It was a long night for many people across Tampa Bay with Tropical Storm Eta dropping a lot of rain including 8 inches in Pinellas county, with heavy winds that made things especially difficult around high tide. One person was electrocuted in Bradenton Beach, and one firefighter was slightly injured trying to help the man who had standing water in the home. There is still another disturbance out in the central Caribbean that could strengthen into our next named storm. Governor DeSantis issued a State of Emergency for many counties in Florida ahead of Eta’s landfall to make federal money available, Those counties are Alachua, Citrus, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hernando, Hillsborough, Levy, Manatee, Marion, Pasco, Pinellas, Sarasota and Sumter.

If you’re still without power reach out to Duke Energy, TECO and Florida Power & Light to report outages and other issues. Thousands lost power at the height of the storm. For additions emergency information please check the Dove Hurricane Guide with our weather partners from 10 Tampa Bay.

Tampa International Airport had to suspend operations overnight and plans are to have the airport reopened later today. Best estimate may be around noon but could happen earlier. Check with TPA for updates.

The state positivity rate for COVID-19 is up to 7.82% as of Wednesday. Another 5,838 positive cases were reported bringing the state total to 858,012. 17,300 Floridians have lost their live to the virus. The Florida Department of Health has changed the time cases are announced each day. They’ll now do it in the evening instead of 11 am each day. For information from the Florida Department of Health the COVID-19 Call Center is open 24/7 at 1-866-779-6121. You can also reach them by email at covid-19@flhealth.gov. Email responses will be sent during call center hours.

Things got a little out of control at the Pinellas County School Board meeting in Largo this week. One woman was arrested for refusing to wear a mask in the lobby outside the meeting room. Many of the parents at the meeting wanted the mask order lifted for kids inside classrooms, but the board did vote 4 to 1 to continue requiring the order for face coverings for students and teachers inside classrooms.

The Ray’s Kevin Cash was named AL Manager of the Year Tuesday. Cash took the Rays to the World Series, losing in seven games to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Voting was wrapped up by the Baseball Writers' Association of America before the beginning of the playoffs. Cy Young winners announced Wednesday evening are the Indians' Shane Bieber who was a unanimous choice in the American League, and the Reds' Trevor Bauer took the honors in the National League. The league’s MVP’s will be announced Thursday night.

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