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Yesterday. But its a much, much different story to our north. Roger riley shows how folks are still struggling to move around today. Sot it was tough. It was 100 wind, snow blowing. So bad you couldt see where you were going. This is what wendell shellenbarger encountered on his way from des moines to fort dodge. Shellenbarger is a volunteer for lifeserve blood center. And was taking blood for a patient in the hospital they told me if i got in trouble i could turn around and come bad until you get north of story city. People we talked to noticed going south past the randall exit mdash; roads g...

Store in the cedar valley will be closing. Simpson furniture with lolotions in cedar falls and coralville will be closing its doors. Area residents have received fliers indicating the company will be closing both locations. The Stores Location was closed today in preration for whaha simpson called i is biggest sale ever. Kwwl reached out for a comment but have not heard back at this time. The Company Opened in 1946. A local man is pleading for help to free his brother from a prison in congo and he believes politicians can come to his rescue. Koboko koboko is the district superintendent for the...

Temperatures well above the freezing point. Weve seen more melting today. 58 in philadelphia. We have already been in the low 60s. 60 degrees for northeast philly. 61 now in mt. Holly. In fact, we matched a record High Temperature in philadelphia. Look at these temperatures and look at the radar, you look at areas that still have snow, and we are definitely seeing melting in potential for more flooding through the evening. Heres how much snow is left across the area, north and west of philadelphia. Our biggest concern, this is where we still have snow cover. This is our biggest flooding concer...

Burkes, Lehigh Valley, thats until 7 30 tonight. For more on the impact of all of this, lets go over to meteorologist sheena parveen. The temperatures are adding to this, too. Heavy rain, snow melting and those temperatures are really helping out with all of this, too. We are in the 50s through the entire area. Earlier today, not too long ago, just in the past hour, we were in the 60s in some spots but we have dropped down to 55 in philadelphia. 57 northeast philly. 54 allentown. We matched a record high in philadelphia, low 60s. These numbers with the rain helping to see that snow melting. An...

Israel. Three of the victims were israeli americans. Benjamin netanyahu said israel will respond harshly. Im having trouble with the left engine. A small plane crashed into the roof of a house on chicagos southwest side. We just learned the pilot died. People are out on the roads this morning here which is not a good idea. Some spots in upstate new york could get three feet of snow. The governor of missouri has declared a state of emergency. Thats in preparation for the grand jurys decision on the shooting death of Michael Brown. Clearly, thats the underlying message that were all getting, tha...