Its thursday, august 25th. Heres what you need to know today. A live look at an evacuated rv park in clermont. The turkey river is expected to crest there in just a few hours. You live close to a river and thats the worst flooding theyve seen in years as they start to clean up today. Rescue crews in italy are digging through rubble hoping to find more survivors. At least 247 people have died from a 6point2 earthquake. Eight years after flooding. And planning, the Northwest Recreation Center in cedar rapids is opening. This is the last project to use fema money from the 2008 flood. Students in waterloo have their first day of after voters rejected a multiMillion Dollar bond vote. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. Has your first alert forecast, kaj. Overall, we have a pretty quiet day in front of us as High Pressure builds in from the northwest. This High Pressure system will control our weather today and much of tomorrow as well. Later on friday night, there is potential for a few showers and thunderstorms, becoming widespread after midnight and into saturday. Hopefully most of this can wait until after overall risk of anything severe is very low at this time. Much of the rain should get out of here by sunday morning leading to a dry second half of the weekend. A tropical system should develop over or near florida next week, which may lead to our weather pattern stalling out for at least 3 or 4 days. Stay tuned today partly sunny. Wind nw 510. High 78 tonight partly cloudy. Patchy fog possible. Wind light nw low 56 tomorrow partly sunny and pleasant. An isolated shower is possible in the evening. Wind ne 510. Hi thunderstorms developing. Wind e 510. Low 64 the turkey river is still rising in clermont and elgin this morning with a forecasted crest about four hours away. We talked with lisa roberts, the fayette emergency manager overnight and she says the river in clermont will crest 6 feet over the flood stage. Kcrgtv9s brea love is live in clermont this morning. Brea, what are you seeing will crest at 22 feet around 1030 this morning. At 1130 last night, the river was at 17 and a half feet. Major flood stage is 20 feet. In elgin, the river was 4 feet over the flood stage. Roberts says more than 150 volunteer firefighters from 7 all over the region helped sand bag. They stacked sandbags until 1130 in clermont. When we asked her about how many sandbags firefighters used, she said thousands. The city of clermont has already evacuated an rv park in anticipation of the turkey rivers continued rise. Kcrgtv9 news. The other communities in are cleaning up today. Anywhere from 4 to more than 8 inches of rain overwhelmed rivers and creeks yesterday. The flash flooding damaged homes and farmland. There were flooded homes, buildings and streets in decorah. Parks and trails were also under water. The city is asking people not to go near the Upper Iowa River and to people forced out of their homes due to the flooding have several options. They can stay at country inn and suites in west decorah for a reduced rate of 75 dollars a night. And a shelter at the Decorah Public Library will open at 8 this morning. Decorah and south winneshiek schools are closed today. Its the last fema funded replacement project for the city of cedar rapids. Today, the new Northwest Recreation Center opens. It replaces the time check for the northwest area this afternoon will also mark the 3rd day of a new Afterschool Program the new rec center is hosting. Beyond the bell is a program held every monday through friday at the rec center. The idea is to have kids who go to nearby Harrison Elementary just walk over after school. However, any student age k thru 8 can participate in the program. While at the rec center, kids are given snacks. They also have free time to play games or work on homework. Organizers say this is a safe place for kids, that 53 05, peace of mind. They get to hang out with friends and kids they know its supervised so parents dont have as much worry with wondering where their kids are or what theyre doing the rec Center Dedication is at 3 pm. Families are welcome to take a tour of the facility then, and ask any questions about the facilitys programs. Parents had to be very patient when they drove their kids to the first day of school in north garner elementary on front street when it was a little better yesterday afternoon. Although still slow going. The delays probably resulted from two factors. Elementary classes starting an hour earlier this year and the iowa City District ending discretionary busing. Its no longer offering free busing to students who live within a couple miles of nine schools. As a result, more parents drove their kids to school. One mother says it took her 25 minutes to go two same time last year to get to work and stuff, which is why i didnt expect that this morning and thats why we were late. Iowa city superintenden t steve murley says the district is monitoring the situation. He says many parents tend to drive their kids to school on the first day instead of carpooling, and that might have contributed to the problem. The first day of school is today for students in waterloo. Most Elementary Students begin at 7 45. Voters in waterloo overwhelmingly rejected a 47 Million Dollar bond issue months ago that would have started construction a new Career Technical Education Center at central middle school. Instead of a new building, the district has spent the summer renovating