Path. And blinded by the gh american eclipse captivating the country. Millions watching coast to coast sharing in the splendor but now many asking what did we do to our eyes . Blinded by the light wrapped up like a deuce and good morning, america. Another great song but so many people watching that eclipse that seeing spots was one of the top google searches afterwards. My family were concerned. Did i do something to my eyes but George Stephanopoulos doesnt have to worry because what were you doing during the eclipse . I took a little nap. I was awake for most of it but one person was not taking a nap, the president. I wonder if hes seeing spots. Ke right at. He was yelling dont look. The president did look. We hope hes okay this morning. Of course, hours later he did give his primetime speech on afghanistan outlining his strategy for americas longest war. He says its a dramatic shift from the past and certainly for him. For years he argued for pulling out saying the war couldnt be won
What will happen now is we will enter this kind of blackout period where we wont get a lot of information out of the most impacted areas across southwestern part of haiti. When we get pictures back, i think they will be just astonishing. This is 145 Miles Per Hour storm that has made landfall often the Southern Coast of haiti with incredible amounts of rain and the winds, category 4 winds which by the way continue it made landfall over the end of the peninsula here, small strip. North. Continue to head to the one thegest hricanes ever to hit haiti. This is a big deal. It may make a second landfall later on this afternoon and evening across eastern cuba. There is the storm heading to and west not just the bahamas but now as well for us as we are in the cone. I will go closer here. We are now in the game here as far as this storm potentially affecting us with Hurricane Force winds, not in tampa but along the east coast. That is the biggest change in the last 4 hours. If this moves 20 mil
Despite the fact weve had all the clouds out there today and there is the back edge of the clouds now showing up from mason city to cedar rapids from there to the west plenty of sunshine and a lot warmer temperatures. Heres what im expecting as we get to tomorrow morning, 46 degrees at 6 00 a. M. Sunshine around during the sxaven looks like temperatures could be as warm as 76 degrees. Nearly 20 degrees above whats typical this time of year. New father hood and life long cubs fan dom or colliding for one cedar rapids man. We are live in cedar rapids with a story that is all about the timing. Reporter all about the timing; right. When the doctor tell us you and your wife that the baby could come any day now, usually puts the ka born to travel plans that includes even in the cubs are in the world series. For that fan not only will he now were counting the minutes and hours but hes also going to get the chance to see history. Its been a way of waiting at the saint lukes birthing center in
Been chilly and snow on the ground. Today temperatures were around 40 degrees. So close to where we should be this time of year. It was a nice quiet date with no rain or snow. Tonight there is a weak disturbance moving across eastern iowa and as you can see there is a band of rain and snow mixed that is trying to work its way to the central part of our viewing area. Were not expecting this to last but there could be a brief period of snow as it comes by. Right now fire investigators are trying to figure out what caused a massive fire in central city this morning. It happened at recycling business on iehl street. Fox 28 news anchor matt hammilljoins us live from central city. Matt . A thanksgiving no one will forget as explosions rocked the town early this morning. As you can see behind us still some hot spots smouldering ad lib but also a feeling this could have been so much worse. Nats fire witnesses saw flames soar into the air and responding fire teams could see the smoke ten miles
Issues this morning. The first is an air quality alert and this is good across most of the region as you can see. Air quality alert means that those of in you sensitive groups Senior Citizens and young kids and those of you who suffer from heart and lung ailments, you definitely want to make sure that you are indoors or at least not exerting yourself during the times of the afternoon heating between noon and six, thats the worst. We also have an excessive heat warning. It technically doesnt kick in until 11 oclock this morning but it goes until 6 oclock friday. Thats a real indication of how long this excessive heat is going to be around. The National Weather Service Starting this later this morning in the Central Counties especially urban center where is each of the next several days we could see heat index values as high as 100 degrees or close to it. Satellite shows you theres no rain out there right now and mixing with some clouds there could be a little popup shower later this aft