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Missing 16-year-old paddleboarders found 'cold' but safe on Florida's gulf coast

Missing 16-year-old paddleboarders found 'cold' but safe on Florida's gulf coast
MORNING. THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE AT 6:00. I’M SANIKA DANGE. I’M SHELDON DUTES ALONGSIDE FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST KELLIANNE KLASS AND TRAFFIC EXPERT MEAGHAN MACKEY. WE’RE GOING TO GET TO OUR CHILLY TEMPERATURES IN JUST A SECOND. BUT FIRST WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON ON THE ROADS. YEAH. NICE AND QUIET THIS MORNING. FORTUNATELY, WE ARE IN THAT BUSY SPRING BREAK TRAVEL PERIOD. WE’VE HAD CRASH AFTER CRASH. REALLY DEVASTATING ONE. SO TAKE IT SLOW. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TOWN VISITING AND OF COURSE A LOT OF PEOPLE OFF FROM SCHOOL THIS WEEK. SO BUSIER ROADS, NOTHING TO REPORT RIGHT NOW AND KELLIANNE AT LEAST. NO SEVERE WEATHER TO DEAL WITH. YEAH, THANKFULLY WE’RE PRETTY QUIET OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. IT’S JUST COLD THIS MORNING REALLY. IF YOU’RE IN SUMTER COUNTY, LAKE COUNTY STILL TAKING THE KIDS TO SCHOOL THIS MORNING, JUST BUNDLE THEM UP. WE’RE IN THE 50S FOR MOST OF SUMTER AND LAKE COUNTY. 50 DEGREES IN WILDWOOD, 51 DEGREES IN LEESBURG, 52 IN CLERMONT, BUT NORTH, WE’RE IN THE 40S. WE’RE AT 46 IN OCALA, 46 IN THE VILLAGES, 49 IN SANFORD, 44 IN PALM COAST AND 48 DEGREES IN DAYTONA BEACH. WINDS ARE NOT AS GUSTY THIS MORNING, BUT STILL A LITTLE BIT BREEZY, SUSTAINED AT ABOUT TEN MILES PER HOUR AND WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE TODAY AS IT GETS CLOSER TO CENTRAL FLORIDA, OUR WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE, BUT THAT’S MORE SO IN THE EVENING HOURS FOR TODAY. PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, HIGH TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT IN THE 70S. WE DO HAVE AN ISOLATED SHOT FOR RAINFALL IN OUR FORECAST. WE’LL HAVE THOSE DETAILS COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. FIRST, THOUGH, LET’S GET BACK TO MEGAN WITH A CHECK ON THE ROADS. AS I MENTIONED, NICE AND QUIET FOR YOUR MORNING DRIVE. SO FAR, NO CRASHES TO IMPACT YOU EARLY ON THIS TUESDAY, BUT YOU CAN SEE THIS DETOUR HERE. STATE ROAD 429. THIS IS RIGHT PAST STONY BROOK PARKWAY. THOSE SOUTHBOUND LANES ARE SHUT DOWN HERE BECAUSE OF A ROAD DEPRESSION. THIS FORMED ON FRIDAY AND IT’S BEEN CLOSED OVER THE WEEKEND AND THROUGH TO TODAY. SO CARS RIGHT HERE ARE BEING DETOURED THROUGH THOSE CASH LANES. IF YOU TAKE. 429 TRAVELING SOUTH TOWARDS HORIZON WEST, I’M SURE YOU’VE BEEN FAMILIAR WITH THIS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. NO ESTIMATED TIME OF WHEN THAT WILL BE FIXED, BUT OF COURSE WE WILL BE MONITORING THAT. I-4 CLEAR AND QUIET. