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dave murphy has accuweather. karen rogers hopefully a very different day when it comes to the traffic. it s a pretty good election day. you have to bundle up if you re headed out early. we have clear skies across the region clouds even farther off the coast than before and the stuff out to the west you might get a little bit that of later in the day and tonight but generally speaking a fair amount of sunshine today. we re still holding the low 40 s in philadelphia. down to the freezing mark in allentown. 32 in reading. 33 in wilmington, 35 in trenton so cold to start out across the region and even philadelphia may dip down into the upper 30 s briefly. but as we go into the afternoon, things do improve big time also winds not really much of a factor. we ve got a lot of calm winds. on your way to the polls this morning expect it to be chilly. in philadelphia we may still be holding 40 but a lot of suburbs virtually all of them will be in the 30 s at 7 o clock so if you ....
avenue. a little west of the ybor city area. firefighters got the flames under control an hour later. there are no reports of injuries. the cause of the fire is now under investigation. today all pasco county schools will be open following hurricane hermine but some neighborhoods are still drying out from flooding. as abc action news reporter cameron polom shows us three unsung heroes spent labor day pulling families out of danger. reporter: hundreds of people felt the devastation of hurricane hermine in its aftermath families are still being forced from their homes. as soon as we got back there we noticed a lot of people still stuck in their homes. reporter: eric, joe and rich were not affected by the flooding but seeing the despair they decided to do what they could by boat. one family helped because they spotted a little girl asking to be rescued. you ok? saw little elizabeth waiting. she was adorable. in her home, mom, dad and three brothers and sisters ....
the dew point is about 64 so that s theoretically how far we could fall, right? mid-60s. how about that. that is something else for this time of year. what is going on, we have dry air on top of us. that will not just shut off our rain chances the next couple of days but also lower our humidity as well. as that happens the temperatures can go a little lower so we re not talking about a front that moved through our anything like that but we ll take what we can get this time of year. so mostly sunny, we ll stay dry for the morning commute for the bus stop or pickup. everything looks good and then rain chances come back as we head through wednesday. here s the anclote river at elfers, falling below flood stage. that is critical today and we re going to see that dropping in fact through tomorrow. you saw some issues still there obviously. hour by hour forecast high around 90 today but with lower humidity it will feel rather comfortable through the afternoon. it will feel li ....
road 70 closed now in both directions at betts road so you want to use county road 675 and with a chula road to work around it and state road 64, fhp asking drivers to avoid 70 now. democracy 2016, hillary clinton will be back in tampa today campaigning on usf campus. expected to talk about national safety. rert near the usf student center where clinton will be holding a rally in a few hours. good morning. reporter: good morning. it s quiet here now but won t stay that way long. hillary clinton is expected here in just a few hours. we re expecting her to talk about security in in in the united states but her campaign trump. we know she s already taken jabs at trump most recently in ohio yesterday during a coughing spell. every time i think about trump i get allergic. trump had his own response to clinton s coughing saying that she s allergic to the media after finally spending time with them yesterday. clinton is blaming the coughing on seasonal allergies shut ....
last week. all patients were evacuated after the building lost power. anchor james tully is live at the hospital. is every section of the medical center fully operational now? reporter: from the emergency room to every floor of bayonet point it s back open. last thursday it was a dicey situation. the hospital lost power because of a fire and all 224 patients had to be evacuated. now in the days since we understand that fire started in a room where the auxilliary generator was being kept. that generator has been repaired. the reason it takes so long, one of the reasons it s a hospital. has to be sterilized. cleaned very thoroughly. hospital staff this morning working to bring patients back that were transferred to other parts of pasco county and hernando county. as for the cause, it was initially said lightning was to confirm it was actually lightning but bayonet point is back open and fully operational. james tully, abc action news. thank you. things are retur ....