Mi down to the 70s for tomorrow and friday and should make for a great start to high school football. Plan on rain to become likely again by saturday. Today storms likely very early, then a substantial break. Scattered activity may redevelop late today. Wind sw 515 high 80 tonight chance of storms, mainly south. rtly sunny. Wind nw 510. High 77 tom. Night clear and dead following a strong earthquake in italy. A magnitude 6point2 earthquake rocked the central part of the country early this morning, collapsing homes on top of people as they slept. Well have more on the developments there in just a bit. Iowa city students will head back to school in just a few hours. Some Iowa City Schools could make it a little more stressful. Kcrgtv nines brea love went to the intersection of 1st avenue and bradford drive. Brea, what kind of construction did you see there . Well chris and nicole, the city is completely redoing 1st avenue. First avenue from bradford drive to mall drive is closed. This closure affects city high school, tate high school, and especially south east jr. High. Theres a lot going on just to the right of south east jr. High school. That isnt overcoming students ready for their first day of 7th or 8th grade. But it could slow them down. 7 51 theres no pedestrian, bike, or vehicle access coming from the south. Weve reached out to all parents, if their student is bus eligible they should ride the bus. A lot of our students if the weather is nice they will choose to ride their bikes or walk, but if theyre coming from the south there wont be any safe place to cross the railroad tracks. With first avenue closed, bradford drive traffic will go up significantly. Parents who choose to drop off need to take their students to Mercer Aquatic Center next door. That way students can use the sidewalk to get to the building. 8 33 our concern is if parents are pulling up on the street and are running across the street. With the increase traffic that just doesnt seem safe to us. 27 07 for students who are illegible to ride the bus, the district has recommended routes for them including this pedestrian bridge that allows them to go underneath the train tracks. The Iowa City School district sent out specific information to every home affected, and worked one one one with any families concerned. Cook hopes doing so will eliminate problems they might face until the work is done. 11 35 this is a glitch, its not ideal, but when it does open, it will be so much better and safer for our students. This a for the Long Term Benefit it will bring. Construction should be completed within the next two weeks. Until then the aware of the kids on bradford, especially during drop off and pick up times. And try to avoid using the side streets as well. If youd like to learn more about the recommended routes ive placed a link on kcrg dot com. As the school year begins, we are looking for nominations for the kcrg tv nine student of the month. Just go to kcrg. Com slash student of the month and click on the nominate button. Well announce 3 finalists on the first tuesday of every month during the tv9 morning morning. Investigators say a deadly fire on the Northwest Side of cedar rapids was an accident. The fire started at 611 a Avenue Northwest just before two yesterday morning. Firefighters believe it started in the kitchen when someone left a pot with grease unattended on the stove. Firefighters pulled naquave whitlock from the burning house. He later died at a hospital. He was 22. Alize watson, who was his girlfriend, also went to grieving the loss of her boyfriend. But she is grateful for her neighbor, who rescued her. He was trying to get that ladder fixed and im like, just catch me, just catch me Somebody Just catch me the Cedar Rapids Fire Department plans to nominate her neighbor for one of the states lifesaving awards next year. A jury will soon decide if a waterloo man is guilty of 1st degree murder. Yesterday, jurors heard closing arguments in the trial of perquondis holmes, who is 25 years old. Prosecutors say holmes fired gunshots at a apartment buildings parking lot in november 20 13. The shots killed daequan campbell, who was 18. This is the second time holmes is on trial for the death. A judge threw out his previous conviction because the trial included evidence that jurors werent supposed to see. Polk county investigators are trying to learn how 2 people and their dog died inside their home. Polk county deputies found them around 4 oclock yesterday afternoon. The family had asked authorities to do a welfare check. Investigators have not information about the condition of the bodies. , the fact is the city did it without knowing exactly what was gonna happen, or knew what to expect. I think reflecting on it and moving forward making some changes hopefully it will be better this year the event starts at 6 30 pm and goes until 11 this saturday. There will also be booths set up at the market for purchasing market after dark cups that people can carry alcohol with throughout the event. Hyvees most creative cake cedar rapids area are competing in lindale mall today. This is video of last years contest. Today is the semifinal of hyvees annual extreme cake challenge, and starts at 10 this morning. The designers will decorate a specialty cake of their choosing and 12 cupcakes within a 3hour time limit. They are judged on the cakes technical appearance, icing appearance and level of difficulty. Employees at a Cedar Rapids Company are raising money to help fight cancer. Workers at west side transport collected this new trailer. They call it convoy for a cure. They say the pink trailer with 12 colorful cancer ribbons will grab the attention of other drivers, raising awareness. 