Area river levels remain very high, but most will be back in their banks this weekend. We should be dry today although the pesky system to our east will return a bit for tomorrow. Today, though, we will be mainly sunny and breezy with north winds at 10 20 mph. Highs forecast. Ill have that for you in a few minutes. From flooding some are wondering if theyll be getting help from the federal government. Storm track sevens Amanda Gilbert joins us live in clarksville. Good morning amanda. Clarksville was one of the worst hit towns by flooding. 150 homes were damaged by water. Some people still cannot return fema will be in town today to look at things. Its important to remember that if you do live in town. They are not here to provide assitance yet. But if you do need help. Churches in the area have everything from gift cards to groceries. Lunch and dinner are being served daily at the Lutheran Church been helping out here in town. A group of High Schoolers from Hampton Dumont are expected to be here tomorrow to help. Weve got you covered live. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl news. Many kids from aplintong parkersburg were there volunteering yesterday. Students from other communities like tripoli have also helped. Town of olin. A woman forced to canoe to her home because its surrounded by water. A number of city streets covered, water creeping right up to the edges of many homes and buildings. The flooding also taking its toll on farmers one seeing water on nearly 400 acres of land. You never know what Mother Natures going to throw at you. Boat. The wapsi river is supposed to drop below flood stage on saturday in anamosa it should drop shortly thereafter in olin. So much of eastern iowa now is recovering from flooding. Governor branstad visiting vinton, palo and cedar rapids this is video of people in vinton working to protect their homes earlier this with the preparations. Still, about 30 homes have some damage. One womans basement filling up with water. This is one of 21 counties now ive declared a disaster area has been done that we will be requesting a president ial disaster designation as well. You can see the hesco barriers are Still Standing strong the governor says he believes they in cedar falls some neighborhoods and playgrounds are still dealing with water. The Salvation Army going door to door to provide cleanup kits. For one neighbor they couldnt have came at a better time. After dealing with her completely i cant believe, just so many people has came and help me. Her neighbors just down the road still dealing with deep flood waters. Cattle congress in waterloo for people cleaning up. City workers say its been pretty slow with only a few people dropping off debris but said its important to keep the area green and clean. Yeah, i think its nice its a good idea for them to have a spot to come and dump off stuff that in the city. The dump site at the National CattleCongress Opens every morning at 10 and closes at six. It will be open through october ninth. Nd in cedar rapids flood barriers are coming down with the cedar river is coming down. The Linn County Sheriffs Office tweeted this video. The sheriff says the basement has some water in it. The office will reopen to the public monday. Midamerican will be restoring gas this comes as the city is allowing some to return to their homes. This video from our kwwl drone flying over the newbo and Czech Village neighborhoods, which had to evacuate,. Midamerican says it will take several days to restore service. Decision 2016 donald trump is in New Hampshire today he campaigned in Council Bluffs yesterday before heading to wisconsin. Hillary clinton will be in iowa today. Shes trying to rally women and Younger Voters to her side. Donald trump courted minority voters in wisconsin yesterday he says Hillary Clinton doesnt have the African American communitys best interest at heart. Theyre too smart and they know theyre being trump went on to charge clinton would only open the white house for special interests, if elected. Hillary clinton only fights for special interests big fat beautiful checks we are going to fix it clinton focused her energy on swinging women and Younger Voters she campaigned with senator Bernie Sanders at the university of New Hampshire and if you already have student b hampshire, we will help you refinance it. First Lady Michelle obama also hit the campaign trail in battleground state pennsylvania saying clinton is the real deal. Hillary clinton has been a lawyer, a law professor, first lady of arkansas, first lady of the united states, u. S. Senator, secretary of state, i mean, dang surrogates for Hillary Clinton washington. Clintons event in des moines is scheduled for 12 30 this School Shooting at an elementary school. This time, in south carolina. Two students and a etacher got hurt. One of the kids is still in Critical Condition in the hospital. Police say the teenager responsible never made it into the School Building a volunteer firefighter stopped him at the playground. Officers have not released a motive for the shooting but say the teen shot and killed his father at their home before he went to the school. Appear by video for his arraignment in an ohio court today. Grate pleaded not guilty last week to two murder charges and a kidnapping charge. The bodies of two women were found in a home in ohio earlier this month. Since his arrest, grate has been linked to the deaths of three other women in nearby counties. Protests continue after police shoot and kill an unarmed man in southern california. Police say the man was not pointing something at them. 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A fastmoving wildfire is forcing people out of their homes. Despite little to no one the california fire multiplying the smoke can be seen for miles. Firefighters are now making progress and hope Mother Nature will stay on their side. The man believed to have started californias deadly bully fire in 2014 has been arrested in indiana. He now faces a number of charges including involuntary manslaughter. Investigators believe he was delivering soil to an illegal marijuana farm when he sparked the fire. He was arrested shortly time now is xxx. Few people live to be 96 years old. Most who do are taking it easy. But for one man age is no reason to stop working. Steven romo introduces us to the oldest reserve deputy in texas. Relaxing doesnt come easy to tom morgan. He just Harris County and has been for at 71, he busied himself by going through the training academy. My doctor threw a fit when i told him i got a taser because hes needed, working big events in town, and patrolling the ship channel. Its not just honorary, its real work. He keeps up with the training requirements. At 96, i dont really try to get unlikely in service of his country all his life a tremendous explosion. We knew what it was kamikazes were hitting ships all over. Serving world war 2. We lost a lot of people too. A lot of them friends killed. I dont know why i wasnt. He hasnt taken his long life as license to slow down his wife passed away a few years ago, today we met his girlfriend ann bates, whos introduced him to polka dancing. Want. Hes still wearing the uniform after all these years. Sheriff ron hickman says morgan inspires the department. Something he never