Were talking about. Were watching the first Tropical Storm gaston and invest 99l. The National Hurricane center has dropped the Development Chances to 70 . Thats still highly high chances. This is working its way over hispaniola. The National Center is displaced to the north a bit. As you head into the next couple of days, you can see most of our forecast models bringing this towards south florida by the end of this weekend and we see a few of the tracks brings it closer to the west of florida and to the gulf and some dont develop it. Well be watching this very closely still and see if we have any rain out of this system. Well take a look at the tracking storms over hispaniola. To the north were seeing a little bit of a circulation. Were facing a lot of wind shear right now and also fairly dry. A thats why we have not seen it develop quite yet. Hurricane hunters are out there right now investigating it. Tropical storm gaston well look at that as well. Its expected to restrengthen into
Over the next few days. Steve jerve has the very latest and joins us live. Were still a little ways away from this but man weve had to watch this every day for days now. Invest 99l we speculated about it. It was a difficult storm to forecast, still is. Its now a tropical depression and could become a Tropical Storm in the next day or so. Theres enough negative influences so hopefully it would stay that way below hurric tropical depression 9, 8, and of course gaston out to sea. 8 would effect North Carolina were most concerned with 9. You can see the forecast track does strengthen it into a Tropical Storm tonight or sometime tomorrow. The forecast we dont move it to the northwest and northeast which most computer models do. That would be close to a landfall in cedar keys. In this scenario the advancing counterclockwise rotation would be on the southern part of that center of rotation. Wed have to watch high tides at that Time Thursday afternoon. That time will likely change as well as t
Dark for 19 days about a massive sink hole, one large enough to swallow millions of gallons of radioactive water at a mosaic plant in mulberry. 8 on your side Steve Andrews tells us tonight that there is action on the ground to help ease the fears of neighbors. Reporter technician showed up at james maxwells house in lithia to take samples of water from his well. Im scared to death what it already has done to me and my neighbor reporter scared because he lives near their mosaic new wales plant in mulberry. A sinkhole sucked 215 million gallons of radioactive contaminated water into the aquifer, our source of drinking water. Im not saying that they dont do that lightly. Reporter no one informed the public until 8 on your side broke the news. James well is at least one of 40 mosaic plants to test for about a couple of things. First what might be upset headed towards their wells and second the government knew about it and didnt tell them. Mosaic hired ett a Tampa Company to take samples.
Good monday afternoon, everyone, im josh benson. Im stacie schaible. This is first at four. Thanks for joining us. We have a developing story about a gun going off in a crowded park. It is a frightening situation for dozens of people in south tampa a 6yearold found the gun in the mothers diaper bag, took it out and fired a shot. It happened while the park was packed with people yesterday. It is a miracle no one was struck by that bullet becky rhiners friend was in the park when the shot rang out. They were very scared. You dont know where that shot was going to go. It could go into you or me or any other child here. Especially in a crowded park. And it was a sunny afternoon, very loaded with kids and parents. Tampa Police Arrested Ricardo Mendez for storing the gun in tampering for trying to throw the gun in the bay when he found out the police were on the way. A clerk turned the tables on two armed men when they pointed guns at them inside a store. He pulled his own gun killing one of