With more sunshine saturday pushing highs into the upper 40s. We are tracking the next storm forecast to bring rain sunday afternoon into monday morning. The wind will increase with this storms as temperatures stormtrack 7 weather team clouds will linger through the increases from the northwest at 1015 mph. Not much sunshine is in the forecast until maybe rain snow showers thursday night. No widespread travel problems are friday and saturday are dry with more sunshine saturday house fire in the three thousand block of briarwood drive in cedar falls. You can see the flames here. Theres significant damage to the upper level of the home but there are no injuries. The cause of the fire not yet knownbut stay with kwwl and kwwl investigating several cases of atm fraud. Cedar falls police releasing a photo of a man they say placed a device called a skimmer on an area bank stealing hundreds using peoples bank account information. Kwwls Jessica Hartman looking into how these skimmers work and w
Kwwls Jessica Hartman joins us the roads were a little dicy during the hustle and bustle of Christmas Eve. Many people braved the torm to f fnish their lasasminute shopping, visit family, or even a heavy wet snow making for slick Road Conditions in the area. Causing nearly 50 wrecks in black hawk county. Likekehis roll over accident on dysart road a deep ditch. Taking at least one person to the hospital. For some the snow was the answer to their white christmms wishes it was a little bithslippery, butwe know a lot of kids are happyyor it. Hartman Road Conditions have improved since Mother Nature brought us a winter wonderland. But last minute travelers like the ones here at the kwik star aa hoping thoss christmas morning. For Brenda Corwin its the Early Morning roads that could be icyy am. Our daughthtr and son in law, my husband is taking both of them to the cedar rapids airport tomorrow morning for them to fly to his parents in ohio so, good roads hopefully. Those snow packed roads c
Tonight. Ill have that forecast for you in a few minutes. Our top story right now. A rare Christmas Present this year. A bright full moon ii on display. This is so rare it our top story right now. A rare Christmas Present this year. A bright full moon is on display. This is so rare it hasnt happened since 1977. Storm track sevens Amanda Gilbert joins us live in waterloo. Amanda can you see it . Well i cant see anything right now because of the clouds. But i did spot the moon earlier this morning. Very pretty. Ann if you want to try to see this christmas moon. Id say step outside riggt now because its supposed to now. Nasa says this is so rare. It isnt expected to happen again until 2034. 19 years later. And its been 38 years since the last christmas full moon. This will be the final full moon of this year. This rare sight is known as the and while your looking up at the christmas moon. Know that its not just santa up there. But a nasa spacecraft is also orbiting earths moon right now.
Improvement throughout the morning. The snow was worse on the western side of our state. Especially along interstate35. The iowa state patrol says a 15 to 20 car pileup was reported on i35 north of amam. Crews closed down this section of i35 for about an hour. Luckily no reports of injuries stemming from that accident. And while the roads are better today still uu caution if yououre traveling today. Eastern iowa Police Arrest a man, after an odd series of crimes on Christmas Eve. This is tommy duffer of shellsburg. Hes facing charges tied to a spree yesterday that began inside a garage in swisher. A homeowner found him sleeping in the back seat of a truck under a blanket with a bag of chips from the home. According to police duffer then fled after the homeowner threatened to call police but also took a loaded handgun he found in the console of the truck. Duffer allegedly then ran to a nearby home, stole more items including a truck, and then that truck to cedar rapids. Thats where poli
Still be some slick spots, so be careful. Temps are above average but below freezing, so be aware of slippery sidewalks and parking lots. Winds are light from the west and will turn more to the southeast today. We have a pretty nice Christmas Day in store for us, but another system will track through late tonight. Ill have that forecast for you in a few minutes. Our top story this morning. At least 14 people are dead across light from the west and will turn more to the southeast today. We have a pretty nice Christmas Day in store for us, that forecast for you in a few minutes. Our top story this morning. At least 14 people are dead three states, following this weeks storms. Andrew spencer tells us many others are counting themselves lucky for having avoided the same fate. Have been what saved tony goodwins life, storm survivor when i saw it, i was like, oh, crap. Were in trouble. the tornado knocked his house off its foundation, but he and six other people survived by sisterinlaw, and