Another senseless act of violence. Again involving our youth. Very sad. That weve lost another youth to this type of violence. Investigators say theres no danger to the public at this time and they also add that the investigation is ongoing. Police did not release any names of those whore involved. In at about 22 feet. That is down from 23 feet. That was the long time projection for the previous days. We have Live Team Coverage but throughout the surrounding area. Our forest saunders is also live in cedar rapids following this bridge. Yeah. Thats right. Were close to the 3rd avenue bridge. This is that huge hesco barriers wall weve been mentioning. This was a Massive Community effort to get this thing up. Its held up nicely. Were look at 21. 2 twating to get to the 22. Definitely a lot of water. A couple of the things that the Police Department wants me to stress. Dont stand on the barriers. Dont take any pictures up there. Its definitely not a safe thing to do. If youre wanting to hel
This is something we will check all morning long, traffic along interstate 380 is expected traffic. Welcome back again back for more full coverage of flood 2016. Im Justin Roberts with Kelly Dambrosio dambrosio and im Kelly Dambrosio. There are a number of closures because of the flood that weve been scolling on the bottom of the screen. Screen. And we want to remind parents that . All . Cedar rapids schools will be closed today . And tomorrow as well. Well. Classes will not resume until at least thursday. Should that change, leaders tell us they will begin notifying parents no later than wednesday afterno. Afternoon. As for all the other closings out there right now, we have a complete list on our website, cbs2iowa dot com. During the citys News Conference on monday, city leaders were asked about mail delivery in affected areas. We contacted the Postal Service delivering to all areas they can reach, including in the evacuation zone. If you dont get your mail, you can pick it up at the
Fall on the river and thats good to see. And the weather today has been falllike in eastern iowa with a lot of clowns in a few hits of rain band burst winds and Cool Temperatures. Tomorrow we get rid of clouds but another cool day with temperatures in the 60s across eastern iowa and no chances for major rain anytime soon. Well have more in a few minutes. About 2500 cedar rapids residents being let back into their homes. Certain areas are safe to return to and thats where we find dora miller who was able to see the relief on peoples faces this afternoon as a return to familiar neighborhoods. Reporter looking at this road in time check you might think it doesnt look good but right here where i am at looks can be deceiving. We are standing on dry land and thats why the more than 2000 to work. We talked to people returning home today that were unsure through their doors again. Craig sharp homeowner 4 12 07 it didnt even, it only got to the end of the street, a little bit of water came up,
Still turned upside down for days. 02 11 normally i would have gas right now and be cooking meals in my own house instead of having to go out get meals. Debaker says this flood event brought the Community Closer Together than hes ever seen. 15 00 a group of people asked me if i needed help empty my basement, i had 16 people at my house all the sudden helping to empty my basement, unbelivebale, ive never seen anything like that. Bulicek says he feels the same way. 48 57 great community, everyone got together and its dont play. And now, its back to business. Nats of going into bar and greeting people. Hows it going . Good man. And again, were seeing more in cedar rapids, mark carlson, kcrgtv9. Lets turn to weather now and meteorologis t joe winters. Joe, the weather seems to be cooperating for the Flood Recovery efforts. Skies eventually clear tonight with lows returning to the 4 is back again tomorrow with somewhat lighter winds and highs back near 70. Well hover close to 70 into the we
Nine. The long road back to normal took a big step forward today. Today. Right now, thousands in cedar rapids are returning home after an evacuation in the face of a major flood. Flood. But after days of hard work and planning, most parts of the city stayed dry. It is a relief to the thousands told to leave for fear that the water could breach temporary flood defenses. We have Team Coverage again for you tonight city goes from here. Well also show you how this we have Team Coverage for you from the recovery to wear this city goes from here. We will also show you how the split is having an impact on capitol hill and the race for president. First, dora miller spent the day talking to returning resident and she joins us live from northwest cedar rapids where some homeowners are reuniting with their homes. Dora . Reporter that is right, scott. Residents were able to move back home so that means these road closed signs will be a thing of the past soon. We saw today a lot of people returning