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK HERE FROM OUR TOWER CAMERA. AT WESH TWO, LOOKING UP TOWARDS MAITLAND BOULEVARD. HEAVIER TRAFFIC HERE, BUILDING WESTBOUND, BUT STILL NO NEED FOR THOSE EXPRESS LANES. WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE LIVE PICTURES FROM OUR CHOPPER IN A FEW MINUTES. AND UNDOCKING CONFIRMED. FREEDOM IS FREE OF ITS MOORINGS. SONNY WILLIAMS AND BUTCH WILMORE BEGIN THEIR BELATED TRIP HOME. SEPARATION CONFIRMED AFTER NINE MONTHS IN SPACE. THE STARLINER ASTRONAUTS ARE NOW ON THEIR WAY HOME. SPLASHDOWN COUNTDOWN IS ON, AND OFFICIALS HAVE TARGETED AROUND 557 THIS EVENING. BUTCH WILMORE AND SONNY WILLIAMS WILL RETURN WITH CREW NINE ASTRONAUT NICK HAGUE AND COSMONAUT ALEXANDER GORBUNOV. WESH 2’S BOB HAZEN IS FOLLOWING THE TRIP BACK TO EARTH. BOB THAT UNDOCKING HAPPENED VERY EARLY THIS MORNING? YEAH, REALLY EARLY THIS MORNING. AND IT’S BEEN 286 DAYS IN SPACE FOR THOSE TWO. BUT RIGHT NOW THEY ARE ON A DRAGON CAPSULE DRIFTING BACK DOWN TO EARTH. AND WE’LL BE WAITING FOR YOU. GOING HOME. THAT WAS THE GOODBYE CALL FROM THE CREW. NINE CAPTAIN. THIS MORNING. THEY DISCONNECTED FROM THE STATION AT 105 THIS MORNING. ON BOARD ARE FOUR PEOPLE, INCLUDING, LIKE YOU SAID, BUTCH WILMORE AND SUNI WILLIAMS, WHO HAVE BEEN STUCK THERE SINCE JUNE WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON THE FIRST MANNED FLIGHT OF BOEING’S STARLINER. BUT THAT CRAFT HAD SOME ISSUES, SO IT WAS BROUGHT BACK TO EARTH WITH NO ONE ON BOARD. CREW TEN THEN CAME UP THIS WEEKEND TO TAKE THEIR PLACE. SO NOW THEY ARE FINALLY ABLE TO COME HOME. I LIKE TO SAY IT WAS A PRIVILEGE TO CALL STATION HOME, TO LIVE AND WORK AND BE A PART OF A MISSION AND A TEAM THAT SPANS THE GLOBE, WORKING TOGETHER IN COOPERATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF HUMANITY. AND THE DRAGON CAPSULE IS SET TO SPLASH INTO THE WATER OFF THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA JUST BEFORE 6:00 TONIGHT. THAT WILL BE 557, TO BE EXACT. THEN CREW NINE WILL BE RECOVERED, THEN HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOME REHABILITATION ONCE THEY’RE BACK ON EARTH. AND WITH GRAVITY. COVERING BREVARD COUNTY LIV BOB HAZEN WESH TWO NEWS. AND WE DO KNOW CREW NINE WILL BE BRINGING BACK SOME VALUABLE RESEARCH WITH THEM. CHRISTINA WATKINS JOINS US NOW. AND CHRISTINA, THE CREW COMPLETED MORE THAN 900 HOURS OF RESEARCH. THEY DID. AND NASA SAYS THE MISSION WAS A SUCCESS. LET’S START WITH ASTRONAUT NICK HAGUE. LOOK AT THE PICTURE OF HIM EXERCISING ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. HE IS WEARING A BIO MONITOR, VEST AND HEADBAND. THIS DEVICE LOOKED AT HIS HEART AND BREATHING RATE, BLOOD PRESSURE, HIS TEMPERATURE. AND THAT WILL TEACH US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH. PRETTY COOL. BUTCH WILMORE IS SEEN HERE IN THIS PICTURE WORKING ON A 3D PRINTED MEDICAL DEVICE TO HELP WITH NERVE DAMAGE. HOW COOL IS THAT? NASA SAYS WHEN IT COMES TO MICROGRAVITY, THESE DEVICES ARE MADE WITH HIGHER QUALITY AND COULD PERFORM BETTER. ANOTHER MISSION EXPOSED MATERIALS TO SPACE TO STUDY HOW THEY AGE WHEN EXPOSED TO THE ENVIRONMENT. THERE GOES SONNY WILLIAMS. ALL OF THIS. THESE MISSIONS WILL PROVIDE CRUCIAL