Iowa unveiled new state flood maps today, eight flooding that hit cedar rapids and other parts of eastern iowa in 2008. Those floods devastated areas that people didnt people who experienced flooding then know if theyre still in the path of danger. The sixyear effort to create and update maps. Started in 2010. The Program Costs 15 Million Dollars. And the Us Department of housing and urban development funded most of it. Kcrg tv nines Dave Franzman joins us from along the cedar river in cedar rapids. Dave, just how extensive is the flood mapping that is finally wrapped up . Beth, the mapping doesnt just cover major the Iowa Flood Center studied every single stream that drains more than one square mile of territory and mapped out the flooding potential. The Iowa Flood Center may consider the mapping officially complete now. But the city of cedar rapids used the data this fall to fight off the second highest crest ever on the cedar rapids. The information compiled by the flood center pred
Here in parkersburg. They say this afternoons storms brought back flashbacks of the historic 2008 tornado that killed seven people and injured dozens more people. Thankfully, they say that wasnt the case today. The city says at this time theres no reported injuries. Officials say most of the storm damage was limited to northeast part of town, where the tornado lifted a few buildings of their foundations. In one case, the foundation. The city says this home along orchid drive was hit the hardest in the storm. I spoke to the homeowners and they tell me shingles are missing but overall the damage is pretty minimal. Again, there are no injuries in this storm and minor damage. Cleanup is expected to continue tomorrow morning. Live in parkersburg, jordee kalk, lets check in now with meteorologist joe winters. Joe, november tornadoes are rare, but, as we learned today, they do happen. After a mild monday the mercury falls the next several days, bringing more weather reminiscent of december. T
Accumulation s are likely, a brief reduction in visibility could occur in the more robust snow showers. This also looks to be another typical cloudy week too with little chance to see the sun beyond today. Our next chance of precipitation beyond tomorrow comes up later this weekend. Have a good day today mostly sunny. Wind sw 515. High 50 tonight mostly cloudy. Wind w 510. Low 31 tomorrow chance of light snow. Little to no accumulation. Wind w 1525. High 38 tom. Night scattered flurries. Wind w 1015. Low 32 thanks kaj. Raising money all day on kcrgtv9 to help feed seniors. That means every penny raised today goes to the Heritage Area Agency on aging and its senior Meals Program. Last year, with your help, we provides meals delivered to seniors stuck in their home. It also offers meals at several dining sites across the sevencounty region heritage serves. Last year, that totaled more than 320thousand meals for seniors in need. Statewide, about 72,000 seniors dont know when or where they
Stealing money and stamps from the post office where she worked. Susan knapp, who is from readlyn, was convicted of seconddegree theft. Knapp took more than 2 thousand dollars worth of cash and stamps from the dunkerton post office in 2015. A crash involving an atv has killed a woman from kalona. 22yearold Elizabeth Lenton died in the crash at 100 shiloh drive early yesterday morning. She was a passenger on the atv with driver alex merritt. Investigato lost control, causing the atv to roll over. Lenton died on the way to the hospital. Merritt went to university of iowa hospitals and clinics. And an overnight fire destroyed a home in evansdale. Firefighters went to 246 5th street around 1 30 this morning. They found the house engulfed in flames. They believe the fire started in the drier. Everyone got out safely. If you see something happening and you think we should know give us a call. You can also send pictures and video to newsroom at kcrg dot com. Hermine is now threatening the eas
Catholics come out of cuba and a lot of great people come out cuba frankly. I know many of them, but i was having a little fun with ted. Cruz has emerged as trumps number one contender in iowa. And while the attacks werent nearly as over the top as weve seen in the past its still would have a place for him in his administration. Deborah democratic president ial candidate Bernie Sanders is in iowa this weekend. He kicked off his twoday visit with a stop in anamosa. There, he participated in a forum on Racial Justice and prison reform. Sanders is also holding a town hall meeting in dubuque. This swing through the state is a chance for sanders to rally voters in a state where hes fallen behind contender Hillary Clinton in the polls. Deborah for some parents. Buying gifts for their children during the holidays isnt possible. But a local group. Is helping change that for several siouxland families. City christmas help 2015. Created an early christmas miracle for families in need today. With