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Flooding West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce & Storms Baton Rouge

Flooding continues to trap residents in Port St. • Chilly for the Friday Night Blitz • Temps tumble even lower this weekend The Storm Station is tracking a front in your full forecast. Officials say a lightning strike caused a shed fire in Lincoln early Friday morning.

Tom Dropper

@CBS12 STRANDED RESIDENTS | Flooding continues to trap residents in Port St. Lucie’s Vitalia community, where police are evacuating people as crews respond to rising water. CBS12's @mattfriedatv reports. Read more: https://t.co/ESOHZ8h48c https://t.co/kIkQss7XrD

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Hey, it's Tom. Rising water, falling temperatures, and a lightning strike are the stories this afternoon. WPEC CBS12 News in West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce reports flooding continues to trap residents in Port St. Lucie's Vitalia community, where police are evacuating people as crews respond to rising water. Those evacuations are underway as the rising water keeps residents trapped in the Vitalia community. Shifting to the forecast, WBRZ News in Baton Rouge reports a chilly Friday Night Blitz, with temperatures tumbling even lower this weekend while the station tracks a front. That front is what they are following as the weekend turns colder. WPRI 12 in Providence-New Bedford reports officials say a lightning strike caused a shed fire in Lincoln early Friday morning. Officials say that early Friday morning strike is what started the fire at the shed. This is Tom. Credits and photos are tagged below.

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