M for the latest. Myfoxhurricane. Coplease head to friday morning. Florida coast friday morning. Please head to myfoxhurricane. Com for the latest. jen the video out of Hurricane Matthew slammed into the poor caribbean island with 145mileper hour winds, leaving a huge path of damage and human suffering in the southwestern peninsula. In fact, people stranded there are now cutoff by flooding. Many home are lost. And more than 10thousand people are still in shelters. Were hearing about several deaths as well. But its hard to get an exact number, and the full extent of the damage, because of bad travel conditions and downed power lines. wally after hitting haiti, and brushing eastern cuba. The storm is now heading toward the bahamas. Residents are boardingup tourists. Some three thousand of them. Are rushing to get out. There are evacuations in place. And those who cant get off the islands, are allowed to stay in shelters. The bahamas should begin to feel Tropical Stormforce winds today. T
Not likable. Good morning. Dave youre right. Very un predipredi prediunpredi. Its not been doing what its supposed to do, not only in track but in intensity. Normally a storm that has wind shear of 30 knots would increase in intensity. Then a storm that makes landfall twice in one day over two mountainous areas would normally significantly weaken. The storm is still a major hurricane. Again, youre looking at mileperhour winds this morning. Obviously it looks for ragged than it did but as it works away from the coast of cuba, it will likely regain the strength that it lost and become a category four storm once again. In fact, thats the official forecast. Now, what russell is talking about with unpredictable is this. The storm is going to be just off of our east coast of our state, say just off Cape Canaveral friday morning with 130 mileperhour winds, right . Saying. This is where the unpredictable part comes. Its going to be moving so slow that the trough lifts out and a big ridge of Hi
Saying that. Let me get into it here is a major hur cane. Even t be expected. Their presentatn ishowing ecthause i went through two mountainous areas but is hcore. Winds are still at 125 Miles Per Hour andit ahead of it but incredibly war water and ind n restrengthen. What laura was just talking ea coast. Erously close to t in fact, one of the latest computer models has it touching the east coast briefly, then turning to the north. This is where the change is coming in. Watch the models. Yeah, just kind of loop around. So its something we have to Pay Attention to and perhaps next week, this thing still is did nothing with that but now, theyre beginning to buy into this as well because all the major computer models are making this loop. So again, by friday morning, europe youre looking at the passage or friday afternoon, very, very close to the cape. If not touching the shore, maybe just miles offshore. Hurricane force winds would likely be right at the beaches, Tropical Storm force win
Leaves florida could it loop back . Welcome everybody. Sorry to start with that. It is wednesday, october the fifth. Im Russell Rhodes. Im laura moody. Good morning and all eyes are on the right no keepinan eye on this very oddtr. Ttws nowning some structure. Looks like its getting stronger. There are plane flying around inside now. The pressure is beginning lower. Stronger again. Which is exactly what it was forecast to do once it left the land areas of cuba. Notice the top part of this eye wall is still kind of ragged looking it kind of fell apart a bit as it went over country of cuba. Moving north, northwest. Forward movement for this storm, we started that westerly component. 115 mile per hour winds. So still, a major hurricane. Projected to once again ge drarngsly close. Governor scott is talking right now a little update on what they are doing in preparation for this storm. So lets talk to him current weather at 11 15 i will speaking with National Hurricane center. All 67 florida
No closed captioning is available for traffic. Available for captioning is no closed no closed captioning is available for traffic. Fox 13s Alcides Segui is live on the ground in tampa this morning. Alcides thanks alcides. Now to a tragic story in polk county. Where deputies continue to investigate the death of a five year old boy. After he was hit by a truck. While riding his bike. Fox 13s Shayla Reaves is live near lakeland this morning. Shayla, this happened i cant begin to understand what this family must be feeling. Especially, the eight Year Old Girl who lost her little brother. Youre looking at the scene off saddlewood boulevard, around 5 oclock thursday evening. According to the polk county sheriffs office. A pick up truck struck 5 yearold Austin Crawfordas he and his sister road bikes in front of his next door neighbors home. Deputies say the boy turned and traveled into the road. The passing driver hit him. A neighbor shared memories of the child. We learned neighbors and fam