Welcome to cbs two this morning. Im kevin barry. Barry. And im jenee ryan lets get a check of our cbs 2 much of cedar rapids dodged a bullet when temporary flood defenses prevented the cedar river from spilling into many areas. Areas. But still many folks are still facing financial facing financial damage. Damage. Money that they have set going towards a car payment or towards their house or towards daycare at something thats definitely a lot tighter now. Now. Days of preparing for disaster can add up quickly between paying for moving trucks and trailers for appliances hotels and even lost pay from days of not working. It will now take people already living on a tight budget time to catch back up. I think when we get into a everything is back to normal and its not quite there yet. You know it takes a month or two still to get really back to where we should be. Be. People needing assistance are recommended to call 211 for help finding the organization that can help meet those needs. You
Collapse. Mark c gonzales Marcy Gonzales is in new smyrna beach. Reporter we are still feeling the effects here. Fortunately, where we are standing the flooding has started to proceed but you can see the wind is still intense. It has been strung throughout the evening. Strong enough to bring down trees and big branches. Again, it is not letting up just yet. Brushing and battering floridas east coast. Wind gusts surpassing 100 Miles Per Hour bringing down trees and power lines. Leaving hundreds of thousands of people in the dark. But the major concern, flooding. Starting in Central Florida already the forecasters saying the worst is yet to come. A possible storm surge as high as 11 feet in some places. Everybody that this is still a really dangerous hurricane. Reporter already, at least one hurricane related death reported in port st. Lucie and the death toll climbing in haiti. Nearly 300 killed and entire communities leveled. Hurricane matthew now moving toward jacksonville. There is p
Also some social me opposed threatening the high school martinas. If it stepped up patrols and they dont believe there any threats that high school either. The clown threats are now the superintendent of east Side Union High School District sent out a letter telling parents about the social media threat that going viral. And striking fear in some parents and students. Kron fours Terisa Estacio was out at one high school that was mentioned in an online threat. Reporter estacio clown threat in the south bay super sends out letter after Instagram Post discovered. Intro more clown threats popping up in the bay area the first to tell you about in the south bay the superintendent sent out a letter informing parents about the social media viral threat striking fear in some parents and students. Kron fours Terisa Estacio was out at one high school that was mentioned in the online threat. Tes kron four news received this online post from a concerned parent which specifically mentioned Silver Cr
More rain and as you take a look behind me, we are seeing a few whitecaps on the st. Johns river. Again, many people have to evacuate. The largest evacuation since hurricane stand in 2012, super storm sandy and 2012 but many decided they wanted to stay behind. The massive storm is moving up the florida east coast, bringing with it heavy rain. More than 100 Miles Per Hour wind. It is here. It is absolutely here. Reporter Officials Say that the effects of matthew will be unlike any hurricane in decades and that some places it may become, quote, uninhabitable for weeks or months. They are starting to see the impact and it is a monster. Again, our number one priority is protecting every life in this state park reporter power lines are down across the state, hundreds of thousands without power, but despite repeated calls to evacuate, and predictions of a devastating storm surge 11 feet of storm surge so in your house, if you are close, you could have the storm surge and waves over the rooft
Police allows them to track social media posts, tonight the aclu wants to know how its used. [ cheering and applause ] its been over a month since detective dan brite was shot, tonight something to celebrate. Were here to educate children and were talking about what we would do if somebody came in and tried to kill them . Enough is enough for these colorado educators, they no theres something terrible that happens at school. 9news starts now. Tonight florida is bracing for impact as the winds from Hurricane Matthew grow stronger. The massive category 4 hurricane is hugging the coast lien and has not made land coastline and has not made landfall at this point. Devastating effect on three states, especially for those who refuse to get out. Reporter vicente arenas has the story. The governor of florida said its here and its a monster. We can already see downed power lines, arcing wires, Evacuations Ordered in many parts of florida, georgia and South Carolina. At dia tonight all flights to