Technicians, whose job is to monitor water levels in the ponds when they were making their rounds identified that there was a water level drop. Reporter 215 million gallons of contaminated water used to process fertilizer is drained into the hole. We activated a recovery well so that we can capture any water that has gone down the hole. Reporter so far, the wells have not detected any additional contaminants in the ground however, the company says the entire process to pump out all could take months. D water guys, just to give you an update and kind of an overview of how huge the hole is, were told its about 45 feet wide and so deep they cant see to the bottom of it. This is an issue they will have to monitor for the next few weeks and possibly months. News. Checking in with the friday forecast. 82 in tampa. Temperatures are running in the low 80s. The current feelslike temps, how it feels outlied, 89 in say outside, 89 in sarasota. You get the idea. It will be another steamer of a day
Not. And this water is contaminated. But, a spokesperson for mosaic is saying that con tam in the watered has not left property hes hoping to sure surrounding Community Folks living in the neighborhoods around here that, that contaminated water is not going to risk to their Drinking Water. The company is also offering to come out to anybodys homes if they are concerned and test that Drinking Water for them. But lets talk about how all of this started. How we got though this point. On water level dropping at one of the plants stacks. And it was quickly determined that a massive 45 foot sinkhole had opened up underneath that stack. Hundreds of millions of gallons of reprocessed water has gushed into the floridian you aquifer. Company immediately notified federal and state environmental agencies and has been taking steps to minimize the potential impact. That includes making sure that any of that contaminated water the aquifer flows then into wells on the companys property. They want to m
New this morning. Tampa police are searching for the person who drove off during a traffic stop. It happened streets. Police say they pulled a driver over. When the passenger in that car hit the gas. The car crashed into an electric pole. Cracking it and cutting off power to the area. The driver stayed at the scene. But that passenger took off. Officers are still searching for that person. A sad update to a crash. That shut down the northbound lanes of i75 in brooksville last night. The florida Highway Patrol tells us that a 9yearold boy . Died from that crash. A total of . Six . Vehicles were involved in the Chain Reaction crash at mile three other people suffered serious injuries. And a firefighter responding to the crash was . Clipped by a passing car. He wasnt seriously hurt. Were told charges are pending. A man who hit and killed a twenty Year Old Girl and just drove away. Will finally learn his fate today. Sterling hubbard will receive his sentence after pleading guilty to leavin
Three named storms right now in the atlantic. F0 this is obviously an active time for Hurricane Season. Tropical storm ian, thats been around for a while no and not bothering anyone. And we have Tropical Storm julia. And last night, Tropical Storm karl form off the coast. Julia regained Tropical Storm status. It was downgraded to a tropical depression yesterday. But its really just not expected to move through the weekend, just hang off the South Carolina coast. East early next week but thankfully offshore. Thats good news. And lets turn our attention to karl. This was just named late last night. 45Miles Per Hour winds. Now as it moves west, it slowly gains strength. Actually becoming a category one hurricane the middle of next week. And one of the things i like to see is when they start to curve the forecast track up so hopefully it will stay off the United States coast. And as far as locally, deeping an eye on uncomfortable amounts today. And which means we will see the summer thunde
Thats right. F0 this is an active part of hurricane season. Weve had ian and not a bother to anyone. And now we have julia and as of last night, Tropical Storm karl. So im going to focus on julia. Still a Tropical Storm. Actually yesterday downgraded to a tropical depression so it strengthened. Notice the forecast track doesnt have it moving anywhere through the weekend. Finally taking off to the north and east into next week and moving away from the carolina coast. And heres karl. Miles per hour winds now. And it will slowly get some strength as it moves west. In fact, the latest forecast here, wednesday morning, it is a category one hurricane. I like seeing that the forecast is starting to move north. Hopefully it will stay away from the United States but at this point, it bears watching because its headed west. Locally, feeling a little tropical. Uncomfortable amount of humidity today. And thats going to translate into, well, typical summer if you live in the area, you can get by bu