building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. overnight, lightning strikes off the coast as a severe thunderstorm warning moves across the bay area. we re bracing for another day of intense record-breaking heat after more rolling power outages affect hundreds of thousands of people. good morning, everyone. it is sunday, august 16. i m liz kreutz. thank you for joining us. those thunderstorms were seen off the coast of santa cruz, on the peninsula, near pacifica, and all across the bay area overnight. from the lightning to the winds to the heat to now these brush fires we re tracking, we re following it all. let s get over to meteorologist lisa argen with a look at what s happening right now. lisa? hey, liz. you know, when we had one of these thunderstorms around fairfield, the temperature went from the 80s to 100. that was a heat burst that came down from the upper levels of the atmosphere with a thunderstorm. just amazing whether the arou
area of arch and main streets. checking it out, not seeing anything closed down, so the delays we are saying in area earlier likely related to traffic signal not the supposed water main break. we ll watch it. i m not really seeing anything. so meantime we will get over to dave. it s still 61 degrees out at tampa international. remember, the sun literally just came up like 20 minutes ago. so it s why it s going to take another hour or so. we will start to warm things up. we ve got 61 in tampa with dew point of 51. that draer air will warm up very quickly. we re mixing in couple clouds especially along coastline. enjoy sunshine at that and warmth as the high temperatures squeeze back probably into the lower 80s for later today. 8:0 one. busy few months for candidates and just about two weeks we re going to know who next president of united states is going to be. it we take look where things stand right now early voting is already showing hillary clinton she s leading in nin
trauma.obvious signs of there were no but they say died. or tell ?how he identify the man, too early to police say it s north.and 3rd street 47th avenue north afternoon near four thursday the body around someone saw drainage pond. with more.bank right now. outside the food reaves is ?live fox 13 s shayla fox 13 s shayla reaves is ?live outside the food bank right now. with more. investigators in st. pete are trying to figure out how a man ended up ?dead. in a drainage pond. someone saw the body around four thursday afternoon near 47th avenue police say it s too early to identify the man, or tell ?how he died. but they say there were no obvious signs of trauma. an update on a suspicious death in citrus county. where a woman s body was found in a burning car. investigators now say they ?don t suspect foul play. the body of linda steve was found monday in crystal river. they now believe she was trying to turn around in a driveway when her car got stuck in some roots. it s sti
((dave)) ((vanessa)) our northern lyttunm. n county. fox 13 s shayla fox 13 s walter allen is out assessing the damages as well is on ben t david beach. which has been seeing a lot of wind and rain overnight. walter? no at havertys furniture, it s our labor day sale. select groups are up to forty-five percent off. plus, take an extra hundd rellars off every one-thousand dollars you spend. coordinate your choice with rugs, lamps, pillows and more. get free delivery, and enjoy 36-month, no-interest financing. with havertys, your home can be perfect, even when life isn t. the labor day sale is going on now. hurricane hermine ?now a tropical storm again. but the danger ?far from over. lets head back to dave ((russell for the first time in 11-years. a hurricane makes landfall in florida. hermine. slammed into the panhandle overnight. near apalachicola. blinding rain. 80-mile-per-hour wind. and now here comes the storm surge. ((russell)) its now 5:?? thanks f