attracted to mosquitos that carry the zika virus. there are seven counties now dealing with this virus. it has been detected in hillsboro, miami-dade miami-dade, brower and other counties. the governor is calling on a czar to be appointed. i wrote to the white house suggesting a point certain that can coordinate federal, state and local environments to get ahead. reporter: rick scott issued a health emergency for affected area. all of the cases of zika virus here have been travel related. this disease is mild but can contracted pregnant women. bob: is central florida mother is accused of beating her child while folding her laundry. sonni: she is facing charges of child abuse. holly bristow has more on the attack. reporter: police are commending the witness who called 911 on behalf of this little boy too young to defend himself. this 23-year-old mother was arrested after police say she beat her toddler. the police department received ca received call from someone w
quick to move ofshore. that s it. mostly cloudy skies in the wake of this line alqeady having passed through two-county area. a c/uple things going on. upper keys, showers through key largo, all the way from marathon down to key west. the big picture, we ll continue to see the clouds linger this morning in your fifist alert forecast. once we get to the midday hours, i think a little more sunshine coming through. out the door right now temperatures have already tumbled, about five degrees in the last two hours, from the lower 70s to the mid 60s. temperatures won t rebound that much. we ll spend most of the day intnt the 60s, maybe a high today of 68 or so, gettingng cooler as the weekend goes on and into next week. we ll talk about that in a bit. right now or firstheck with traffic with kelly. right now we have a couple accidents to talk about. not a whole lot of people out there on 395. that s where you ll have one lane blocked off because of an earlier crash with injuries
we re down about ten degrees from where we were at about 2:00 this morning. 62 in miami, 63 in ft. lauderdalal cloudy skies the rule. i think we re finished with the showers, but we not necessarily going to warm right up. struggling to get into the mid 60s today in your first alert forecast with breezy northwest wind. warmer tomorrow but more changes to the weekend. your complete forecast in about ten minutes. right now traffic with kelly blanco. happy friday. we re accident freer in miami-dade. in broward county 595 eastbound, he ramp to u.s. 1 is completely blocked off because of an earlier accident with injuries. that ramp has reopened. the accident off to the shoulders. i-95 southbound at griffin road two right lanes blocked off. let s show you a different look from some of the other areas of griffin road. you can see the left lanes getting by just fine. it s those two right lanes blocked off. no n nd for an alternate. no issues on your nthbound lanes. andrews avenue a
our problem this morning will be the lingering cloud cover which morning. as eric has alluded to, the temperatures tumbling ten to 12 degrees justpin the last four hours. 61 oakland park and pembroke pines, 61 in miami. drying out. cloudy and cooler. a breeze in place this morning for the northwest on the drive in. looking for temperature in the low 60s, only managing a high today of 07. it s warmer tomorrow but more showers to talk about, your weekend forecast in just minutes. right now first alert traffic with kelly. florida. good news, we had an accident blocking two lanes, but if you re still joining us at home nice and comfy, having your breakfast, you don t have to wroir about the accident any longer. this is all we have left o that crash scene. road ranger off to the right shoulder, this is i-95 southbound at griffin road. over to the maps, we have a traffic alert on andrews avenue deputy involved accident there has all lanes completely blocked off in the intersection
we are dealing with upper 50s a little further inland, pembrook pines down into kendall and homestead. apart from the temperatures being op the cooler side, this morning, we are also dealing with a few showers that remain over the at laplantic waters. down into miami-dade, we are gipping to see a few light showers offshore continue to push in along that light, light northeast breeze. now, are expecting to have that northeast wind throughout most of the dy. as you can see, the showers will slowly but surely approach. miami-dade county. these showers are very, very close to the coast. at any given moment throughout the morning hours, we could see some showers. we are expectingn increasing chaps of chance of showers as the day take a zoom to see what s going on. we do have the boundary that has straits. so, sharon, for the next few hours, we are calling for mostly cloudy skies. we will leave that light ance in the forecast up until the late morning hours a tae kwon do instruct