Winter, with above average snowfall keeping those roads slick. As kccis Cynthia Fodor shows us, thats keeping body shops so busy, theyre almost working nonstop. Cynthia this entire garage is full of wrecked cars are lined up, waiting to be worked on. With so many accidents this winter, the auto body business is booming. Seems like coming in every 3648 hours periods. A lot of front end, rear end hits. All hands on deck. That is our goto word. Cynthia at scottys auto body, its one of the busiest times ever. Four snowfalls in two weeks means a steady stream of bended fenders, broken bumpers, and dented doors. Kurtis mayfield blames the timing of the blizzards. Kurtis it is literally happening around 1 00 or 2 00 in the afternoon, and people are trapped, having to get out in cynthia and weve had smaller amounts of snow more often. So far, this month . 7. 9 inches, only 12 days in, which is the average february snowfall for the entire month. This winter, were already nearly 3 inches above a
Digits. Clouds will slowly thin. We will break free to some sunshine later in the day with a degrees. Stacey lets take a live look at Road Conditions from across that state from the iowa dot. This is from 511ia. Org. The areas you see in blue are partially snow covered roads. Pinknkre completely covered. Recommended. Interstate 35 from ames to clear lake is closed because of the Winter Weather and the number of accidents along that stretch of road. Semitrucks jackknifed in the southbound lanes and numerous vehicles lined the ditches kccis Laura Terrell has checked out the driving conditions north of des moines. Laura we were just up north, where there were major blizzard conditions at this time, at this time. Problems were off 35 toward highway 20 heading toward fort dodge. Our news truck actually got stuck at mile marker 151. State troopers told us that probably 40 or 50 cars were backed up and stuck for probably close to two hours. If you are thinking about going in that area, you ca
A few bands of snow from mingo, colfax, over toward the mitchellville area. Along with that, some pretty cold air moving in. Temperatures tomorrow around nine at six ago a. M. Noon, just 14. Clouds slowly and. Forecast high tomorrow of 16. Steve taking a look at statewide Road Conditions. Still closed in both directions from ames to clear lake. Travel not advised on the areas in purple and areas in pink are covered in snow. Like blue means roads are partially covered. We have crews covering conditions on the road all day long. Laura the wind is pretty brutal. The Road Conditions are so bit Road Conditions arent so bad, but the further north you go, the worse it gets. Whiteout conditions left cars backed up for miles on highway 20 on the way to fort dodge slowing down because of the ice and wind and the blowing wind conditions and were stopped. Struck a vehicle and the semi then got stuck. Laura the jacknifed semi caused 40 to 50 drivers to be stuck at a standstill for up to 2 hours. Dr
Draft order to summarize the pro and cons discussed on each side over the last four days. They plan to use this in further talks because theres still a lot left to go over. The board focused on if the Dakota Access pipeline would promote public convenience and necessity. That meant looking at economic and environmental impacts. I agree they all have inherent risks, and i think when you look at what is planned for construction, those risks have been taken into account. Rose but throughout the 3hour meeting, Board Members showed they still have some questions left. Such as on certain issues like energy reliance. Those are the two views which comes first . Rose the pipeline would carry up to 570,000 barrels a day from the Bakken Oil Fields in north dakota to illinois. Members of iowa citizens for Community Improvement have protested the pipeline. They say theyre frustrated with the process. I think the past 4 days have indicated that this process is broken and isnt working for , iowans so
Right now in des moines we have a brisk wind at 12 Miles Per Hour. That is producing wind chills below zero at we have a few more snow flurries early this morning. The skies will be clearing out and staying cold with highs close to 16 degrees. Eric the latest check of 511ia. Org shows i35 from ames to clear lake, is still closed this morning. Thats the red line and red circles there. High winds and blowing snow made conditions dangerous there monday. Roads in other parts of the state are ok though. Blue means partially covered in snow and ice and pink means completely covered. White out conditions made driving nearly impossible north of ames monday. A jackknifed semi caused a standstill on highway 20 on the way to fort dodge. 40 to 50 drivers were stuck there for nearly two hours. Fortunately no one was seriously snow eventually forced the dot to close down i35 from ames to clear lake. If you dont need to go out. Stay home. If you go out you are going to risk your life. You are going t