INFORMATION TO RESEARCHERS HERE ON EARTH AS THEY WORK TO IMPROVE SOME OF THE THINGS WE ALREADY HAVE AND TO IMPROVE THE FUTURE OF SPACE FLIGHT. SO, IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING WHAT THEY DID THOSE NINE MONTHS, THAT GIVES YOU JUST A GLIMPSE OF THEIR TIME. SHELDON CHRISTINA. AND WE WILL BRING YOU LIVE COVERAGE OF THAT SPLASHDOWN WHEN IT HAPPENS LATER TONIGHT. AGAIN, THE SPLASHDOWN IS SET FOR 557. OFF OF OUR COAST HERE IN FLORIDA. OUR COVERAGE WILL START ON WESH TWO NEWS AT 4:00. RIGHT NOW, ALTAMONTE SPRINGS POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING MULTIPLE WOMEN. POLICE DID RELEASE THIS SKETCH OF HIM. WE WANT TO BRING IN WESH 2’S PAOLA TRISTAN ARUDA THIS MORNING. WHO IS LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? PAOLA. WE SPOKE TO ONE OF THE WOMEN WHO SAYS THIS MAN ATTACKED HER. YES, SANIKA. AND HE IS ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING AT LEAST THREE WOMEN. ONE OF THEM TELLS US THAT HE APPROACHED HER AND BASICALLY INVADED HER PERSONAL SPACE. NOW, POLICE SAY THAT THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THOSE THREE SEPARATE INCIDENTS INVOLVING THIS MAN. TAKE A LOOK. THEY SAY HE APPROACHES WOMEN ALONE AND ASSAULTS THEM AFTER DARK. THE ASSAULTS HAPPENED IN THE AREA OF STATE ROAD 436 AND WYMORE ROAD BETWEEN 9 P.M. AND 3 A.M. HE IS DESCRIBED AS A WHITE MAN IN HIS 20S OR 30S, ABOUT FIVE NINE, WITH A SLIM BUILD. HE HAS DARK HAIR, DARK EYES WITH MILD ACNE ON BOTH CHEEKS. AT THE TIME THESE INCIDENTS HAPPENED, HE WAS WEARING DARK CLOTHING WITH DARK SHOES. IN ONE INSTANCE, HE WAS SEEN WEARING A DARK COLORED MASK AS WELL. VALERIE PACHECO IS ONE OF THE VICTIMS, SPEAKING TO US IN SPANISH. SHE TELLS US SHE WAS ATTACKED BY THE MAN ON SUNDAY NIGHT, MARCH 9TH. SHE HAD JUST PICKED UP AN ORDER FOR UBER EATS FROM A MEXICAN RESTAURANT IN ALTAMONTE SPRINGS. WHEN IT ALL HAPPENED. SHE SAID SHE WAS SCARED, AND AS SOON AS SHE GOT BACK IN HER CAR AND CALMED DOWN, SHE WAS ABLE TO CALL 911. NOW, POLICE SAY IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, IF YOU’VE SEEN THAT MAN, YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL POLICE OR CRIME LINE COVERING SEMINOLE COUNTY. LIVE IN ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, PAOLA TRISTAN ARUDA. WESH TWO NEWS. WELL, WE ARE STILL WORKING TO LEARN SOME MORE INFORMATION. AFTER DEPUTIES FOUND A MAN’S BODY AND A CAR DURING A TRAFFIC STOP IN SUMTER COUNTY. THIS HAPPENED ON U.S. 301 NEAR COUNTY ROAD 673, IN BUSHNELL. DEPUTIES SAY THIS ALL STARTED WITH A MURDER THAT HAPPENED ON HIGH STREET IN THE CITY OF WILDWOOD YESTERDAY. INVESTIGATORS ALSO SAID THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO WAS SEEN WALKING INTO THE WOODS NEAR THAT TRAFFIC STOP. IT’S STILL UNCLEAR HOW OR IF THAT GUY IS CONNECTED TO THE HOMICIDE, BUT DEPUTIES SAY IF YOU SEE HIM, DON’T GO UP TO HIM. TONIGHT, THE CITY OF KISSIMMEE WILL DISCUSS A NEW FACILITY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. POLICE ARE ASKING FOR MORE