Todays going to be a transitional day. Were going from the beautiful weather to a more unsettled weather. The Storm Chances in our near future. In kirtland, quiet and dry, bedford, 63; areas like pepinsa in peninsula in the upper 60s. In ashland, 56; new london, 56 for you as well. And taking this hourbyhour, highs today are getting higher than they were yesterday. Were talking mid to upper 80s. And most of the day is going to mixed in with the clouds. This is the thing. The threat of thunderstorms begins overnight. I think some can prove to be strong. Kristen . Thank you so much. And we have the start this morning with the traffic alert. This is the downtown cleveland. Be careful driving there. Many traffic lights and street lights are not working properly. The overnight news tracker found this. The traffic lights were splashing, street lights blanking and giving us almost a strobe affect. We found this around euclid superior and into prospect and east 9th street. Cleveland public power trucks are checking things out. Were making calls to find out when its going to be fixed and well keep you posted on that. And check, were accident free. The Greater Cleveland area is looking good. The ride on 71 and also 90. No problems to tell you about. And lets go to 480 and transportation boulevard. The big camera picture showing us that were pretty quiet. Over to you, corrina. Thank you. And breaking news at the live desk. Central 6. 2 magnitude earthquake. One mayor saying dozens of people are dead. The images are stunning. Two towns, partially doe moleished. Homes collapsed on top of people as they slept, burying them alive. Now, in the daylight, residents, rescue crews, and priests are digging through the rubble, some with their bare hands trying to get to any survivors. This was felt more than 100 miles away in rome. Power is out. Historic buildings destroyed. One woman said the earthquake was so strong it seemed the bed was walking across the room by itself with us on it. Were certainly going to keep you updated on this all morning long, terrence. 4 33 and lets go to a developing story were following this morning. The Sandusky County sheriff indicted on dozens of felony charges and he was roped into an area county jail overnight a us cooed of stealing pain pills. Kyle over meyer arraigned on 43 charges. 48 are felonies and this after six local Police Chiefs say he was behind prescription pills. And he has been charged with tampering a [ indiscernible ] and deception to obtain a dangerous drug. Meg shaw is heading to Sandusky County and shell have more ahead at 5 00. Jackie. And cleveland teachers could go on strike in about a week. Monday. That is four days before teachers would walk out of class. And last nights schedule board meeting, teachers showed up with shirts that read i dont want to strike but will. And he is confident both sides will come to an agreement and theyre fighting per more money. If a deal is not reached, they will go on strike september 1st. And to a warning to parents in north ridgeville. A convicted sex offender is found living in the woods behind an elementary school. Eddington was found after police found his camp site near leer north elementary. He had a direct vow of the playground. He was wanted already because he failed to register with the city. In 2010, he was convicted of raping a child under the age of 13. As you can imagine, parents in the community on edge. And i am sure there are child predators everywhere, but its scary to know its right nearby i just realized its important to tell your kids strangers are danger and stay away. Police dont know how long he was in the woods, so theyre urging parents to talk to their kids to see if he had contact with him in any way. And today, friends and family will pay their respects to an akron teacher killed in a double murder in massillon. The hours are today and with hear boyfriend, michael lovett, were killed by the accident girlfriend and you can pay your respects from 3sewn baldwin funeral home 37 at the baldwin funeral home. And in stark county, a man accused of running a pot growing operation will be in court. Nearly 400 Marijuana Plants were on the property. The Sheriffs Office said that Douglas Stevens had equipment for a grow operation and to extract thc from the plant. And according to the story, hes spent six years in jail for manufacturing drugs. And now for you this morning, the city of cleveland is suing ohio. That lawsuit is over hiring practices on public constructions and flights and projects. It recently passed a law stopping cities from forcing contracts to hire local workers. The city said that violates their right to govern themselves. The rule has helped cleveland workers make 34 million over the last several years. And proving that ohio is important to the upcoming president ial election, donald trump will be back here next month. His campaign is planning a pair of fund rais theyre going to be on septemberrity error. One is at up to hall in ohio city and the second is at the home of ed crawford, a major gop donor whose Trumps Campaign finance chair in ohio. Both of these events are [ indiscernible ] and trump is expected to be here. And before you hear the next story, you may want to knock on some wood. And how fake is the real wood, though . Imagine this, the cavs getting the Championship Rings and the world series next door. I can only imagine how crazy downtown would be if that happens. We know the cavs have the Season Opener against the knicks on october 25th. Major League Baseball released the post season schedule. And game one of the world series also on october 25th. So, if god willing the indians make a post season splash and reach the world series, they would host game one. And because the American League won the allstar game, be a crazy night, october 25th. And crazy will be an understatement, my friend. Oh, my gosh. And time now is 4 