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Night. Jeff, good morning to you. Reporter gayle, good morning. So the winds have shifted now. Yesterday they were coming from in front of where i am. Now theyre coming from behind. The surf is up behind us, winds still coming down significantly. The wind is blowing significantly. The rain coming down as well. We saw the worst of it here from about midnight until 2 00 a. M. But it is by no means over. You look out and tarps all over the roads here from tents that were up in this area along st. Pete beach. We have, as far as i can tell, maintained power all of the night here. But when you look out there appear to be larger stretches where power is not on. Irma has, as she moved up florida, moved more inland, and so raked more inland but also slowed down the speeds at least as she moved up. The back side of the storm here, at least as far as we can tell even though it is raining, appears to be drier with not as much rain as there was last night when this first started but, again, many United States , Fort Myers , New York , South Carolina , District Of Columbia , Puerto Rico , Monroe County , Miami Beach , Florida Keys , Marco Island , David Duke , Irma Elaine Quijano , Eric Fisher , Steve Hartman , John Hopkins , Gayle King , Gail King , Judy Regan , Jeff Irma , Naples Jonathan , Rockport Fulton , Adriana Diaz , Dick Cheney , Anthony Mason , Steve Bannon , Gary Cohen ,
Clouds working there way overhead temperatures run in 50s through the interior. But along the coastline, we are seeing temperatures a bit more mild running in the 60s. 65 degrees over in st. Pete beach. You can see few scattered clouds, really a beautiful looking morning over in that direction. Here in tampa, were at 63. Winds are out east northeast at 5 miles an hour. Were going to continue to warm these temperatures up as we go through the afternoon. Were also going to bring in a few more clouds maybe even an extra shower during afternoon we will talk another cold front which could bring us rain later in week vanessa. Jim, overall big picture on roads not too bad either you head outdoor. We do have one crash carrying over. We new one popping up in case youre just joining myakka city shut down here state road 70 sugar bowl road following an injury crash your work around clay gully road. Get to Pinellas County an along 66th stree ....
Hes out of the race. Also thats just no gator, thats a big gator. Indeed it was. A big scare for a lakeland couple after they find a 9foot gator in their Swimming Pool. But first reporter we are live at the strawberry festival. It gets underway today. Were looking at some of the rides, trying some of the food but we are also rubbing elbows with some royalty and coming up in 11 minute, i will have a live interview with the queen of the strawberry festival. That looks like a lot of fun. Good morning and welcome to news channel 8 today. Thank you for waking up with us on this thursday morning. I am gayle guyardo. And i am Candace Mccowan in for gene ramirez today. Today promises to be a Beautiful Day and meteorologist leigh spann joins us now. We are getting quite spoiled. And we should be spoiled because this is the perfect ....
St. Pete police say a 3 00 and a 23yearold have a 3 yearold and a 23yearold have been shot at a house in st. Pete. Thankfully both are expected to make it. Lets go to the neighborhood where all of this happened. Its 10th avenue south near tropicana field. Sarah rosario is live there right now. Sarah. Reporter laura, this is still a very active investigation. If you take a look behind me, you can see where police have marked off the perimeter of this house. This is where police say the 23 yearold and the toddler were sitting on this porch when someone drove by, starting firing shots here, hitting both of them. Both of the people immediately rushed to the hospital. And police are now looking for the suspects responsible. As we go to video, you can see the window of this house. A grandmother was inside the house at the time. Thankfully she was not hurt. This happened just before 2 00 p. M. This is the area that police are looking for shell casings. They are looking for evidence that could ....
Donald trump is the only candidate in this election. Traveling to cuba is about to get easier hoar people here in tampa bay. American airways wants to fly out of cities like miami to havana. Silver airways proposed service to havana from tampa and orlando. Well, time now is 4 01. Lets check in with meteorologist leigh spann. Brooksville, you are at 46 degrees right now. Polk county, mid50s. 61 in bradenton and st. Pete. But everybody is significantly cooler than yesterday, anywhere from about 5 to 16 degrees cooler than yesterday. And when you head to today to the opening day of the strawberry festival, josh turner at 7 30, again, just a little cool but a really fast 69 degrees at 8 00. In weather and traffic on the 8s at 4 08, i have an hourby hour look at your thursday. And leslee is here with the morning commute. Thats right. Love me some josh turner. I saw him last time and wonderful music. Lets take a look at traffic. We have a couple issues. Overnight construction, thats the name ....