THAN $250,000 TO DESIGN AND BUILD A FORENSIC EVIDENCE STORAGE FACILITY. THE DISCUSSION COMES DAYS AFTER THEY HIRED A NEW POLICE CHIEF. THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING STARTS AT 6:00. ALSO TONIGHT, A OCOEE CITY LEADERS PLAN TO TALK ABOUT A PROPOSED TASK FORCE BETWEEN ICE AND THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT. THAT AGREEMENT WOULD ALLOW LOCAL POLICE TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT FUNCTIONS. IF THIS GETS APPROVED, ONE OFFICER WOULD GET SPECIAL TRAINING. OFFICIALS ARE SCHEDULED TO TALK ABOUT IT DURING TONIGHT’S MEETING, WHICH IS SET TO START AT 615. ALL RIGHT. WE’RE OFF TO A PRETTY COLD START THIS MORNING, BUT WE’RE GOING TO SEE THE 70S TODAY, WHICH IS A NICE CHANGE OF PACE FROM YESTERDAY. YES, JUST A LITTLE BIT. KELLIANNE. WE’VE GOT THIS PATTERN WHERE WE’RE COOL IN THE MORNING AND THEN NICE AND WARM AND TOASTY IN THE AFTERNOON. YEAH, WE’RE STILL DOING THAT DANCE WITH THE JACKETS ON IN THE MORNING, AND THEN WE CAN TAKE THEM OFF AS WE GO INTO THE AFTERNOON. TODAY WE’RE GOING TO BE AT 76 DEGREES. TOMORROW EVEN WARMER AT 83. BUT EVEN TOMORROW MORNING WE’RE STILL GOING TO BE ON THE COOLER SIDE. AND AT LEAST WITHIN THE NEXT TWO DAYS, WE STILL HAVE A GREAT FORECAST FOR YOU TO SPEND OUTSIDE, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME CHANGES ON THURSDAY. THURSDAY WE HAVE OUR NEXT COLD FRONT ROLLING IN. THIS WILL BRING IN JUST A COUPLE OF CLOUDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AND AN ISOLATED RAIN CHANCE AS WELL. OVERALL, THOUGH, IT’S ABOUT A 10% COVERAGE OF SHOWERS. WE’RE DRY FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AHEAD. THEN BEHIND THAT FRONT WE GET COOLER. WE’LL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON HOW COOL WE WILL GET COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. FIRST THOUGH, IT IS 609. LET’S GET OVER TO FIRST WARNING TRAFFIC EXPERT MEAGHAN MACKEY KELLY AND OUR CHOPPER IS UP AND CRUISING LIVE THIS MORNING. SO FAR NO ISSUES TO REPORT. YOU CAN SEE JUST PASSING BY VOLCANO BAY TRAVELING HERE ALONG I-4 WHERE THOSE EXPRESS LANES END ON THAT WESTBOUND SIDE, HEADING TOWARDS THOSE THEME PARKS NEAR UNIVERSAL BOULEVARD. SO NO ISSUES THERE THIS MORNING, NO CONSTRUCTION DELAYS, BUT THERE IS SOME WORK GOING ON IN LAKE COUNTY ALONG THE TURNPIKE. IT’S FOR THOSE OF YOU TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND NEAR US 27. YOU CAN SEE HERE THERE’S A LITTLE SLOW MOVING. WE GET DOWN TO ONE LANE BECAUSE OF SOME CONSTRUCTION, MOSTLY HAPPENING IN THE MEDIAN. SO JUST MAKE SURE YOU’RE USING CAUTION TRAVELING THROUGH THOSE CONSTRUCTION ZONES. BUT AGAIN, NO CRASHES SO FAR. EARLY ON THIS TUESDAY. WE’LL CHECK IN WITH THOSE I-4 TRAVEL TIMES IN SEMINOLE COUNTY IN A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ARE SET TO TALK ON THE PHONE LATER TODAY. THEY’LL DISCUSS THE PEACE TALKS IN PROGRESS AS TRUMP LOOKS FOR A WAY TO HELP RUSSIA AND UKRAINE END THEIR WAR. PLUS, IT’S BEEN ONE WEEK SINCE THAT TORNADO HIT CENTRAL