You can see huge water spout, multiple water spouts there as they move across lake pontchartrain. That same line of storms is now moving across florida. You can see it right there on the map. Heres a look at the storm team max radar. We should start seeing rain in about two hours. And meteorologist leigh spann is joining us now with a look at what is headed our way. Well, i want to let everyone know that the strongest storm, the most potential for damaging winds and tornadoes is going to be well to our north. So for us, thats good news. Our thoughts to those folks through georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina as well. But the trailing cold front that you see out in the gulf of mexico, thats whats going to run through here and thats why 10 00 a. M. For mainly areas north of i4, again, the stronger the storm, sumpter until 10 00 this morning. And right now the storms are right around the big bend area of florida and just pushed through the capitol city of tallahassee. This is a forecast now. Starting at 6 00 a. M. And still see, its dry in an hour and a half. By 7 00, there could be stray showers but the strongest storms will be north of i4 by about 8 00 this morning, that includes citrus, hernando, pasco and maybe northern portions of pinellas county. As the day goes on, this is going to push to the south. By 10 00 a. M. , Citrus County starting to dry out. And northern portions of polk, youre getting songer storms. So tampa, lakeland, bartow area really seeing the stronger storms and then the whole thing pushes to the south through the afternoon. 76 degrees for a high temperature. And now in weather and traffic on the 8s at 4 38, ill look more specifically at the threats with this storm. And we need to take this seriously actually. Lindsey mastis joins us now behind from all of the storms and cross just to the north. Reporter yeah and across just to the north. Reporter yeah, lee. Now the destruction spans four states. In louisiana, two people are dead after the storm passed through this mobile home park. The governor believes several people are missing. And tornadoes touched down in mississippi, alabama as well as here in florida as leigh mentioned and. Now cars are upside down, homes are crushed and an 18wheeler got tossed and roofs ripped off. All it was, we hear a loud noise. And the wind looked like it come down and went up. Saw. Wind. The house started shaking. Lifted up and started flipping. Reporter the governors of louisiana and mississippi are declaring statesover emergency this morning. And here in florida, several states of emergency this morning. And here in florida, several schools in the panhandle are more storms are expected, including in states already hit hard. And i have been looking on facebook this morning, and even where i grew up in south georgia, they have canceled classes today. This storm system is going to affect a lot of people. For us, its going to take a little while to actually bring the rain so people might want to get out as early as possible. And its windy on the skyway bridge. But its at least dry right now but thats going to change late so stay tuned here. Southbound i75, we have a little bit of construction in lanes past state road 70. Be aware of that even though you can still get by. And in the heart of downtown st. Pete, by the gorgeous tropicana field, we have a collision, Central Avenue at 11th street. Injuries involved. Thats a look at weather and traffic. Back to gene and gayle. Thank you. In breaking news, rescuers in nepal found the wreckage of a small plane that crashed into the mountains. 23 people were onboard when it went down during a scheduled 18 minute flight. Exact cause but arent ruling out bad weather. They dont believe there are any survivors. 8 on your side will continue pressing several agencies today about wrongway driver dangers. You have to see this incredible and terrifying video again. Take a look at the driver going the wrong way for miles. News channel 8s Adrienne Pedersen is joining us live now on i275. So adrienne, unfortunately we report on these stories all the time and now we actually have video. Reporter good morning, gayle. Thats right, and seeing the video is so scary. I mean, how do you even have time to react if just say a driver got on the wrong way here at bearss on to 275 . Lets go ahead and show you that crazy video again. We will pull it up here on the screen. You can see there, according to deputy, thats a 21yearold driverring the wrong way on i 75 in Sarasota County for six miles. He even almost hits a deputy, not shocking here though, he is drunk. Office, his blood alcohol level was nearly four times the legal limit. Amazingly, nobody got hurt. Unfortunately though, take a look at this, this was a deadly crash. You remember this one at the ashley exit in tampa earlier this month, two drivers killed, one going the wrong way. And we covered this extensively when it happened as breaking news right here on news channel 8 today. And now as for flurry, the guy in sarasota, i checked and he is out on bond. And 8 on your side continues to ask fdot what they are doing to make our roads safer. Take a look right here, on bearss going on to 275, you see the wrongway sign right there. Thats part of a pilot program. That flashes if you start trying to get on the exit ramp. So again, just a pilot program. Theyre testing it to see if they work. If they should roll them out more in the bay area. But gayle, fhp on the other hand tells us that this doesnt got to find out what to do. Here. Yeah, we got to stop the trend. Thank you, adrienne. And more video this morning. This one of a fedex truck swerving all over the road. You see the driver behind the wheel. The guy who shot the video says he was asleep right there. Look at the truck swerving side yikes. Another driver recorded this video on ehrlich road. Over. Deputies think he was impaired but they couldnt charge the guy because the keys werent in the ignition and they never saw him driving. We can see him driving on the wild video