Affiliate in canton, illinois, this is the scene were looking at. Its a natural gas explosion you can see bricks all along the roadway. Fire crews and First Responders already on the scene. There is a reporter and it is confirmed 1 person as has died. They also say that many people have been brought to the hospital already and this is you tonight as well from inside a local shop thats nearby. Only by 6 seconds long but you see there as the blast happens, it blows out the front window here and opens up the doors to were tracking the explosion all night long to get you updated and see whaktly what happened. So far what we know 1 person dead and many injured and this just happened in the last 2 hours or so. Youve no doubt seen them on the side of the road as youve been driving around. The dangerers of dodging deer can cost you more than just a few dents. We are live in cedar rapids to explain. Iowa ranks fourth in terms of car deer collision and the sometimes the drivers in the vehicles d
Temperatures feel closer to the Single Digits for some. Be sure to bundle up and keep warm always remember your pets. If you are cold so are they; make sure they are kept warm too. It wont be as windy today. Finally the winds have subsided out of the southeast at about 5 to 10 mph. With High Pressure sitting just overhead well keep mainly clear skies. The sunshine and the slightest southerly wind will push a few degrees warmer today. Tonight temperatures wont be as cool, but still in the 20s. Wind seasonably cool. Wind se 510 high 39 alo 39 dbq 37 iow 40 36 to 42 tonight mostly clear. Wind ese 510 low 23 alo 21 dbq 23 iow 23 20 to 26 met with one of his biggest critics, mitt romney. Some suggest he may be considered for secretary of state. Both men talked for almost hour and a half. But neither gave details of their meeting. Romney said the talks are farreaching. Later trump commented about other meetings and the cabinet selection process. Really efficiently, very good, tremendous tale
Temperatures feel closer to the Single Digits for some. Be sure to bundle up and keep warm always remember your pets. If you are cold so are they; make sure they are kept warm too. It wont be as windy today. Finally the winds have subsided out of the southeast at about 5 to 10 mph. With High Pressure sitting just overhead well keep mainly clear skies. The sunshine and the slightest southerly wind will push a few degrees warmer today. Tonight temperatures wont be as cool, but still in the 20s. Wind seasonably cool. Wind se 510 high 39 alo 39 dbq 37 iow 40 36 to 42 tonight mostly clear. Wind ese 510 low 23 alo 21 dbq 23 iow 23 20 to 26 met with one of his biggest critics, mitt romney. Some suggest he may be considered for secretary of state. Both men talked for almost hour and a half. But neither gave details of their meeting. Romney said the talks are farreaching. Later trump commented about other meetings and the cabinet selection process. Really efficiently, very good, tremendous tale
Face any charges. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders was at the fundraiser inside the African American museum of iowa in cedar rapids. Forrest, family and friends are still waiting for answers regarding the shooting . And a great deal remain. Police have declined to release much more than what we just told you. Including dash cam video from that night saying, Early Release could compromise the investigation. A lot of Unanswered Questions but also a lot of nat cheers erupted as Jerime Mitchell showed his face from a hospital bed via skype on wednesday night. He thanked the crowd of perhaps more than 300 for coming. So large, it pushed the capacity limits for the event space. Its amazing. I think the turn out speaks a lot to my brothers character. If you look around that room, its all walks of life. Hopes of getting lower extremities moving again. Family said the medical bills are pilling up. Money raised at the benefit aimed to help pay them down. Organizers were collecting donations and holding
With cloudy skies once again today. Temperatures will start off in the low 30s, but warm into the middle to upper 30s again today. Winds will also be strong again today, blowing out of the west at 10 to 20 mph. The clouds will stick with us throughout the evening hours, but the winds will start to die down out of the west at 5 to 10 mph. Low temperatures will drop into the upper 20s. Conditions wont change much for the rest of the week and into the weekend. The dreary skies will remain and high temperatures will stay in the middle to upper 30s. It wont be until sunday where the chance for snow arrives back into the forecast. Today cloudy and cool. Wind w 1020. High 38 alo 38 dbq 38 iow 39 35 to 41 tonight cloudy. Wind w 510. Low 30 alo 29 dbq 30 iow 30 27 to 33 thanks britley is helping to calm a series of wildfires in eastern tennessee today. Thats allowing authorities to get a better picture of the damage and consider opening communities that were evacuated the mayor of gatlinburg sa