FLORIDA. I CAN HANDLE 100 MILE AN HOUR WINDS IN A HURRICANE. YOU KNOW THEY’RE COMING, BUT 0 TO 50, 150 IN 5 SECONDS IS IS JUST NUTS. OH, AND THERE ARE SO MANY EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL SCARS LEFT BEHIND FROM THIS STORM. NEXT. GOOD MORNING. THE TIME IS 613 ON OUR TUESDAY MORNING. WE ONLY HAVE 75 DAYS UNTIL THE OFFICIAL START OF HURRICANE SEASON, AND THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ALREADY TRACKING AN AREA OF INTEREST IN THE ATLANTIC. WE’LL SHOW YOU THAT PIECE OF THE FORECAST COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. WELL, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS THAT HE WILL SPEAK TO HIS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART, VLADIMIR PUTIN, TODAY ABOUT ENDING THE FIGHTING IN UKRAINE. WITH THE UKRAINIANS ALREADY ON BOARD. TRUMP IS NOW TRYING TO CONVINCE PUTIN TO SIGN OFF AS WELL. TRUMP SAYS HE AND PUTIN HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED DIVIDING UP ASSETS. THE RUSSIANS SAY THEY ARE ALSO PRESSING ON VARIOUS FRONT LINES, AND THEY DON’T WANT TO GIVE ANY OF THAT TERRITORY BACK TO UKRAINE. MOSCOW ALSO FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THE IDEA OF PUTTING EUROPEAN NATO TROOPS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE AS PEACEKEEPERS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT VIABLE REGULATION IS ONLY POSSIBLE BY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT AND SOLVING THE ROOT CAUSES OF THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH UKRAINE, AND THEY ARE GOING TO CREATE ADDITIONAL ROOT CAUSES. THE KREMLIN TELLING PEOPLE DIPLOMACY IS STILL IN ITS EARLY STAGES, AND MANY HURDLES WILL HAVE TO BE OVERCOME TO SILENCE THE GUNS ON THE BATTLEFIELD. WELL, THE WHITE HOUSE HAS UNTIL NOON TO ANSWER SOME JUDGES QUESTIONS, ACCUSING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OF IGNORING A JUDGE’S ORDER TO TEMPORARILY STOP THOSE DEPORTATIONS OVER THE WEEKEND. A DOCTOR AT BROWN UNIVERSITY’S MEDICAL SCHOOL WAS DEPORTED DESPITE A JUDGE’S ORDER. PROTESTERS SHOWED UP TO EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS ABOUT THE DEPORTATION OF THAT DOCTOR AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR. ALSO THIS WEEKEND, HUNDREDS OF VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS WHO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ACCUSED OF BEING GANG MEMBERS WERE TRANSPORTED TO AN EL SALVADOR PRISON, BREAKING ANOTHER JUDGE’S ORDER. THE JUDGE SAID THE DEPORTATIONS HAD TO STOP FOR NOW AND SAID ANY FLIGHTS ALREADY IN THE AIR CARRYING MIGRANTS SHOULD COME BACK TO THE U.S., BUT THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. THE ADMINISTRATION STRONGLY DEFENDED THEIR ACTIONS, THOUGH THE JUDGE’S ORDER WAS PATENTLY UNLAWFUL. BEYOND UNLAWFUL, WE REMOVED TERRORISTS. THAT SHOULD BE A CELEBRATION. THIS IS ULTIMATELY, THEN, A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION OF SEPARATION OF POWERS. THE PRESIDENT IS SIMPLY THUMBING HIS NOSE AT CONGRESS