Right now ill start with the satellite picture and the storm is a little weaker than it was when i first walked in this rning as a result of moving through two mountainous areas, haiti and eastern cuba. Winds dropped back to 115 miles an hour which, by the way, means its still a major hurricane. But now as itoves away from the coast of cuba, its beginning the process of wrapping tha convection around its center. I think this stormhens forward movement. Inf due north, now its moving northnorthwest which bnt baake it close to if nguchi the Florida East Coast by friday afternoon. This is going to be very, close. But then, this is new. If you havent been watching since last night, this is new now. The computer models want to loop this storm back around again. Conservatively the Hurricane Center has started that process with their fiveday cone. But you can see, and you saw at the beginning of the show, watch the computer models. There it is close to the coast. And then they loop it back aro
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
Feared dead. One firefighter suffered minor injuries. Crews have been monitoring the scene for hot spots overnight. They still dont know what sparked it. A developing story in pasco county. Where detectives are searching for a suspicious man. A boy says the man tried to lure him into the woods. And it was right by his school bus stop. Early in the morning. Fox 13s Shayla Reaves joins us . Live from wesley today in central florida. President obama will be campaigning for hillary clinton. The president will stop in orlando at the university of central florida. The event is scheduled to run until 6. Those interested in attending can rsvp through Clintons Campaign website. A federal judge in tallahassee is once again questioning floridas elections process. And its the . Same judge. That has already made major . Changes to our early voting process. Fox 13s Alcides Segui is standing by now , with a closer look. Good morning al. Judge mark walker has been questioning state Elections Officials
Lets start off by checking in with dave. Another chilly morning. dave sunny sky with a chilly start to the day. Pleasant temps are expected this afternoon, with highs back to the mid 70s. Tonight will be clear and not as cold; lows in the upper 50s. Mostly sunny sky on tap tomorrow, with high temps back we begin with a developing story. A Deadly School bus crash with dozens of students on board. Six children are dead and this morning, the driver is under arrest. One of the students on board told authorities the driver wasnt paying attention and driving too fast. 24yearold Johnthony Walker has been charged with five counts of vehi homicide, Reckless Endangerment and reckless driving. The bus was carrying 35 children from an Elementary School when it crashed, turned on its side and wrapped around a tree. The students riding the bus ranged in age from kindergarten to fifth grade. Emergency crews broke into the destroyed bus to pull children from inside, other counselors are being brought
Robbing Convenience Stores across clearwater. And it appears hes getting more aggressive. Each time. Fox 13s Shayla Reaves is live at the 711 on drew street. Good morning jen dbx thanks shayla she doesnt look like your average bank robber. But dont let the gray hair fool you. St. Pete police of america on 62nd avenue north. They say she waited 2 weeks before turning herself in. It seems like a heist that was well thought out. The woman was wearing a disguise to look younger when she walked up to the tellers counter. And to make sure they complied. She told employees she had a bomb. On november 7th. Surveillance video captured Janice Ellinwood wearing a dark wig when she entered bank of america. She casually passed a note to the teller. Claiming to have a bomb. The 65yearold got away with 19hundreddollars. Find this mysterious robber until yesterday. Ellinwood walked into the Police Department said she was wanted. And showed an officer the news release about the robbery. Before turning