intended to do. But hell continue. Because he cant imagine being put out to pasture. Its something i like to do, and ill probably do it until they bury me. Its coming up on today washing machines exploding. Theyre made by a company which has been dealing with other problems recently details ahead. Plus. Hes learning about politics and diplomacy in between nap time and tricycle breaks. Mostly clear across the state right now, but the system to our east will actually track far enough westward to youre watching kwwl, weve got you covered with jerry gallagher, ally crutcher now your storm track 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team most of our rivers are dropping right now and should be back in their banks this weekend. But the mississippi is continuing to rise a little, although most areas will stay in minor flooding. We will be mainly dry, night and saturday. Stormtrack7 Live Weather Network cameras today will be dry and mainly sunny. Temps this morning are in the low 50s in our viewing area with 40s to the west. North winds up to 1020 mph at times. The system to our east will track back to the west a bit and may bring a few showers to our area by friday night and linger into saturday. We stay today and tomorrow. Todays highs will be in the mid 60s to low 70s with upper 40s to mid 50s tonight with some areas the mid to upper 60s and northeast winds. A few showers track through friday night and tuesday and wednesday. In iowa. The halloween decoration some feel is against the law in areas. Plus. At an age where many women are grandmothers shes giving birth. Stay with kwwl, weve got you covered. I think my strongest asset, maybe by far, is my temperament. Id like to punch him in the face, ill tell you. I would bomb the [bleep] out of em. I could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody m to go [bleep] themselves. Get him out of here get him out of here get the hell out of here priorities usa action is responsible stories developing overnight. The white house says president obama will sign a bill that will keep the government running through december ninth. H was the final big thing on congresss to do list before the november election. Todays the first day of early voting for the november elections here in iowa. Democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton will be in des moines today. Donald trump was in Council Bluffs yesterday. And the city of cedar rapids says temporary floodwalls did their job protecting thousands of homes and businesses. A live look at the this morning. A consumer alert for you this morning a new fire threat to homes, this time caused by washing machines, u. S. Regulators are now warning about toploading samsung washers. Some washers made in the last five years have reportedly exploded. The Consumer ProductSafety Commission suggested people only use the delicate cycle when wa a fix. 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Storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is back with another check of your storm track seven forecast. Breezy and sunny today with highs in the mid 60s to low 70s. A few showers tuesday and wednesday. Highs in the 60s friday and saturday climb into the low to mid 70s woman huh. Woman blum voted to cut Social Security. Weve got to raise the retirement age. Woman blum would raise the retirement age to 70. Then theres monica vernon. A hardworking mom. Started a Small Business while raising three daughters. Shell fight for equal pay for equal work. Monica vernon gets it. Vernon im monica vernon, and i approve this message. Got you covered. This is today in iowa. Now on today in iowa if you need help you need to let someone know. Thats the message from one eastern iowa county this morning another mess volunteers did not see coming. Some people who are not flood victims gaming the system. And some iowa cases are unsolved because theres too much work and not enough people to investigate. Solution. Good morning, im jerry gallagher. Ally is off storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. Area river levels remain very high, but most will be back in their banks this weekend. Weul east will return a bit for tomorrow. Today, though, we will will be in the mid 60s to low 70s. We do have some rain in the forecast. Ill have that for you in a few minutes. This weekend. We should be dry today continues its been anything but a normal week in clarksville. So much work to do to clean up. Today a step that could eventually lead to federal help for that community. Storm track sevens Amanda Gilbert live in Clarksville Amanda youre still seeing some flooding there. Today fem b i want to stress they have not yet said whether or not they will help with cleanup. Today. They are simply here to look at the damage. Looking around. Its clear clarksville needs help. Take a look at this video. You can see the debris just piling up. Around 150 homes are dealing with water damage. Some people cant maintenance site near the water tower is still open daily if you need to use it. Also. The city just l started pumping water in basements out into the river. Weve got you covered live in clarksville. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl news. Clarksville is asking people to please only of on day right now so the sewer system does not back up. Fema is also warning people all over eastern iowa to be careful when they go back to check on their home. Fema wants people to keep an eye on possible health hazards. Carbon monoxide poisoning is a concern. So is the threat of being electrocuted from stepping in water where Live Electric wires have fallen. Plus theyre telling people to make sure they keep cuts and a better look at the damage. Theyve been visiting neighborhoods in plainfield, waverly, and janesville. They havent been able to get in touch with every person affected by flooding. Theyre asking you to call the waverly shell rock united way so they can get information from you which they need to pass along to iowa homeland security. All of that will if you need financial help they can get the ball best weve seen that all over eastern iowa this week. Unfortunately, it can also bring out the worst in others. Days after the river left the north Cedar Community underwater in cedar falls the Living Water Church was filled with supplies. People bringing in donations and flood victims collecting what they need. However some of the people taking supplies havent been flood victims. One family even using fake tears to sell their lie. And that is one of the hardest someone no advantage it and taken 100 things when their home didnt get flooded. But again as weve shared there are many more stories of others who are really in need and people stepping up to help. Waterloo police are investigating a crime at Riverfront Stadium during the flooding. Someonol cameras and a radar gun between friday and tuesday morning. No arrests have been made. Here are more pictures of flooding from the past week. These pictures are from the city of waterloo. The city for the most part was spared. But there is some flooding damage in the city and in other parts of black hawk county. As the river level drops in cedar rapids the evacuation area is shrinking. 25hundred people can now go back to their homes and businesses in asked to leave a few days ago. The city u