The Tampa Police Department is searching for a Wytheville woman who was last seen in Florida with a man wanted in connection with attempted murder, according to the Wytheville Police Department.
Already or trying to just monitor to make sure people are not out because at this point it is probably going to be too late very soon. yeah, nicole that aqua fence protecting barrier around the hospital is such an important innovation as we go into storms like this. good to see that people are heeding the warning. we ll check back in with you in a couple minutes, nicole valdes live in tampa. we talk about the storm surge especially for tampa bay and ian you spent a lot of time in tampa you forecasted down there and it is one of the most vulnerable places in the country for taking on storm water. it is the most vulnerable metro area. she mentioned bay shore boulevard i lived by there, you spill a glass of water and it floods, it is vulnerable. that s the entire tampa bay itself which is shallow shaped like a mitt and catches all this water but that can be said about the entire region the big bend and the nature coast. not just how the topography kind of shifts as you talk about th
Getting the effects of it and here you go with the storm surge here on tampa bay. as you notice, those wind gusts, we were just talking about my goodness, right through this bay area, it s becoming not only a problem when you re talking about winds but you ve got to check out what you re seeing in terms of that storm surge. look at the waivers, they re hitting that dock and you see it waves, they re hitting that dock and you see it moving along with the strength of the wind and the waivers here and all of the water from tampa bay is getting pushed on to shore, where we are just along the tampa river walk. we re slowly starting to see water pull up here all along this area and even further in the distance, bay shore boulevard likely seeing a very similar effect. if you notice those emergency lights in the distance, there s a very good chance that bay shore boulevard is dealing with some significant flooding at this point since we ve seen several hours of heavy rain bands mov
Actually creates better tension on some of the outer rods and is supposed to better protect something like a trauma one hospital from seeing a significant or catastrophic flood event to keep, of course, the doctors and patients inside there as safe as possible. but, jane, this is really going to be the place to be to see some of the really bad storm surge, if it happens here around the bay. it s not just the coast where bob is, not only the river walk here behind me, tampa excuse me, bay shore boulevard is an area that we know consistently floods here around downtown tampa. so it s an area that police are driving up and down. they re trying to make sure no one is driving, no one is walking. the bridges here again are still open, as bob mentioned, but they could close if wind gusts pick up to a point where they re not safe to drive over. but we are seeing emergency crews around the area, whether their sirens on maybe helping to get people out if they haven t
To flood major roadways like bay shore boulevard. thankfully, those also included in the evacuation orders that have already been issued. we re seeing police and fire crews, even ambulances sort of make the rounds trying to make sure that there are no people still out and about at this time. even though it s been, again, sort of on and off in terms of the worst conditions here, so it s been a very interesting night for tampa bay. still not a time to let your guard down by any means, though. jane: nicole, we still have several hours left to go. we re still waiting for that official shift in the wind as high tide comes in in the next, you know, 30 minutes to an hour, potentially watching the bay of tampa bay really start to increase, you know, with the water. so we ll check back in with you in a couple of minutes, but speaking of the storm surge, you know, we re seeing it already on the beaches there in clearwater, here s a look, you know, at the current readings that we have in the st