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Island. A lot of people, jeff, are on the move and trying to get somewhere. How are things where you are . Do you hear me okay . I can tell you are on the line with us. How are things where you are . Geoff are you talking to me . Connell we had him, then we lost him. Florida braces for the storm. You are with us, right, scott in jeff, tell us about the evacuations. I know they have already begun. Are there any issues coming up . How are things going . We did it systematically. Monroe county went first and dade second. We are asked if people refuse to vac wait will they be arrested or forced out much their homes. Nobody is going to get arrested and we wont force anybody from their homes. The wind speeds consistently at 45 miles an hour, we wont be dispatching firefighters or Police Officers and we wont be answering calls. Well put our folks in danger of any more than they are already. At 45 miles an hour its not safe for them to d ....
And shocker on center court. The moment an up and coming star takes down her idol, Venus Williams. Coming to the finals. We do say good morning, america. As you can imagine it is a very busy friday morning. Hurricane irma continues on the move targeting the entire state of florida. It is being called a worst case scenario. Take a look at the storm hitting turks and caicos overnight. So much destruction across the caribbean already and its not the only hurricane in the atlantic basin. There are now three for the first time in seven years, irma, jose and katia. Were taking you inside the hurricane talking to a Hurricane Hunter as he flies through the giant storm. Incredible footage as you can see right there. Heres what we know. This is the latest. Irma is a powerful category 4 storm with winds up to 155 miles an hour. The storm is being blamed for 13 deaths so far. The eye o ....
Hospital badly damaged and doctors had to move patients into the streets. The quake so strong people 100 miles away in rome felt it. There have been numerous after shocks. Well keep you updated all morning on abc action news as we get new information. On this wednesday looking at clear skies, upper 70s to lower 80s. More thunderstorms this afternoon. Not as hot as yesterday but still warm and humid with typical pattern this time of year. For us. As we see showers and storms by 3 00, 4 00. Well begin to develop those and everything pushing west with the northeast flow and still watching the tropical wave. Keep monitoring that. Titan Doppler Radar quiet now, hour by hour forecast will take us to 86 already by 10 00. Then well be back in the lower 90s. By 4 00 and 7 00 p. M. It will be the range for another round of showers and storms. On titan Doppler Radar well begin to see it f ....
New at 11 00, a frantic water rescue in a Pinellas County neighborhood. Within the last few minutes, crews were pulling a submerged car from within the water there, good evening everyone im jamison uhler. Im wendy ryan. Cameron polom was one of the first reporters on scene joining us live in county with more. Cameron . Reporter wendy, he was at a Senior Living community. Well tell you what was happening right now as they just exited the watered, attempting for the last couple of hours to locate, chain up, pull this submerged car out of the retention pond. But this is only half the work. Once they get it out, thats where the forensic teams will start their examination, trying came from, whether it was used in a crime. Right now they have no idea on how it got here. They came out of their homes, seeing the car seep out of the retention pond. And it happened just minutes before ....
Summer pattern setting up the next few days, with the afternoon thunderstorms. Were watching the tropics and well keep you posted on the tropical wave coming up. Temperatures by 10 00 a. M. , 86, well be back in the lower 90s between 1 00 and 4 00. Feels like temperature 100 to 105, but not as hot as yesterday. Janelle jan has more on the commute. A crash in pasco county could slow you down if youre trying to get to i75. Lets zoom in and show you state road 52 right underneath the overpass. This is affecting the eastbound lanes, you can see the slowdown here so give yourself extra time again if youre trying to get to i75. Well keep an eye on it. Ill let you know as soon as it clears here on twitter tampabaytraffic and here. This is 275 and mlk, up to speed now in both directions. Bradenton. Investigators looking for a man who was babysitting a 10month old in the hour before the baby died. Investigators say eric Patrick Neary has ac ....