space to add courses for Health Assistant or Graphic Communication s Career Training within the middle school. In a few central italian towns, its clean up and hope to find survivors today. Yesterday pulling a little girl from the rubble 17 hours after the 6point2 magnitude quake hit. Day in front of us as High Pressure builds in from the control our weather today and much of tomorrow as well. Later on friday night, there is potential for a few showers and thunderstorms, becoming widespread after midnight and into saturday. Hopefully most of this can wait until after football is over. Several lines of storms are possible on saturday, but the overall risk of anything severe is very low at this time. Much of the rain should get out of here by sunday morning leading to a dry second half of the should develop over or near florida next week, which may lead to our weather pattern stalling out for at least 3 or 4 days. Stay tuned today partly sunny. Wind nw 510. High 78 tonight partly cloudy. Patchy fog possible. Wind light nw low 56 tomorrow partly sunny and pleasant. An isolated tom. Night scattered thunderstorms developing. Wind e 510. 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Pulled from the rubble. 17 hours after the quake hit. Shell shocked and covered in dust. But alive. This man. Speaking to an 80 year old woman pinnted under a collapsed building nats. He tells h eventually saved. And brought to a hospital to recover. Abcs terry moran is in amatrice one of the hardest hit areas. Sot terry just a few minutes ago, one of the dogs seemed to alert in that rubble, theyre now putting a sound amplifier in there. Hoping against hope. This drone video over the town. Showing the devastation. Churches. Homes. And shops. Leveled by the tremor. The before and after the destruction. New video this morning. Showing the moment the powerful earthquake hit. This Traffic Camera at a toll booth. Shaking violently. The 6point2 magnitude quake unleashing more than 200 aftershocks already. Felt all the way to rome, 100 miles away. Jennifer eccleston, abc news london in france today, the highest administrative ban of burkinis. Burkinis are what many are calling the full body and haircovering swimsuit some muslim women wear. Some cities in france have enacted a law that doesnt allow women to wear these swimsuits on public beaches. They say its a symbol of islamic extremism and violators face a fine. The French Human Rights League business man has offered to pay any womans fine. When i saw that a few french mayors were prohibiting and without any public debate peaceful women wearing the piece of clothing of their choice, i understood that muslims are going to have a difficult few years. France was the first european country to outlaw anyone wearing burqas and niqabs in public. Belgium and the netherlands also have bans, and geran considering it. Its here is a live look at. Stay with kcrgtv9. Meteorologist kaj omara joins overall, we have a pretty quiet day in front of us as High Pressure builds in from the northwest. This High Pressure system will control our weather today and much of tomorrow as well. Later on friday night, there is potential for a few showers and thunderstorms, becoming widespread after midnight and into saturday. Hopefully most of this can wait several lines of storms are possible on saturday, but the overall risk of anything severe is very low at this time. Much of the rain should get out of here by sunday morning leading to a dry second half of the weekend. A tropical system should develop over or near florida next week, which may lead to our weather pattern stalling out for at least 3 or 4 days. Stay tuned today partly sunny. Wind nw 510. High 78 tonight partly cloudy. Patchy fog possible. Wind light nw low 56 tomorrow partly sunny and pleasant. An isolated shower is possible in the evening. Wind ne 510. High 76 tom. Night scattered thunderstorms developing. Wind e 510. Low 64 thanks, kaj. Football is back and that means heads to Kingston Stadium to take on cedar rapids kennedy. Coverage starts at 7 on it wasnt what Dakota Access pipeline protesters were hoping for. A federal judge is telling the Standing Rock sioux tribe he needs more time before deciding on their lawsuit against the company. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrgtv9. Its. Its august 25th. Heres what you need to know today. A live look at the swollen turkey river in clermont this morning. The water is covering an evacuated rv park this morning. Tv9s brea love is there as the river continues to ri you live close to a river and thats the price you pay some in northeast iowa say its the worst flooding theyve seen in years as they start to clean up today. Rescue crews in italy are digging through rubble hoping to find more survivors. At least 247 people have died from a 6point2 earthquake. Eight years after flooding. And planning, the Northwest Recreation Center in cedar rapids is opening. This is the last project to use fema money from the 2008 flood. