Coast we have extra clouds as theyre rain nearby, but it wont impact the boat ride in st. Petersburg. We will see a nice, pleasant, quiet start to the day. Temperatures are warm this morning, but we had one 60 sneak in. Crystal river at 68. Its 72 in lakeland, 75 in tampa and st. Petersburg and sarasota. The dew points are up to near 70, because of these values you notice again some showers and possibly a storm today. A lot going on to our west and canaveral, wut this will weaken and only an isolated shower from this may sneak into eastern polk county. Beyond that, its afternoon, spotty showers, hitormiss that may strengthen a bit building into the coastal counties. While the rain chance is 30 in tampa today, its 40 in st. Pete and other area beaches but not until late today. Until then, mid80s and cooler weather for next weekend. Front coming up. Anjuli developing in morning, another spill of potentially contaminated water from mosaic at their plant city phosphate facility. According
Its been almost three . Weeks since hurricane hermine hit florida. And the state is finally getting help, from the federal government. President obama just signed a formal disaster declaration for the state. So what does that mean . Fox 13s Shayla Reaves joins us now from pasco county. With the further notice. Days a week until at 7 a. M. Until 9pm 7 available starting going to be the number is going to be available starting at 7 a. M. Until 9pm 7 days a week until an update on a brush fire burning in central florida. Fire officials in county say the fire is now about 70 percent contained. Its been burning along old state road 50 since tuesday night. So far, its burned more than 850 acres. The cause of the fire is still being investigated. But officials suspect it could be a lightning strike. Today in st. Petersburg a bus tour come to town, raising awareness. For gun violence. The vocal majority tour is led by former congresswoman Gabby Giffords and her husband, retired astronaut mark
Coming up in a few minutes. Tammy a polk county family loses everything in a house fire. Now theyre making a public plea to county commissioners to make the change they say will make insurance affordable. Kimberly king is live. Kim the ebbiville Fire Department has a fire station very close to the polk county house that burned. Meanwhile, the closest Polk County Fire station is more than 20 miles away from that home, making insurance premiums for homes in that area, unaffordable. These are the pictures of jenny and larry stepps home saturday at 4 19 p. M. Fully engulfed. Ebony fire got to the scene but it was too far gone. The site, three days later, still smoulders. Were you and your wife living yeah. This was my main home. Kim the issue was larry and his wife couldnt afford fire insurance. We lived so far from the fire station. Kim their fire station was 22 miles away. Insurance companies cant offer reasonable rates. If youre more than six miles from a fire district, youre considered
Pthe price of a new lamborgini is pmore than we will make in a plifetime. Ptheres always the dream. Pim laura moody. Prussell and im russell prhodes. Pa lot ahead. Plets start with dave and the pweather. Pdave 7 01. Pwe have a lot of cloud cover paround this morning but not a phuge deal because we dont have pa lot of rain as this front pcomes through. Pthe thing youre going to notice pwhen you step outside is how pmild it is at 7 00. Pwere still in the mid 60s in ptampa. Pthe coolest temperature i can pfind is wauchula and thats 57 pdegrees which is about seven, peight degrees warmer than pyesterday. Pa few sprinkles, there they are pin pinellas county. Pdont blink. Pyoull miss them. Pits not a big deal as this pfront comes through today. Prain chances are less than 20 pand notice well get some psunshine back this afternoon. Pthe big difference with the pfront coming in is it will start pto feel drier late today and ptonight and especially tomorrow. Pill talk more about that. Pill take