37. Still ahead on good morning cleveland, no more double dipping. The major change coming to Child Care Centers and the impact that it could have on your childs education. And are you looking to buy a home . What you need to make in order to afford one in cleveland. And how our city stacks up against the rest of the. Good morning, welcome back. I actually want to dive right in to the weather headlines. What is next . What can you expect today . Not as chilly as yesterday morning but upper 50s. And were going to see day ahead of us. A nice flow from the south is going to help the heat itself and Energy Moving from the west will provide the opportunity for storms overnight. And so, we need the rain but the storms, ugh, this is a look at the forecast for today. The highs making their way into the mid to upper 80s. Kristen. And right now, youre looking at a live picture of newstracker 5 out and about in downtown cleveland. Were seeing a major issue with traffic light says and street lights here in our downtown streets. Theyre splashing there. Lights themselves creating a strobe light affect here and this is around playhouse square. We made calls to cleveland public power. Were waiting to find out what is going on and when it will be fixed. Well keep you posted. Terrence. And thought i just didnt get enough sleep. If youre looking to buy a home in cleveland, you better tell somebody about this. We have some of the most affordable home prices in the country. A recent report looked at how much you made to make to buy a home in 27 major that report, only pittsburgh had a more affordable metro area. You need a Household Income of more than 34,400. And that is 2,000 more than pittsburgh. But, its 17,000 below the national average. And this report said if you live in san francisco, you need a Household Income of more than 160,000 dollars. For sure, my gosh. In san francisco, they beat new york city. And so, i am pretty sure that figures to be able to afford anything in palo alto. And the rent is too damn high. Thats right. And lets to a change that could affect your childs education. Ohio is making changes. That could mean less funding for fullday headstart programs. Currently, state and federal funds are combined to pay for less hours of child care a day. Starting next month, providers can no longer combine federal head start funds and state money. This is a move that could save the state critics say this is bad for local preschool kids. We reduce in richmond. If we have to increase child to teacher ratios. All of those things add up to less quality. At the same time, were learning less state funding will be made available see you can see less teachers, the head start or shorter days. And people the time now is 4 42. And dream says dashed. If you have with dolphins on to rethink that. Oh, no. And stocking up on cheddar. Why the government is buying 11. Its 4 45. Vice joe biden in turkey today. A month after the deadly failed military coup there. Hes the highest ranking ofci countrys leaderness is it happened. Turkey just submitted a formal request for the u. S. To expedite a muslim cleric living in pennsylvania. They claim he masterminded the failed coup and biden is expected to echo u. S. Concerns about turkeys crackdown on free speech and political opponents during his visit. And in florida now, the zika virus continues to spread across the state. The Health Department is investigating five new cases. The virus may have spread to a new area as well. Like clearwater and saint petersburg. The Health Department will go doortodoor to test for other cases. And president obama is pledging to help rebuild louisiana. Its been 10 days since record floods have been in that region. The president talked with the owners of the 60,000 homes damaged. The water is blamed for 13 deaths and so far, there have been 30,000 rescues. This morning, 2600 people are living in shelters flooding is considered the one of the Natural Disaster in the u. S. Since superstorm sandy. And folks in northeast ohio are doing what they can to help louisiana, including the four legged victims. 27 puppies and dogs arrived at the rescue village in Geauga County yesterday. A lot from shelters destroyed in the flooding. The staff and volunteers are checking them out, making sure theyre healthy enough to be adopted. And we just said yes right them here. Well take care of them and give them the vet care they need. And they could be available for adoption as soon as this weekend. If you want to adopt one, go to our website, newsnet5. Com. And its so good to see were pitching in to help somara and they seemed more than 7 trillion gallons of waterfall. And that is a very devastating situation. And again, worse since Hurricane Sandy or supe sandy. And lets go ahead and check in with the Current Conditions in cleveland. 64 degrees right now. We have the flow from the south and that is significant and i can see that punishing them. And now, new tomorrow, were going to start to experience the cold front. And lets talk about the timing on this. The future cast. Morning, notice what happened. More cloud coverage and still a good amount of sunshine and were warming up into the upper 70s and 80s by lunchtime. By this afternoon and evening, these temperatures are still pretty high. 7 00 p. M. , 87 degrees and that is a lot of heat in the evenings. Well use the atmosphere starting to trigger off thunderstorms. And this evening, there is more isolated in nature and this is going to be a situation where we see the stronger storms overnight. And during the hours, were going to hear a lot of rumbles of thunder, and we push ahead into thursday afternoon. And we get that second batch of storms. Though, this is twofold. And we should start to quiet down and get a reprieve by friday, though, into your weekend. And also pretty quiet. The highs in the upper 80s and that is going to be warmer, making it for