going against traffic for a few moments there. And you can watch the entire cellphone video on our web page, wfla. Com. Now 8 on your side did contact fedex after this incident and they gave us a statement, quote, safety is our highest priority at fedex ground. We are cooperating with the investigating authorities in determining what caused this appropriate action once the investigation has concluded. Happening today, the Senate Health and education and labor and Pensions Committee will hold a hearing to discuss the spread of zika. Community are expected to testify starting at 10 00 a. M. Including the Florida State attorney. Florida. Three of those cases are right here in hillsborough county. Time right now, 4 38. Weather is making news this morning. It certainly is. About a half hour ago, we were issued a tornado watch until 10 00 this morning. No rain yet. Its still just back to the west. And what im going to do is take the rain chances up to morning. 70s. It will be breezy. After 10 00 this morning, its a 70 chance of possibly seeing some strong storms, still a 40 and then it really starts to dry out and cool off. And now heres a better look at the timing. Citrus, hernando, and pasco and even northern hillsborough and pinellas counties, your timing should start at 7 00 and last until 11 00 a. M. From tampa toward lakeland and i4 toward eastern pasco, starts at 9 00 and lasts until 1 00, 2 00. And then 11 00, the highlands, sebring area. So i expect heavy downpours and lightning. I dont think hail is going to be a big deal. What im mainly concerned about is seeing individual damaging gusts and again the outside chance of a tornado. Just between now and about 2 00. Lets check in now on traffic on the 8s. Its dry now but also windy. It is dry. And the windy portion is on the skyway bridge. Use caution. Now its still open and you can get by. But fhp telling me, look out, keep both hands on the wheel moving across the skyway bridge. Up to speed on u. S. 41 and cortez road looks good. Pasco county continues to look good too. And the sun coast area, southbound i75 past state road 70, construction out there. And taking up a couple lanes but you can get by. It should be cleared up in about an hour to an hour and a half. Now back to gene and gayle. Thank you. A toddler sentenced to life in prison. Still ahead, the accusations that have us doing a double take this morning. Plus, new video of a plus, new Surveillance Video of a Small Plane Crash in california. More of the video coming up. Plus, what witnesses are saying about the pilot. But first im significantly embarrassed. So is the entire organization. Clearwaters city manager is demanding change after a sex scandal at the fire house. Coming up in a live report, the changes the city is now we dont decorate in one color. We dont stick to one fabric. Or one shape. So why use traditional aerosols that are onedimensional . New air wick room mist with life scents is a multilayered fragrance, just like scents in real life. Our homes are rich, varied, and pleasantly surprising. And air wick room mist is, too. Finally, a truetolife fragrance, for your lively home. Developing this morning, steamy sex scandals in the clearwater fire department. The latest, a fire lieutenant and medic suspended for having yeah, pretty wild. And now the city manager is demanding change. 8 on your sides ryan hughs is in clearwater this morning. Ryan, he is fired up about this. Reporter he is disappointed. He is upset. He is sad. He tells 8 on your side one incident is too many, let alone two. Very embarrassing. I havent met anyone who condones or feels good about what has happened. Reporter both people involved in this latest incident were suspended between 15 and 30 days and investigative report shows they lived like a married cup and will had sex often at work. Back in 2014, a nearly two decade resigned after a graphic sex video of him and a woman taken inside a fire house surfaced. And now city leaders plan to improve relationships between those at the top and firefighters and paramedics. That includes a system to watch over them at the various fire i will have more on that aspect of this story coming up in our next half hour, gene. Back to you. Okay, crazy, ryan. We will check back for the extra details. Thank you. Well take a look at these guys. Stranded more than 60 floors up. This is video we showed you yesterday. And it still gives us chills. The two window washers were stuck for more than an hour at a Highrise Hotel in manhattan. They were working on the 65th floor when the scaffold stalled. Firefighters say the scaffold was stable but mechanics couldnt get it moving again. So listen to this, a Daring Rescue here. They had to actually remove a pane of glass from the building to bring the workers inside through the opening. They both came off laughing and joking. They had a nice view up there. Well, this morning new Surveillance Video of a plane crash that we first told you about yesterday right here on news channel 8. Take a look at this. Surveillance video captured the street in california. See it again. The plane slams into a car and then, there it goes, it loses a wing. Later in the video, you can see the pilot emerge from the plane. Witnesses say, he is lucky to be alive. He did a great job. Give him a lot of credit for what he did here. The pilot dodged homes and train tracks before crashing. Five cars were damaged but there were no reports of injury. Now to i astory thats hard now to a story thats hard to believe. This little boy is off the hook after being sentenced to life in prison. That happened last week in egypt. He is only three years old. A military Court Sentenced him for various crimes he allegedly committed back in 2014. That would have been when he was just 16 months old. Authorities are acknowledging we know that Human Trafficking is a serious problem, not just in the state of florida but right here in the bay area. This week theres an Outreach Program happening in tampa. Its a threeday workshop that starts tomorrow where