Thank you dave. Scientists with the u. S. Geological survey were in cedar rapids taking water level measurements. Theyre trying to make sure that the flood gauges are accurate. Theyve been following the flooding over the past several days. How long have the crews been out following this. We started on thursday because we knew what had happened in green. And we knew that in 2008 there was an event around 11 inches of rain. 12 inches something is going to happen. So we started sending people out the flood and to make sure they were okay. Some of our crews from the fort dodge were going out and measuring on the winnebago river. Well look at the projections of the Weather Service is getting. We start to think we have and so we can look at what elevation they have projected and our instrumentation may have a problem at that point and lets prepare for 5 or 10 feet higher than they are expecting. We specifically focused on sites where we havent measured that height before. What are some of th
Proclamation for the flash flooding damage in five northeast iowa counties. They are allamakee, clayton, fayette, howard and now use state money to help with Emergency Response and recovery efforts. Lets go over to clermont in fayette county, where were hearing about voluntary evacuations. Kcrgtv nines Samantha Myers joins us live there. Sam, what are you seeing . Have started working to open a shelter in the last hour at the Valley Community school news happening, call newsline nine. The number for that is 3193659999. From base camp to campus. Thousand of veterans whove risked their lives overseas are now back in the us, and going back to school. Hear why one univrs the transition from soldier to student isnt necessarily an easy one. Stay come to an end, bringing much needed dry air to the state. A cold front continues to slide to the east and with it a comfortable end to the work week. Be on the lookout for some patchy fog to start our friday. Saturday, however, best chance will be l
Right now where they could see a near record crest tomorrow. And the city is trying to protect as much of the downtown area as it can. The city shut off access to the downtown at five oclock this evening. And businesses there will be closed all day tomorrow. People who need to evacuate their homes in cedar falls can stay in the west gym on the university of Northern Iowa campus. People who need bottled water, cleaning supplies, and food can go to the Living Water Church in cedar falls. Kcrg tv nines samantha effort in cedar falls. Groups of volunteers are stationed all around cedar falls, theyre building walls out of sandbags and helping out in any way they can. The city sent out a call for help at five on friday for people to help with the sand bagging effort as the flood waters began to rise faster than anticipated. Volunteer lynn hoth spent her an island for three days and we couldnt get in or out you know so just have to be ready, weve had notice so thats good and people help each
Around 70 degrees that is look like a sure bet and into monday but out side of tonight a small chance of an isolated shower. Thank yew the sun is coming up you and the sun is coming up. You can see recognize beside those barriers the sun. We will keep you uptodate and still on the air with the press conference at 10 00 a. M. This morning on fox 28. We are back after this whatcha doin . Just checking my free credit score at credit karma. What the . . . Youre welcome. I just helped you dodge a bullet. But i was just checking my. Shhh. Dont you know that checking your credit score credit karma doesnt affect it at all. Are you sure . Positive. So i guess i can just check my credit score then . Oooh check out credit karma today. Credit karma. Give yourself some credit. We will keep checking back with Brandon Marshall as we are keeping you updated on the latest with the the floods on 2016. There is a lot of stuff happening with traffic this morning and we want to go to our the different road
River. You can see how high the liver levels have gotten. You will remember this bridge back in 2008 collapsed. It was rebuilt after the floods, and there it stapds now. It serves kind of as a Reference Point as to how quickly the cedar river is rising. We will check in with Connor Morgan, Stephanie Johnson, ke vun barry. We will be setting up our cbs 2 fox 28 drone within the hour, as well, to bring you live aerial shots awe cross eastern iowa. With that, good morni. Tracking the raising waters minute by minute. Minute. Im Kelly Dambrosio. The cedar river has been on the rise all weekend long and today into tomorrow is when flodo waters will really start cbs 2 an been monitoring the river and thats where he is now live in cedar rapids kevin what do you see right now. Its coming up next well check 711 7 11 on this monday morning. This is definitely a clearer shot than when we checked in a moment ago. A beautiful sunrise there. You can see the waters moving quickly under the bridge. Cbs