a nice cool day. By end m though, we see a threat of storms and rain return. Kristen. And i got a call from our overnight newstracker. We have a car into the pole, 68 and kinsman area. Theyre in the process of issues. Just the stater road closure. That water main break happened days ago and spoke with Mayfield Heights police. And they said today hopefully fingers crossed that cedar road will open back up and it remains closed from brainard to lenderbrook because of that. And light look at the select okay. And this is kenny bash. Our guy in checking out the scene in do a lot of situations happening now. They have the traffic lights impacted here and there it goes. Like a strobe light affect. The street lights are out in that area and making it difficult to drive. This is the downtown cleveland area and this is along euclid avenue and prospect in the east 9th street as well. And we spoke with cleveland and public power. Hopefully we will hear back from them and when this will be fixed. Boy, makes it difficult to get and over to you. And thank you. This is probably on your bucket list, swimming with dolphins in hawaii. Federal regulators may ban it. The marine and Fishery Service said tourists are calling hawaiis spinner dolphins a loose leap and become stressed. The species is turtled and that means theyre active at night and sleep during the day. There are dozens of companies that take tourists out on boats to swim with the dolphins. The ban would cover where 98 of hawaiis spinner dolphins rest during the day. Oh, wow. And now to a completely different story. Too much cheese. Its a big issue to u. S. Dairy farmers. Now, the government is getting involved here. The feds are going to buy 20 Million Dollars worth of the cheese from private inventory. The 11 Million Pounds of cheese will be given to food banks across the u. S. Currently, the cheese surplus is at a 30year and donald trump continues to make the headlines. His running mate mike pence is not as recognizable. He stopped in the barber didnt recognize who he was. The barber asked the nominee his name. And pe in, ce stuck out his hand and said he is running vice president. After the haircut, pence said he likes it. And Hillary Clintons having a busy Fund Raising Week in california. On monday, she hung out with Magic Johnson and 500 of his closest friends. Yesterday, she had lunch at Justin Timberlakes house with about 100 of his alist celebrity friends. Timberlake tweeted pictures of himself, his wife jessica beal and clinton posing for selfies, as for a free 33,000 a plate, alongside jennifer aniston, jamie foxx to name a few and this lunch raised more than 3 million. Clinton has palo alto for a fund raiser by apple ceo tim cook. And very cool, huh. And 4 52 right now. On your wednesday morning, im jackie fernandez. And im terrence lee. Hope your morning is off to a great start. This is what is ahead for you. Do you think starbucks put too many ice cubes in your ice one guy thought so. And could a supplement lead to a heroin relapse . A new warning from an ohio mother about a natural pain remedy that anyone can buy. And before we go to break, lets look at wall street. Good morning. Welcome back. Lets take a look right now at your rain check graphic. And this is breaking down the best chances of seeing rain. I am going pretty high r thursday. Thursday morning and early hours, as well as thursday afternoon. Around 7 00, theyll be taken off one or two isolated thunderstorms and things mellow out into the weekend. The rain chance goes back up into next week. Kristen. And news tracker 5 in downtown cleveland. We have an issue with the traffic lights and street lights there. And theyre watching. Power on the scene. The cars there hopefully will get that situation fixed soon. If youre driving in the downtown cleveland area, please be careful. And thank you. To an ohio mother who said i popular pain killer derailed her sons sobriety. Its called cradem. The 24yearold zachary dean started using heroin as a teenager and has been sober for three years. The mother said things took a turn for the worst when he drinks called k chill and devozen. They both contain cradem. And gave him that opiate affect and craving. She had no idea the government considers cradem an addicted drug. The fda considers it a dietary supplement. The agency warns it has serious side affects, including hallucinations. Its banned in six states. The Ohio AttorneyGenerals Office is considering pushing and an akron bar featured on bar rescue last year is officially closing its doors. Owens travelers tavern will closed september 3rd and owned by a local rocker, ripper, the former lead singer of judas priest. He said the Music Schedule and his partners other business are taking them away from the tavern and its sadly time to move on. Oh, you will be missed. And its 4 57 right now. Ahead at 5, inmate escape. The prisoner on the chief blaming a local hospital for letting him run off. And plus, a dangerous toy inside a mcdonalds happy meal. A local officer on the wrong side of the law. Why the sandusky sheriff is facing criminal charges this morning. And following breaking news thed latest images coming into the live deck. And stopping a strike. Why the Cleveland School board is cope fiddent it will work out. And thank you for joining us on this wednesday morning, august 24th. Im jackie fernandez. Im terrence lee. Everyone is in the good mood for the wednesday. I know. And we must continue to move forward as we are in your side and lets look at that good and showing a speck of green in southern portions of Summit County and some low cloud coverage. And we have them moving along the satellite. And the Bigger Picture here shows more wet weather heading our way and check it out. The thunderstorms into the west and arriving later on and the wednesday should be a Beautiful Day and that is tailing that. The temperatures into the upper