Try to save those. And they were not alone. There was a massive effort to save the areas. Here is a look at the flood defenses constructed over the weekend and how they are holding up so far. We have been showing you the air view all day long. Well show you some of the incredible images captured by the fox 28 drone from high communities, including palo, imosa. First, well get the latest on where the flood river stands right now. Lets turn to chief meteorologist terry swails. Lets get to some numbers here and show you where we are. And the cedar river at vin ton that means that crest has passed there. It is between cedar rapids and vinton and so that is probably close to palo. We are looking at seens like this. We did have residential areas flooded by the water. This home pretty much an island. Its definitely a problem in parts of palo as the river continues to rise there, but it should be very close to cresting in that, it moves down stream towards cedar rapids. We still think that cre
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
This is something we will check all morning long, traffic along interstate 380 is expected traffic. Welcome back again back for more full coverage of flood 2016. Im Justin Roberts with Kelly Dambrosio dambrosio and im Kelly Dambrosio. There are a number of closures because of the flood that weve been scolling on the bottom of the screen. Screen. And we want to remind parents that . All . Cedar rapids schools will be closed today . And tomorrow as well. Well. Classes will not resume until at least thursday. Should that change, leaders tell us they will begin notifying parents no later than wednesday afterno. Afternoon. As for all the other closings out there right now, we have a complete list on our website, cbs2iowa dot com. During the citys News Conference on monday, city leaders were asked about mail delivery in affected areas. We contacted the Postal Service delivering to all areas they can reach, including in the evacuation zone. If you dont get your mail, you can pick it up at the
Here is looking now at the first avenue exit northbound and theres nothing going on which is nice change of pace, good evening. Tonight most of the bridges are open again after the flood waters reseed. Town. Just days ago every bridge in cedar rapids except for interstate 380 and highway 30 was shutdown causing major delays. Great news tonight as first avenue Second Avenue third avenue eighth avenune and 12 bridges are all open. At last check the 16th open again. At last check, this 16th avenue bridge is still closed. Public transit also ready for riders again, after buses were pulled off the streets last week. Cedar rapids city transit will be running normal routes on monday. Students in Cedar Rapids School district head back to school monday. According to a post on the districts web site, buses will try to run as close to normal morning. Students didnt have classes all week this week because of the flood threat. If you still have sandbags and live in cedar rapids and you werent able