Try to save those. And they were not alone. There was a massive effort to save the areas. Here is a look at the flood defenses constructed over the weekend and how they are holding up so far. We have been showing you the air view all day long. Well show you some of the incredible images captured by the fox 28 drone from high communities, including palo, imosa. First, well get the latest on where the flood river stands right now. Lets turn to chief meteorologist terry swails. Lets get to some numbers here and show you where we are. And the cedar river at vin ton that means that crest has passed there. It is between cedar rapids and vinton and so that is probably close to palo. We are looking at seens like this. We did have residential areas flooded by the water. This home pretty much an island. Its definitely a problem in parts of palo as the river continues to rise there, but it should be very close to cresting in that, it moves down stream towards cedar rapids. We still think that cre
Day. While mostly sunny sky dominates the area, northeast iowa should see more clouds develop, mainly after 1pm. This will keep temperatures locally cooler in this part of the area while the rest of the area should go well into the 60s low 70s this afternoon. The wind may again gust as high as 30 mph at times. Tonight, as clouds sink in from the northeast, lows should stabilize in the midupper 40s in all areas. A sprinkle will also be possible around dubuque. Tomorrow, plan on mostly cloudy sky with highs struggling to hit 60 in some locations. Today mostly sunny and still a bit windy. Wind w 1525 high 68 tonight mostly cloudy with a few sprinkles. Wind nw 510 low 46 tomorrow mostly cloudy and cool. A wind nw 1525. High 62 tom. Night partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 48 thanks kaj. Days of preparation across and hesco barriers in place, the cedar river is expected to crest today at 23 feet. Kcrg tv9s brea love joins us now. Brea, how fast does the cedar river seem to be rising . At 23 fee
Has risen from here to here from just being out here tonight. Now i want to take a minute to explain to you the flood protection in use right now for the city of cedar rapids. The city is primarily relying on hesco barriers you see here. Theres 10 miles of these barriers lining the city. City leaders say theyre confident these will hold 26 feet. However water could barriers any moment. Earlier today i spoke with mayor ron corbett. He tells me the city is working for a more permanent flood protection system. But that protection could cost about 500 million dollars. The city has asked voters twice to approve funding for flood protection. Voters said no both times. Recently, mayor corbett says federal lawmakers have approved funding. But have not state and theyve provided funding mechanism unfortunately the federal government hasnt released any funds to do the construction or their piece of it so we continue to lobby our Congress People and also the president and the office of budget and
Day. While mostly sunny sky dominates the area, northeast iowa should see more clouds develop, mainly after 1pm. This will keep temperatures locally cooler in this part of the area should go well into the 60s low 70s this afternoon. The wind may again gust as high as 30 mph at times. Tonight, as clouds sink in from the northeast, lows should stabilize in the midupper 40s in all areas. A sprinkle will also be possible around dubuque. Tomorrow, plan on mostly cloudy sky with highs struggling to hit 60 in some locations. Today mostly sunny and still a bit windy. Wind w 1525 high 68 tonight mostly cloudy with a few sprinkles. Wind nw 510 low 46 tomorrow mostly cloudy and cool. A few sprinkles are possible, mainly northeast. Wind nw 1525. High 62 tom. Night partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 48 we are still inside curfew hours evacuation zone that goes until 7 a. M. As homes and buildings sit empty, the streets do have a Constant Police presence. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders is at one of those che
Day. While mostly sunny sky dominates the area, northeast iowa should see more clouds develop, mainly after 1pm. This will keep temperatures locally cooler in this part of the area while the rest of the area should go well into the 60s low 70s this afternoon. The wind may again gust as high as 30 mph at times. Tonight, as clouds sink in from the northeast, lows should stabilize in the midupper 40s in all areas. A sprinkle will also be possible around dubuque. Tomorrow, plan on mostly cloudy sky with highs struggling to hit 60 in some locations. Today mostly sunny and still a bit windy. Wind w 1525 high 68 tonight mostly cloudy with a few sprinkles. Wind nw 510 low 46 tomorrow mos possible, mainly northeast. Wind nw 1525. High 62 m. Nig in cedar rapids for anyon goes until 7 a. M. As homes and buildings sit empty, the streets do have a Constant Police presence. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders is at one of those checkpoints this morning and joins us live. Forrest, how long will Police Patrol t