its around weeki wachee weve had reports of the last few days eight inches of rain. Thats a tremendous a months worth of rain so far. Hudson, light to moderate rain going southward on 19 as we get into Pinellas County. Were waiting for this to move onshore and this little heavier shower will impact port richey, New Port Richey and holiday over the course of the next half hour. Other than that were quiet. But you look out to the gulf and its not done yet because were still pinwheeling little spokes of Energy Around the low combined with a tremendous amount of energy weve had. A couple of inches of rain possible, the flood watch continues, pasco, hernando, citrus, levy counties until about 8 00 tonight. Then i think theyll probably drop it as the storm system itself starts to slide even further toward the west. Away. Pensacola to new orleans, its their turn to pick up the big rains. Now 77 in clearwater, 76 in st. Petersburg. Bradenton at around 77 and you just see all of this mess just sitting up here in the northeastern gulf but slowly this low is starting to trek toward the northwest and as it does, its going to take all of this deep moisture with it. The end result for us is that normal summer setup. The pattern will shift and that happens tomorrow. Watch the future cast. Again, this is painting itself pretty well this morning. Some showers offshore, up to the northeast and you fast forward it and it continues to bring a few waves of rain in today, tonight and then notice by tomorrow at noon, its backed off and well get more afternoon and evening tomorrow. So hopefully the last morning that we have to deal with this. By the way, i know for hill borrow county going back to school tomorrow, it would be nice to keep it dry. So scattered rains along the coastline and north this morning and then everything kind of shifts inland, 84 degrees for a high temperature. Tonight were back to 77. It will be damp, it will be muggy and then tomorrow afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. Rain chances dont just drop. A lot of afternoon and evening storms. Were just going to shift the timing of it all. So well get more thunderstorm activity thursday, friday, saturday afternoon and evening. Rain chances going 50 and then eventually back to 40 for this weekend. Vanessa thanks, dave. Well check out a look near the interchange. This is along i4 and this is just before you get to that point downtown tampa. These are the westbound lanes picking up and of course, eastbound is coming towards us here on the screen. Particular area. Youll notice a shine to the roadways weve been reminding folks dealing with the wet roads to slow it down and give yourself extra time to do so. Five minutes is the time along i4 coming from the mlk exit to 275. Give yourself eight minutes to travel bruce b downs blfld to i4 along 75 southbound and then southbound 275 should take 34 minutes from fletcher to the pinellas bayway. Laura thank you. Have you ever tried falling just for fun . An internet celebrity. But lets just hope she has some health insurance. Russell put down the technology and enjoy the real world. One woman just learned a introducing dunkins new cold brew coffee, steeped slowly in cold water for small batches discover the craft of cold brew today and keep on. 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He just wants to hula hoop or at least try very hard. In less than a week, this video has more than a million views. Hes trying. Russell it works. Jennifer hes moving in circles. Hes got it under control, i think. Can you guys hula hoop . Laura no. Russell only that way. Only by holding it in my mouth. Jennifer i cant remember the russell me, either. Jennifer this is kind of strange. Were calling this next one fine with falling. Stick with me here. Page from california has turned into an instagram celebrity because of her epic falls. Laura this is the same woman . Jennifer yes. We dont think shes really that clumsy, laura moody. She actually pranks strangers by falling right in front of them. How does she not hurt and she wants to see how people react. Do they stop and help her . Do they laugh . This is the same woman over and over again and the more spectacular the fall, the better. There she goes. In case youre wondering, it is a pretty painful hobby. She fell into a bush, cut her arm open, requiring stitches. She posted a photo. Were not going to show it. Shes already back falling again. Laura all of that for that. Jennifer the things people do russell she odd, isnt it . I know people who fall. Jennifer we could start a laura Moody Facebook page. Laura thats why they call me grace around here. Russell its never intentional. Laura never intentional. Jennifer this latest one you may have seen. Its getting a lot of views. A visitor to sea world learned the hard way that dolphins like to grab things, even high tech gadgets. Worth. One dolphin reached out of the parks touch tank, taking a womans ipad right out of her hand. Laura no amount of rice is fixing that. Jennifer season pass holder caught the whole thing on camera clling it unbelievable. Dolphin swam away proudly, too. Got you, didnt i, human . Russell watch me. Not it. Russell im stuck in this tank. Youre going to watch me. See you later. Heres a new pitch for rays fans. Up next, how you can help the team build its new home. Laura and the governor is i got ot what donald trump said about our memb might be against you bng a. Dona tmp doesnt understand the weight o . Know youre budgeted for the expected, and the unexpected. Know that at least the process of buying s can make retirement closer than you think know. The one word behind all the guidance we provide, tools we create, and services we offer. Because when you have insight, you know. Dave were not completely done with the rain yet. I do have a heavier shower just off the coast of pasco and Pinellas County there and notice somehow its Building Back so again, right along the coast to the north. I know it sounds like a broken record. Thats where we have the heaviest rain. Holiday town New Port Richey, hudson, going to the spring hill area. As y back out, im also of moisture just the gu, m hoping this will be the last morning that we have to deal with thire we have cloud and we have showersanticipated. The flood watch, by the way, pasco, hernando, Citrus County, that continues through 8 00 tonight. Inla

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