YESTERDAY EVENING AND HEARING A JUDGE SCOLDED THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR DEFYING HIS ORDER. PRESIDENT TRUMP PLANS TO RELEASE THE UNREDACTED FILES ASSOCIATED WITH JOHN F KENNEDY’S ASSASSINATION IN FEBRUARY. THE FBI SAID IT HAD DISCOVERED ABOUT 2400 NEW RECORDS RELATED TO THE 1963 JFK ASSASSINATION FROM A NEW RECORDS SEARCH. FOLLOWING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM THE PRESIDENT, TRUMP SAYS ALL THE DOCUMENTS WILL BE RELEASED TODAY, AMOUNTING TO AROUND 80,000 PAGES. PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE PICKING UP THE PIECES AFTER POWERFUL STORMS SPUN UP TORNADOES ACROSS THE SOUTH. OFFICIALS SAY AT LEAST 42 PEOPLE DIED IN THESE STORMS. MAN, THAT’S A TORNADO. MY GOD. ABOUT 80 TWISTERS WERE REPORTED AND OFFICIALS HAVE ALREADY CONFIRMED DOZENS. SOME WERE INTENSE. F FOURS. LEVELING HOMES AND BUSINESSES ACROSS THE MIDWEST AND SOUTH. TIFFANY REID RODE OUT ONE TORNADO IN ALABAMA. SHE THOUGHT SHE LOST HER GRANDMOTHER, BUT THANKFULLY, HER GRANDMOTHER WAS FOUND LESS THAN A MILE AWAY IN MOBILE HOME DEBRIS. YOU HEAR ABOUT THESE STORMS, AND THEN YOU DON’T REALLY PUT THE FEELINGS BEHIND IT UNTIL IT HITS HOME. IT’S JUST LIKE WHAT YOU WHAT YOU HEAR ABOUT IT. SOUNDS LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN COMING DOWN THE ROAD. BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW STAFFING CUTS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND FEMA WILL IMPACT RECOVERY. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HIS ADMINISTRATION IS READY TO HELP ALL OF THE IMPACTED FAMILIES. YOU HAD MOUNTAINS OF YARD DEBRIS AND ROOFS COVERED IN BLUE TARP, STILL LINED THE STREETS IN LONGWOOD A WEEK AFTER A TORNADO RIPPED THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ONE RESIDENT SAID HE DIDN’T HEAR IT COMING AND THAT SUDDENLY THE WIND TORE AWAY THE SCREEN ENCLOSURE OF HIS POOL, THEN VANISHED. HE TRIED HIDING HIS WIFE AND DOGS IN THE PANTRY, BUT THE TWISTER WAS GONE. BEFORE THEY KNEW IT. KIND OF A NIGHTMARE, YOU KNOW, A NIGHTMARE SCENARIO. I WILL NEVER FEAR A HURRICANE AGAIN IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. NOT AFTER THIS. I CAN HANDLE 100 MILE AN HOUR WINDS IN A HURRICANE. YOU KNOW THEY’RE COMING, BUT 0 TO 50, 150 IN 5 SECONDS IS IS JUST NUTS. HE SAID IT WENT FROM MUNDANE TO INSANE. AND THAT DAMAGE AND CLEANUP HAS BEEN EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTING. AND ASIDE FROM SUNDAY, SUNDAY EVENING, IT’S BEEN MOSTLY QUIET WEATHER FOR SOME OF THAT CLEANUP TO HAPPEN, AND IT’S GOING TO STAY QUIET, WHICH IS REALLY NICE. WE DO HAVE ANOTHER COLD FRONT THAT’S GOING TO MOVE IN ON THURSDAY, BUT THANKFULLY THAT COLD FRONT IS NOT GOING TO BRING US SEVERE WEATHER. AND AT THIS POINT, IT’S REALLY NOT GOING TO BRING US A LOT OF RAINFALL. WE ONLY HAVE AN ISOLATED RAIN CHANCE ON THURSDAY, BUT OUR SEVEN-DAY FORECAST IS SHOWING MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF THE ENTIRE WEEK. WE, THOUGH, WILL SEE A BIG DROP IN THOSE TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY. AFTER ON THURSDAY WHEN THAT FRONT MOVES IN. BY FRIDAY, THAT’S WHEN OUR TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE LOW 70S BEFORE REBOUNDING BACK TO THE 80S THIS WEEKEND. BUT AHEAD OF THAT, WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE TODAY, TOMORROW, WE’RE NICE AND DRY. HERE COMES THAT COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY, BRINGING IN A LITTLE BIT MORE SHOWER ACTIVITY TO THE BIG BEND AREA UP TOWARDS THE FIRST COAST, THEN HIGH PRESSURE QUICKLY MOVES IN BEHIND THAT FRONT, BRINGING IN MORE SUNSHINE AND THEN EVENTUALLY COOLER AIR. SO WE’LL DROP DOWN TO HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AND 70S BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, IT’S CHILLY. WE’RE AT 46 DEGREES IN OCALA, 54 IN ORLANDO, 49 DEGREES IN SANFORD, 48 DEGREES IN DAYTONA, AND 44 DEGREES IN PALM COAST. SO FOR SUMTER AND LAKE COUNTIES THIS MORNING, AS YOU GET THE KIDS READY FOR SCHOOL, IT’S CLEAR, BUT IT’S COLD. DEFINITELY NEED THE JACKETS. AS YOU DROP THE KIDS OFF AT THE BUS STOP. BY THE TIME YOU PICK THE KIDS UP, IT’S GOING TO BE GORGEOUS OUTSIDE. WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING UP INTO THE MID 70S WEST OF I-95. AND IF YOU ARE ALONG I-95 TODAY, YOU’RE GOING TO BE INTO THE 60S. OUR WINDS A LITTLE BIT BREEZY THIS AFTERNOON, ABOUT 10 TO 15MPH, BUT THANKFULLY NOT AS GUSTY AS WHAT WE HAD YESTERDAY. AND THAT IS ALL THANKS TO THIS AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE. NOW, WITH THAT HIGH PRESSURE TODAY, WE’LL HAVE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. NOT TRACKING ANY RAINFALL IN THE FORECAST. IF YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT LUNCH OUTSIDE, YOU STILL MAY NEED THAT JACKET WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 68 DEGREES. BUT AGAIN, WE’RE TOPPING OUT FOR MOST OF US INTO THE 70S LATER ON, AND THEN WE’LL HAVE CLEAR CONDITIONS GOING INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON EARLY EVENING, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE WE HAVE A FALCON NINE STARLINK LAUNCH AT 357 IN THE AFTERNOON. WE’RE GOING TO BE WATCHING FOR LIFTOFF WINDS AS THE BIGGEST CONCERN. AND ALSO THE BOOSTER RECOVERY, WHETHER THAT IS AT A MODERATE. BUT OVERALL CONDITIONS ARE ABOUT 95% FAVORABLE FOR LIFTOFF. THEN WINDS CALM DOWN TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE 40S AND 50S TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WE HAVE A SOUTHERLY WIND, AND THAT’S WHY WE’RE WARMING UP INTO THE 80S. IF YOU ARE WEST OF OUR I-95 LOCATIONS, IF YOU’RE GOING TO THE BEACHES TOMORROW, WE ARE BACK IN THE 70S. NOW WE ONLY HAVE 75 DAYS UNTIL THE OFFICIAL START OF HURRICANE SEASON, AND THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER HAS TAGGED AN AREA OF INTEREST IN THE ATLANTIC. THIS IS GOING TO BE SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA. IT’S A NON-TROPICAL LOW PRODUCING GALE FORCE WINDS, SO WINDS OF ABOUT 39MPH TO ABOUT 