The impact of those high waters. Most of them survived with little to no damage, but not everyone was so lucky. 17 32 they were all kind of jammed together yesterday, and the neighbors on the hill heard a big boom about 5 30 this morning, they came running down and this is what they saw. Gloria rolfson had a hard time looking at her sunken houseboat thursday morning. 14 22 i was down here all the time. I happened. 15 14 all our grandkids, our 10 grandkids come down, and spend time, we have cookouts we have bonfires, and we have great times, and its gone, its all gone. As the flood waters continue to drop, members of the Ellis Harbor Association say the goal now is to keep the rest of the homes afloat. 21 33 were trying to pull together to save as many great. Association members say changes after the 2008 flood helped keep all the boats in the harbor. 21 04 we beefed up our brackets, or cables, and we have an inspection every year. While most houseboat owners will likely be back after t
Plenty of of the lowest clouds, but otherwise, a dry day continues to be on track. Plan on the wind to really enforce the chill during the day and even with highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s, itll likely feel like the 50s the entire day. Tomorrow through sunday, the weather continues to be very consistent with upper 60s to lower 70s likely. Next week, well have a brief warm up well into the 70s by tuesday with a seasonable cold front generating some showers or storms going towards midweek. Today mostly cloudy and cool. A few sprinkles are possible, mainly northeast. Wind nw 1020. High 62 tonight partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 48 tomorrow mostly sunny. Not as windy. Wind n 515. High 70 tom. Night partly cloudy. Across cedar rapids, most people are see the crest of 22 feet and think the city will be okay. But the threat of flooding still exists in cedar rapids with many low lying at a ave ne and 5th street this morning. Forrest, when does the city say things can get back to normal . Du
Hear his surprising response. Beyonce shines with the nights biggest awards. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Donald trump says hell make what is a major speech on immigration this week in arizona. Trump was expected to make a speech dealing with immigration earlier this month, but that was delayed following remarks that seem to indicate he was softening his hardline position. Hena daniels is here in new york with more. Good morning. Trumps announcement comes as he continues to reach out to minority voters. The task proving more difficult after the republican nominee sent out a series of highly controversial tweets over the weekend after the murder of an africanamerican mother of four in chicago. Reporter donald trump took to social media to detail plans for immigration in arizona wednesday before big crowds. The Development Comes amid speculation the republican candidate is softening some of hi
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 thanks kaj. Rapids will allow people who live or work in the flood zone to get 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. That klarge equipment will be in the area for a few weeks as as part of the Flood Recovery. As a safety measure, police will step up their patrols. And businesses, many will be anxious to get rid of their sandbags. But the city wants to do it properly. Starting at seven this morning, there will be drop off sites for businesses and non profits. The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance is running the sites. Workers there are asking people let them know ahead of
The city reopened the third, eighth and 16th avenue bridges this evening. But its warning people to be cautious of any remaining debris that could be on the road. And the city hopes to have all of the bridges and all of the on and off ramps to interstate 380 reopened by tomorrow morning. Tomorrow is a big day for Flood Recovery in cedar rapids. People who live and work in the evacuation zone removed sandbags and barriers today in hopes of making things run smoothly when the general public is cedar rapids will also be back to normal tomorrow morning. City buses havent taken passengers for a week. Also, by seven tomorrow morning, two sandbagging sites will be open. One is at ellis park by the Tennis Courts and the other is in the noelridge pool parking lot. Thousands of people in the flood evacuation zones of cedar rapids finally headed home for good today. The citys evacuation area declared before the flood last weekend expired at noon today. The zone could return home. The vast majorit