Sticking around it will feel like were in the teens. Thursday is going to be partly sunny with more cold and windy conditions as highs climb into the mid 30s. Friday we will finally see a pretty good chunk of sunshine, but it will still be very cold with highs in the low 30s. We start to warm up into the 40s by the end of the weekend, and we will likely stay that way throughout much of christmas week. Elias lets get into the top five this morning. Elias elias ames police still pieceing together what happened to emmalee jacobs, who died after a hit and run monday morning. The intersection where the isu freshman was hit by a car has become a memorial. Intvestigators have narrowed down the time to between 7 04 and 7 05 am and say based on her injuries, the driver had to feel the impact. Sabrina in the number two spot this morning. Sabrina a car versus pedestrian accident leaves a man dead in des moines last night. Police say around 530 tuesday evening, a man crossing hubbell avenue was hi
Right now. December 14th. You said hey, baby, its warm outside. Cant believe you called america baby. Amazingly warm throughout much of the country. Al will have a forecast to tell us how long thats going to last. First on a monday morning, a breaking story overnight in egypt where investigators say they have yet to find any sign of an act of terror that brought down that russian jet over sinai back in october. Here at home, president obama heads to the pentagon today to tackle the issue of isis. We have two reports beginning with nbcs keir simmons and that crash investigation. Keir, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. This is a vaguely worded brief statement, but it is stunning. Reporter it is a brieff sometime, but stunning. It garners the agencies around the world. Egypt played down terrorism if the beginning. Now officials appear to say an isis bomb may not have brought down the russian passenger jet that crashed back in october. Across the sinai. There is no evidence
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Closure on ia 92 i235 mlk first on 13. This morning central iowa is drenched to the core after a weekend of wet weather. And the record rainfall is causing des moines rivers to push their banks. The des moines river. At southeast 6th street. Currently sits at flood stage. At 24 feet. Its expected to crest early wednesday morning at nearly 26 feet. You can expect moderate the area. The raccoon river. At fleur drive. Is sitting right at its flood stage. Its at 13 feet. And will likely crest at more than 16 feet. On wednesday morning. Drivers are already noticing the effects of moderate flooding in that area. George flagg parkway. From southwest 30th street to park avenue. Is closed. No word yet on when it will reopen. The rain is also dampening a holiday tradition for many metro families. I certainly have personally been involved in a number of floods in december and january and february. But theyre ice related, not rain related. Jolly holiday lights has closed for the season. The annual
Waters rise through the next several hours,,but little rain is in the forecast. There is a slight chance for showers late tomorrow night into wednesday. There will be a chance for light snow rain mix in nw ia. The rest of the week is dry. But much cooler. Highs will drop to the 30s and lows in the teens. Next week looks dry and warmer. The town of luther in boone county is a mess. And that may be an understatement. Basements are flooded. The city park is under water. City hall has also taken on water. Crews are trying to keeps raining. Boone county Emergency Management coordinator. Dave unique problems. They have their own individual private septic systems and a lot of those are inundated and their not able to use the restroom in their houses. Basements are full of water and they are having issues with furnaces. Morlan says four boone county roads were shut down earlier today due to flooding. But have since reopened. Its rain, snow and the squaw creek to blame for flooding in ames. A w