08 01weve seen trailers on the road, not even trailers, strictly with one ribbon, we didnt want it to be one ribbon because there is more than one type of cancer, that affects more than one life. We wanted to get as many ribbons on there, we wanted to have it pop as a color generate more awareness west side transport plans to donate part of the revenue from this trailer to a Cancer Organization in the area. The city of coralville is getting closer to a possible ban on shortterm rentals. What that means for people using popular house and apartment rental sites like air bnb and home away in the city. But right now, heres a look at todays opening farm markets. Good morning its. Scattered storms are likely early this morning. Some storms will contain heavy downpours as well. Scattered activity should be on the way out by midmorning, with isolated Re Development possible from midafternoon into early evening. Much of the additional the wake of this cold front, temperatures will fall down to the 70s for tomorrow and friday and should make for a great start to high school football. Plan on rain to become likely again by saturday. Today storms likely very early, then a substantial break. Scattered activity may redevelop late today. Wind sw 515 high 80 tonight chance of storms, mainly south. Tomorrow partly sunny. Wind nw 510. High 77 tom. Night clear and cool. Wind light nw low 54 thanks kaj. Coralville is moving forward with a plan to ban people from listing their homes with a plan to ban people from listing their homes on shortterm Housing Services like air bnb. Of an ordinance to ban people from renting out their homes for fewer than 31 days. Often owners use online sites such as air bnb to list their homes as short term rental properties. Maybe just a few days or weeks. The ordinance would not apply to owners who stay on site during a rental, like at a traditional bed and breakfast. The city is taking up the matter after receiving complaints about noise and parking violations. Votes on the second and third readings of the ordinance should take place next month. The search italy after a magnitude 6 point2 earthquake. Two of the hardesthit towns were just northeast of rome. Stay with is widespread. More than 20 people are dead. To find survivors. Italian natural disaster. Rescue crews are on the scene helping the injured and searching for survivors in the aftermath of a 6. 2 magnitude earthquake in central italy. Nats italian ovenight, dark images started coming in of the damage. The quake hit while people were asleep. 3 30am local time. The epicenter. The town of norcia. Just 100 miles north of rome which also felt the tourist eve reid and her family woke up to their beds shaking. Tourist sot audio only the first thing i did was panic, wonder what was going on. I spoke to my husband in relatively colorful language who told me it was an earthquake and not to panic. Nats initial reports. The hardest hit area is in and around amatrice where the death toll is rising. Most of the historic city has been destroyed and residents are buried under collapsed homes and buildings. The mayor simply said the town isnt here recovery teams. Abcs Megan Williams who felt the quake in rome is on the scene. Williams sot audio only its a very mountainous area. The roads arent easy so its not an easily accessibly area and it will take a while i imagine for rescuers to get there. This part of central italy has seen several significant earthquakes in the past century. In 2009, a 6. 3 magnitude quake killed nearly 300 people. Now tragedy has struck again. That area is also dealing with aftershocks. Here in washington, the state department is urging us citizens in italy, if theyre safe, check in on social media and please contact family and friends. Kenneth moton, abc news washington. The zika outbreak in florida is spreading, with five new cases in two counties. Those cases did not involve travel to other areas. One is in the tampa area, and four in the miami beach area. Health Officials Say they are people were infected. So in this case, the department of health here under dr. Cho and his team, will speak with that person, get a good history. Theyre already testing family members. Theyll be looking at coworkers as well to better understand where transmission may have occurred. The cdc says there have been more than 22 hundred cases of zika virus reported in the us as of august 17th. Now for a quick check on your weather with meteorologist kaj omara. Mornings weather, kaj. Scattered storms are likely early this morning. Some storms will contain heavy downpours as well. Scattered activity should be on the way out by midmorning, with isolated Re Development possible from midafternoon into early evening. Much of the additional rain will be farther south into missouri. In the wake of this cod fall down to the 70s for tomorrow and friday and should make for a great start to high school football. Plan on rain to become likely again by saturday. Today storms likely very early, then a substantial break. Scattered activity may redevelop late today. Wind sw 515 high 80 tonight chance of storms, mainly south. Wind nw 510. Low 63 morrow partly sun. Wind nw 5. Gh 77 tom. G lear andol. Wind in todays techbytes checking after italys earthquake. Americans traveling or living in italy can use facebook safety check to let family and relatives know theyre okay. Touch safety check in the search bar to reach that page. Tesla claims its new battery pack extends its driving range of its new model s. The version of the models cost around 130,000. 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Heavy rains and flash floods are a cause for concern in some northeastern communities this morning. We have whats ahead. High traffic is expected as more North LibertyStudents Walk to school today. The drive to some Iowa City Schools may not only be rainy, but also filled with construction. Good wednesday morning heres a live look at the city cam. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Scattered storms are likely early this morning. Some storms will contain heavy downpours as well. Scattered activity should be on the way out by midmorning, with isolated Re Development possible from midafternoon into early evening. Much of the additional rain will be farther south into missouri. In the wake of this cold front, temperatures will fall down to the 70s for tomorrow and friday and should