54MPH. TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED, BUT WE JUST WANT TO SHOW THIS, TO REMIND YOU THAT WE CAN GET ANYTHING DEVELOPING BEFORE AND AFTER HURRICANE SEASON. IT MAY NOT IMPACT US, BUT THINGS COULD STILL CERTAINLY DEVELOP. SO NEVER LET YOUR GUARD DOWN. CENTRAL FLORIDA CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST SHOWS A LOT OF SUNSHINE AND ISOLATED SHOWER ON THURSDAY, AS SPRING OFFICIALLY BEGINS AT 501. THEN FRIDAY WE’RE COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S AND 70S. IT IS 621. LET’S GET TO FIRST WARNING TRAFFIC EXPERT MEAGHAN MACKEY KELLIANNE HEADING OUT THE DOOR RIGHT NOW. NO ISSUES FOR YOUR MORNING DRIVE. OUR CHOPPER UP IN CRUISING LIV HERE OVER I-4 NEAR THOSE THEME PARKS. STATE ROAD 429 AREA DELAYS HERE ON THE EASTBOUND SIDE. NOW THAT WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO 7:00 THIS MORNING, BUT AT LEAST ALONG THE I-4 CORRIDOR, THERE’S NO CONSTRUCTION THAT’S REALLY IMPACTING YOUR MORNING DRIVE. AND WE ARE CRASH FREE STILL THIS MORNING. IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT THE DOOR CLOSER TO LAKE MARY BOULEVARD IN SEMINOLE COUNTY, THIS IS A LIVE LOOK HERE. NO SLOWDOWNS WESTBOUND FOR MY FRIENDS. HEADING OUT THE DOOR THERE, TRAVELING INTO LONGWOOD A NICE SMOOTH START TO YOUR TUESDAY MORNING, AND OUR TRAVEL TIMES ARE IN THE GREEN. THIS IS A SOME DELAYS THOUGH, ALONG THE TURNPIKE SOUTHBOUND BECAUSE OF SOME CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN I-75 A
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Missing 16-year-old paddleboarders found 'cold' but safe on Florida's gulf coast
Levy County officials said two 16-year-old girls who didn't return from a paddleboarding trip on Monday were located Tuesday and are "cold" but safe. They had last been seen around 4 p.m. paddling toward Cedar Key from Atsena Otie Key, the Levy County Sheriff's Office said. "Update: The girls have been located. Cold but otherwise healthy!" LCSO posted on Facebook. Video above: Top headlines for March 18 in Central FloridaThe girls were sharing a black-and-white paddleboard. It's unclear what happened and why the teens were delayed in returning. >> This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is released.

Levy County officials said two 16-year-old girls who didn't return from a paddleboarding trip on Monday were located Tuesday and are "cold" but safe.

They had last been seen around 4 p.m. paddling toward Cedar Key from Atsena Otie Key, the Levy County Sheriff's Office said.

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"Update: The girls have been located. Cold but otherwise healthy!" LCSO posted on Facebook.

Video above: Top headlines for March 18 in Central Florida

The girls were sharing a black-and-white paddleboard.

It's unclear what happened and why the teens were delayed in returning.

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Levy County Sheriff's Office

>> This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is released.