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, first, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Overall, we have a pretty quiet day in front of us as northwest. This High Pressure system will control our weather today and much of tomorrow as well. Later on friday night, there is potential for a few showers and thunderstorms, becoming widespread after midnight and into saturday. Hopefully most of this can wait until after football is over. Several lines of storms are possible on saturday, but the overall risk of anything severe is very low at this time. Much of the rain should get out of here by sunday morning leading to a dry second half of the weekend. A tropical system for at least 3 or 4 days. Stay tuned today partly sunny. Wind nw 510. High 78 tonight partly cloudy. Patchy fog possible. Wind light nw low 56 tomorrow partly sunny and pleasant. An isolated shower is possible in the evening. Wind ne 510. High 76 tom. Night scattered thunderstorms developing. Wind e 510. Low 64 the turkey river is still rising in clermont and elgin this morning. We talked with lisa roberts, the fayette emergency manager overnight and she says the river in clermont will crest today feet over the flood stage. Kcrgtv9s brea love is live in clermont this morning. Brea, what are you seeing there . Roberts says the turkey river at 1130 last night, the river was at 17 and a half feet. Major flood stage is 20 feet. In elgin, the river was 4 feet over the flood stage. Roberts says more than 150 volunteer firefighters from 7 all over the region helped sand bag. They stacked sandbags until 1130 in clermont. When we asked her about how many sandbags firefighters used, she said thousands. The city of clermont has already evacuated an rv park in anticipation of the turkey rivers continued rise. Live in cermont, brea love, kcrgtv9 news. The mayor of spillville in winneshiek cou this flood is worse than 2008. Turkey river in spillville set a record high yesterday, beating the previous High Water Mark by a foot. The famous inwood ballroom in spillville looked like it was sitting in the middle of a lake. Crews just installed a new floor last year. The community raised money for new flooring after the 2008 flood. There just wasnt enough time to put sandbags around the building. Between four and six inches of rain fell over winneshiek and allamakee counties yesterday. Into the main level of at least eight homes along the river. Flood victims say its all too familiar since the 2008 flood damaged the town. And this time there was nothing they could do to stop it. It rose so fast that we couldnt mobilize fast enough, and as you can see, it would have been a fruitless effort. Cleanup will start again today in spillville. Authorities have recovered the body of a man who was swept away in the flooding. In the floodwaters. Chickasaw county investigators say the death happened when floodwaters from the Little Turkey river swept away a car early yesterday morning on county road v56. They found the drivers body yesterday, less than half a mile away from his car, north of lawler. The Sheriffs Office has not yet released the mans name. One deputy says its important for people to turn around when theres flooding. We strongly recommend if local Sheriffs Office let them know where the flooding has occurred and ask our Sheriffs Office to see if there is a safe way to get to the destination. A waterloo man is free this morning after a jury found him not guilty of first degree murder. Jurors acquitted 25 year old Perquondis Holmes for the death of. Daequan campbell three years ago. Year ago, a jury found holmes guilty, but a judge threw out that verdict. Thats because jurors in the first trial saw evidence they werent supposed to see. Prosecutors claimed holmes fired a gun at a car in a waterloo parking lot in november 2013, killing campbell. Polk county investigators say two people found dead on tuesday were likely dead in the home north of des moines for a few days. Deputies found 26 yearold raymond silbaugh. And 42yearold alicia arpy dead in the home between des moines and ankeny. They say there were no obvious signs of did not have electricity. Instead, it had a generator, which can emit the deadly gas carbon monoxide. But right now, theres still no official cause of death. That leveled three towns in central italy. Searchers continue to go through piles of rock and sand that were once buildings in italy. Crews have been using bulldozers and even their hands to go through debris. 247 people are now confirmed dead. The iowa utilities board has stopped construction on the Bakken Oil Pipeline on 15 iowa properties. Thats at least until monday. A Texas Company has started building the pipeline that will stretch from north dakota to illinois, going through 18 counties here in landowners have sued. Theyre challenging the utilities boards authority to allow a privately owned company to use Eminent Domain so they can build the pipeline on the landowners property. The delay will give the board time to review the legal issues of the lawsuit. Iowa isnt the only state dealing with opposition to the pipeline. A native american tribe is trying to stop construction in north dakota. A federal judge says hell decide next month on the tribes request. Hundreds of protesters from across the country surrounded a federal courthouse judge did not immediately rule on a request from the Standing Rock sioux tribe to stop the oil pipeline under construction near their land. Standing rock sioux tribe members say the Dakota Access pipelines route under the Missouri River could threaten its Water Supplies if the pipeline leaks or breaks. One member says the u. S. Army corps of engineers never consulted his tribe before the construction began. We were never afforded that opportunity to protect our lands. They were just taken from us. A final decision on pipeline on or before september 9th. Luther Football