Having classes tomorrow. Several have closed schools because of the weather. Parents will have to make other plans for their schoolaged children. Now, tracking Tropical Storm hermine. That was upgraded from tropical depression 9 this afternoon. Hurricane hunters were out investigating this area. And they found we do now have max winds at 40 miles per hour, making it a Tropical Storm. Still moving very slowly off to the north at just 2 miles per hour. So the forecast track storm strengthening into a strong Tropical Storm. As we head into thursday night, you can see, as a strong Tropical Storm, Tropical Storm warnings in effect for our Northern Counties at this point. And quickly moving out as we head into friday and this weekend. But really, the next 36 hours or so. Were going to continue to deal with some very heavy rainfall. Look at the rainfall totals from aint pete beach. So no wonder were dealing with flooding with rainfall totals like that. Always remember, dont drive through the
With my grandchildren. Reporter the handgun left unattended by 27yearold ricardo marquez. Ridiculous. That should never happen. Reporter they say he stashed the loaded revolver in his girlfriends diaper bag and her 6yearold got hold of it. Looked like a family party, so i dont know what happened. Reporter marquez went before a judge this morning facing two felony charges, negligence and tampering with evidence. Officers say he tried to toss the gun into the bay. To think on a sunday afternoon when this park is full of people, anyone it could have been me, you, any little child that was down there. Reporter and that grandmother is right, it could have been anybody. Luckily that bullet didnt hit anyone and they did recover the shell casing. Carson chambers, abc action an update to a story we brought you at 4 00 today, a School Bus Crash in Sarasota County now all cleared. It happened at waters and pine brook street in venice around 3 00 this afternoon. The student there attended venice h