From cbs 2 and fox 28 news, this is special coverage of flood 2016. Good morning. It is 6 00. Were taking a look at live downtown cedar rapids right now, as we continue to watch the river. Im kelly with justin roberts. Hell be gefing us a live look at the conditions down there. This is the day we wait. This is the day we wait to watch to see what Mother Nature throws at us, and before we get downtown, lets see what shes throwing at us. Of course, we want to let you know real quick that all public sandbagging sites, we asked this question a little bit ago. All public sandbagging sites are officially closed. Now, a site is open if additional sandbags are needed. They are working the city at the public works building just off city, whereas the public sites are closed at this hour. 6 02 this morning. Brandon marshall, meteorologist Brandon Marshall standing by over in the Weather Center to kind of talk about the dry and cool weather we are looking at for the next few days. A strong cold fr
Earlier today, but take a look at what was going on right up until that moment. Boy, the guys from the college and the women from the college showed up in force to fill thousands of sandbags as people came to load up and protect their houses all around the community. Some of the volunteers lost homes to flooding eight years ago. This woman showed up with her truck to check around town. I happened to have a truck, so i thought id help out to haul bags wherever they tell me to go. Reporter youve been going place to place. Absolutely. To see whoever needs the most help is where were going. I felt helpless in 2008. I could barely help myself. Now im able to help others. Reporter the marketplace shut down, bagged up. Business owners reminding us that the water levels may be but they say it could be so much longer than that before they get everything back online and can get the doors open. Theyll be happy to be back in with the doors open by halloween. Covering the corridor, cbs news. Cbs 2
Tonight ino clouds to hang on. Sunday, clouds should disperse somewhat, allowing a return to the upper 60s low 70s across the area. Next week, a warming trend is likely through wednesday with a seasonable cooldown right behind a midweek cold front. Enjoy your weekend toda y becoming mostly cloudy. Wind ne 1015. High 67 tonight cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 57 tomorrow mostly cloudy. Wind n 510. High 66 tom. Night partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 53 rapids will allow people who live or work in the flood zone to go back into the area. And its asking people who dont need to be there to stay away so large equipment can get in for cleanup. The flood zone will be open to everyone else starting at seven saturday morning. For the many oncall first responders, Police Officers, and firefighters, the return to normal is longawaited. But until their routine is normalized, there is one place providing is providing hot meals and a place to relax for those working. Crescent lodge mason john english says he
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
Keep the sunshine in the forecast as we head through this afternoon. We are seeing a disturbance that could move through later tonight. That could bring isolated showers to the north and east. As we get into tomorrow, we will keep the clouds and it will be a little cooler. For today, sunny and pleasant. It will be blustery with temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. We will check the wapsi river level and anamosa coming up in a few minutes. I will let you know what to expect the rest of the week extended flood 2016 coverage we do have an update to breaking news from this morning. A 13yearold girl is now dead after an Early Morning shooting. Stephanie johnson joins us live from the scene of where it happened. Reporter that shooting took place outside of this home in this area of rain here. She was pronounced dead at the university of iowa hospital. Police responded to a shooting southeast. At 7 50 2 am. Officers arrested three male suspects, two were caught on bever avenue and the third