volunteers are trained to help people who might be trapped in the sex industry. If you go into a strip club, youre going in to say im here to support you if you need me. Its about letting them know that theres resources available. To sign up for the workshop, head to wfla. Com. A 17 cuban tourism growth in 2015, the government is forecasting a cool down. Right now the island is still seeing record tourism growth. Americans are still only allowed on officially sanctioned visits, the capitol is dense with them. This is making hotels a challenge to book during the high season. And because growth is still is sharing the most popular destinations in cuba. At number one, varadero, its a beach town less than two hours from havana. And havana itself where tourists can experience spanish vibes. And another popular top destination includes Cayo Santa Maria and cayo coco. Were been going there a lot. A lot going on here weather wise, tornado watch. Exactly. Im on Facebook Live right now and a lot of people are saying its dry but its very windy. And thats whats happening ahead of the cold front. Notice the tornado watch. Citrus, hernando, pasco, sumpter counties until 10 00 a. M. But the rain is well back to the west. The watch means that the conditions are setting up that we could see strong to severe storms. I think that the strongest storms are going to stay to the at least the most widespread strong storms. This is a big system that extends from the great lakes to the gulf of mexico. The most Severe Weather today is going to be from South Carolina up through virginia and along the eastern portion of North Carolina because notice our Severe Weather threat is slight but its there. A line from polk down towards sarasota and points to the north. Areas of strong winds that could bring winds down, a little damage and then the between 7 00 a. M. And 4 00 p. M. So heres the weather wheel. This takes you hourbyhour. Notice its about a 20 rain chance at 7 00 a. M. 40 at 8 00. It goes up to 50 at 9 00 a. M. And again, at that point, thats when i expect the stronger storms, the most widespread rain right through your lunch break. So again, my advice to you, maybe take your lunch to work so you dont have to get out in the worst of the weather. By the time you head home from work, mostly dry. Storms start in the northern areas, citrus, hernando and pasco. And thats why i think thats where the strongest storms will be and the tornado watch is going to be. As the front pushes south, 11 45, places like pinellas, hillsborough, northern polk county start to see the rain. And it continues to push south. This is 245. And at that point, almost all of the rain this afternoon south of i4 and quickly clears out. It will be breezy. In fact, some of the breezes may bring in sprinkles early tomorrow morning. And thats why i left in the 10 rain chance there. But the big story will be the cold but the bigger story will be the cold air. It is windy. Use caution, folk, on the skyway bridge when you youre crossing it when youre crossing it. About 10 minutes between the toll plazas. You can see the vehicle going by here. But again, very windy so use caution. South of i75 bradenton, construction tying up lanes. And in downtown st. Pete, folk, we have a collision with injuries by tropicana field at thats a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. Back to gene and gayle. Thank you so much, leslee. Well a man is reunited with a wallet that he lost 71 years ago. Wow. Coming up, how the person who found it was able to track him down. I want to know how much money was in there. First, lost your car keys . Problem. Some new technology that could let us start our cars with our smart phones. This is neat. We can soon get rid of the bulky key sets in our pockets. Volvo wants to replace them with smart phones. They claim blue tooth enabled smart phones can become virtual car keys. The phone could start the car and unlock the doors and trunk. Theyll be testing the technology this spring. We should see the digital key in 2017. But i know lexus offers this as well. And you can set a speed limit for a guest driver, like a teenager. Cool stuff happening with cars. I feel like my car is out of gas, it doesnt do any of that stuff. Lost key, lost wallet, it happened to one man and now 71 years later, he found the wallet. Workers made the find during the renovation of an old movie theater. The construction crew figured out it was buried since 1944. So the builder got to work and tracked down the owner. Remembering it when he was a teenager. I thought at first, might be a joke. And i thought, well, it couldnt be. Man, he looks good for his age. It contained a boy scout card, world war ii ration stamps and an id. I hope he didnt have important dates on the calendar that we missed. Because its too late. This morning, be extra care on the roads and have your umbrella. A big storm system is now moving across florida and parts of the area are under a tornado watch right now about now. That system left a path of destruction and spawned tornadoes across the south. And we have complete coverage ahead in the next half hour including the places stay tuned for weather and time for weather and traffic on the 8s. Until 10 00 this morning. Some of the strongest storms making their way toward the Crystal River area at 7 11. New port richey at 7 31. Its windy on the skyway bridge. A little bit of construction southbound 75 in bradenton just well good morning and welcome to news channel 8 today. Im gayle guyardo. And im gene ramirez. Our top story this morning, Severe Weather. That includes a tornado watch here in our area. Right now, a line of storms is moving through the panhandle, its headed our way. And you can see that here in the radar. You can see the storms lined up there in the gulf. People in pensacola are cleaning up after the storm moved through the county. This is what it looked like. Heavy rain and high winds. There was even a tornado. That twister is blamed for damaging an apartment complex. Residents are out of their