Its a category 4 hurricane. And it should cross over the eastern portion of cuba before making it into the atlantic near the bahamas. Still a category 4 hurricane. And its still expected to make this turn toward the west. The only small difference now is that polk county and Highlands County no longer in this cone of uncertainty. This threat cone. This will wobble back and forth over the next couple days. This is thursday morning. This is friday morning with winds, 125 Miles Per Hour winds just off the shore line. The yellow shaded area. Thats where we expect Tropical Storm force winds. This red area. Thats hurricane force. As we head into thursday afternoon, we could see at least portions of polk and Highlands County with 40 Miles Per Hour. 30 Miles Per Hour winds continue into friday morning. Then the winds head farther as we go through the day tomorrow and thursday morning. Winds about 25 Miles Per Hour. They get stronger thursday night. 32, 34 Miles Per Hour winds. Obviously strong
Weather forecast. Thank you. President clinton is campaigning for his wife hillary. Were live now with joe huisinga where doors opened just moments ago. Joe, what are you seeing . Right now were are outside Armstrong Hall where bill clinton will be speaking in just about an hour. There are plenty of people lining up and getting excited. This is the second stop on the tour and it will wrap up in davenport. The big push is Campaign Tour and they talked about clean energy and access to healthcare and universal broadband. We are expecting the College Affordability will be a big item of focus with this kind of crowd at the college but we will tonight at 5 00 and 6 00 in we will have our full report tonight. Covering the corridor, joe huisinga. Thank you, joe. Donald trump denying allegations of several women coming forward. And Democrat Hillary Clinton is dealing with the release of more hacked e script donald trump is on the defensive after several women came forward with how they say the
Good evening, thank you for joining us. Two divers died this past weekend at a wellknown woman wellknown cave diving location. The remote is very remote the remote location is very beautiful but also very dangerous. Reporter take a look at this video of divers explained the deaths sinkhole and you can see why people want to travel. Experience divers caution others, this is a place for people with technical special certifications. Depending on what depth they were using, timers may have been used and that takes a great deal of time and training to understand that correctly. Reporter the Hernando County Sheriffs Office tells us three divers enter the eagles nest cave on saturday but only one survived. They had predetermined a place under the water to meet after about an hour. Experienced diver went to the predetermined location, and the two experienced divers did not show up. The Hernando County Sheriffs Office said it will be up to the state to decide if the sink is closed again. Jeff p
And a few feet deep. If that is not troubling enough, look at this. Two years ago a sinkhole formed on that same street swallowing an suv. Soon after a second depression formed and now this third hole opened up all within feet of each other. I heard on channel 8 news. Reporter jack has relatives here and after he heard the latest news he went to see of life or death i suppose. Reporter today a Construction Company filled in the sinkhole and county officials didnt inspect the crevice because it was private property. Locals are worried about the string of depressions in the same neighborhood. Especially when they stay here in that one place, its suspicious. Reporter an official from the Mobile Home Park told 8 on your side now that the hole is we lost john rogers who was reporting live and holiday but those people still concerned and thats something they will continue to monitor. An update on another story about another huge sinkhole. New information on the size of that mosaic sinkhole w
Perfect lunch hour. Were barely seeing any cloudiness at this point. Theres so much dry air in the atmosphere. That will allow temperatures to warm up. 88 degrees we jump this afternoon, some fair weather clouds. I cant rule out a stray shower. Most of us stay dry this afternoon. Cloudfree skies over brandon. 80 degrees. Light northeast breezes around 5 to 10 Miles Per Hour. A general mix of upper 70s low 80s with that northeasterly breeze averaging around 5 to 10. Were expecting a few clouds to pop up through the afternoon. Cant rule out a stray shower especially as you head down toward highlands, hearty, desoto this afternoon. But dont bet on those showers for today. The big story is a cooling trend, a big drop in temperatures coming by the time we hit the weekend. Well take a close look at the temperatures in your complete a st. Petersburg Police Officer is facing dui charges for a second time. A Pinellas County sheriff deputy found officer Anthony Green asleep behind the wheel, sto