Players took a timeout from camp to help friends and fans. They teamed up to help people in decorah as the Upper Iowa River spilled out of its banks. Up next. This mornings right after the break. Its. First Alert Storm Team overall, we have a pretty quiet day in front of us as High Pressure builds in from the control our weather today and much of tomorrow as well. Later on friday night, there is potential for a few showers and thunderstorms, becoming widespread after midnight and into saturday. Hopefully most of this can wait until after football is over. Several lines of storms are possible on saturday, but the anything severe is very low at this time. Much of the rain should get out of here by sunday morning leading to a dry second half of the weekend. A tropical system should develop over or near florida next week, which may lead to our weather pattern stalling out for at least 3 or 4 days. Stay tuned today tonight partly cloudy. Patchy fog possible. Wind light nw low 56 tomorrow partly sunny and pleasant. An isolated shower is possible in the evening. Wind ne 510. High 76 tom. Night scattered thunderstorms developing. Wind e 510. Low 64 flood evacuees in freemont are theyre getting their first stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrg tvnine. Its. He says you best be looking up the river. Its coming up fast. The river. Its coming up fast. They said in 2008, they thought that one was pretty bad, but this one has been worse. Some of the worst flooding the northeastern part of our viewing area. This is a map of what places have been hit the hardest so far and what were looking at today. Today, the turkey river here is expected to crest in clermont and elgin. Farther up the river, in cities like spillville and fort atkinson, the turkey has already crested. The other problem area was the Upper Iowa River. Places like bluffton, decorah, and freeport are already dealing with flooded streets. And over here is lawler wher found a mans body after he was swept away from flood waters. Overnight, 150 volunteer firefighters stacked sandbags in elgin and clermont. Officials say they used thousands of bags to protect against the rising water. Kcrgtv9s brea love is live in clermont. Brea, what is the latest from there . Along the Upper Iowa River. Home amid the high water. One challenge for people has been crossing roads with water on them. Firefighters evacuated freeport early yesterday morning and allowed people to go back to their houses around 4 pm. Many basements took on flooding and some caved in from all of the water. A lot of mud a lot of debris, you could see just how high the water was probably a foot the Upper Iowa River peaked around midday yesterday and is forecast to pull back into its banks fully by tomorrow. Next door in decorah, there is significant property damage. The sheriff says several home foundations have crumbled under the heavy water. About 85 Football Players from luther college, decided to pitch in and help those affected by the flood. The decorah area myself, it definitely was just kind of second nature, to be able to put football camp on hold for a day and to go out and really take care the people who cheer you on on saturdays and the people who matter most to were safe, making sure all their possessions were safe before you know, kinda going back and playing the game that we care so much about, it was just kinda easy to do. Flood warnings remain for much of northeastern iowa and are expected to last until late today. For people who arent able to go home, there are several options. The country inn and suites in west decorah is offering library will open at eight this morning. The turkey river is still rising forecasted crest still hours away. Clermont is expected to climb six feet over the flood stage today. One rv park there has been evacuated in preparation for the rising waters. The new Northwest Recreation Center opens of cedar rapids. Accompanying the reopening, is a new after school program. Beyond the bell is providing supervised activities for kids at the center. The first day of school is today for students in waterloo. The district has spent the summer renovating space to add courses for Health Assistant or Graphic Communication s Career Training within central middle school. Now, one last look at this mornings weather, kaj. Overall, we h High Pressure builds in from the northwest. This High Pressure system will control our weather today and much of tomorrow as well. Later on friday night, there is potential for a few showers and thunderstorms, becoming widespread after midnight and into saturday. Hopefully most of this can wait until after football is over. Several lines of storms are possible on saturday, but the overall risk of anything severe is very low at this time. Much of e rain should get out of here by sunday rning leading to a dr lothe weekend. A tropical stem should develop over near florida next wee ichy leat r als3 or 4 days. Stayned toda partly cloudy. Patchy fog possible. Wind ght nw lo 56 to isolated shower is possible in the understorms developing. Wind e 510. Low 4 we certainly hope your is f to a good start. Good morning america is next. And well be back with a local news update in about 20 minutes. Also make sure to join good morning, america. Breaking overnight, state of emergency. At least 35 twisters tear through the heartland. Oh, my gosh. Starbucks just got blown over. 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