The rain chances will go up some over the next couple of days along with the humidity and temperatures. I will time it out for you and let you know when it will feel steamy again. You havent been missing steamy, have you, janelle. Not at all. A beautiful weekend. Gorgeous. Outside it was so nice. The drive is better as well. We had a couple of serious crashes overnight that cleared. We are starting off with a clean slate. I have been checking dozens of no crashes or break downs. We are looking great on i4 at the polk parkway. About 22 minutes from county line road to downtown tampa. The drive on the veterans expressway is looking great as well. 17 minutes from 54 down to 275. Just 12 minutes from van dyke to 275 and a tad slow, nine minutes from waters to 275. Thank you. Early voting starts today before some of the first ballots are cast, a religious group is making a point to encourage bay area voters to get out and vote. James tully is live at a polling sight in Hillsborough County.
Into our newsroom. Allegations of collaborations with cab industry to keep uber and lift to operating in hillsborough county. That was at topic of an emergency meeting this morning of the hillsborough Public Transportation commission. Fox 13s aaron mesmer is there sounds like they were ment of fireworks at that meeting. Yeah, got a really heated. Got contentious at timesBoard Members used lot different words and phrase circus witch nt collusion. And sham as they argued with one another. At state was a Public Perception of the Public Transportation commission. And also the future of executive director kyle cochran has come under fire after emails surfaced between him and members of taxi industry in which he worked with taxi and limo drivers to participate in sting operations aimed at ticketing uber and lift drivers. Cochran says he was simply enforcing regulations limo drivers who compared their partnership to a neighborhood watch. But chairman called for this emergency meeting accused
In the 80s. Well hit a high around 91. Rain chances still ended because of the dry air. Just like yesterday and the day before. South of i4, i think, about 20 chances will do it. Well be back to talk about the extended forecast. First, lets check in on the thursday morning commute. Heres janelle. Getting close on thursday. The roads are dry, so we have a smooth ride out there if you are heading out the door right interstate. Up to speed in both directions. No crashes or breakdowns to slow you down there. I4 looking great into downtown tampa. 75 from the Wesley Chapel area into i4. 70 looking great over into pinellas. We still have the closure. So state route 72 closed. The road work is expected to last through tuesday. Back to you. Two minutes after 5 00 right now. Finally, one week later, people in the bay area are returning home after hurricane hermine. In mass coe county alone its estimated the storm caused as 89 million. The hardest hit was the sun coast Mobile Home Park in port ri
Developing this morning in brandon the search for a jewelry thief. And his getaway driver. Not only did they rob a store. They ran over an employee who tried to stop them. Fox 13s Shayla Reaves is live at the Sheriffs Office right now, a warning for teco customers this morning the Utility Company says scammers are now targeting least one tampa man ended up losing . Hundreds of dollars. Frank ingo says his phone rang friday, and the caller id said teco. The person on the other end told frank he owed about 15hundred dollars. And if he didnt pay up. His power would be turned off. Electricity is . Crucial for frank. Because his mother is currently in hospice care in his home. And his mom was the first thing he thought about frank says the scammers did small things to make them sound more legitimate. For instance, they made up an elaborate excuse as to . Why his automatic payments were no longer working. They even had someone posing as a supervisor ready to talk to him. Teco says between 10
3 developing this morning something every driver hates. And you find them almost anywhere you go. Were talking about potholes. We already knew they can do a lot of damage to the roads. But today, were learning just how much damage they do, to our cars. Fox 13s Shayla Reaves joins us live from tampa, with more. 3 heavy rains and storms pound florida roadways throughout the year and begin to compromise the asphalt, resulting in potholes. Potholes are formed by water intrusion in the cracks of the asphalt. As a result, the material laid underneath the road softens causing weak spots to collapse under the weight of constant traffic. Aaa cautions drivers to remain alert to avoid pothole damage and urges state and local governments to fully fund and prioritize road maintenance to reduce vehicle damage, repair costs and driver frustration. According to aaas survey, pothole damage has cost u. S. Motorist approximately 3 billion annually in vehicle repairs over the last five years. This is defi