Yesterday. But its a much, much different story to our north. Roger riley shows how folks are still struggling to move around today. Sot it was tough. It was 100 wind, snow blowing. So bad you couldt see where you were going. This is what wendell shellenbarger encountered on his way from des moines to fort dodge. Shellenbarger is a volunteer for lifeserve blood center. And was taking blood for a patient in the hospital they told me if i got in trouble i could turn around and come bad until you get north of story city. People we talked to noticed going south past the randall exit mdash; roads got better almost instantly. Spent the night in the motel, as their over the road truck could not reach their home near stanhope. Sot gary 3946 waited till wind died down. Backed down the hill came to the motel kyle kruse and doug minteer were busy in the storm plowing out hog farms around the area. Sot 5620 pretty nasty slick roads we need the wind to die even though the blizzard had moved on this
Store in the cedar valley will be closing. Simpson furniture with lolotions in cedar falls and coralville will be closing its doors. Area residents have received fliers indicating the company will be closing both locations. The Stores Location was closed today in preration for whaha simpson called i is biggest sale ever. Kwwl reached out for a comment but have not heard back at this time. The Company Opened in 1946. A local man is pleading for help to free his brother from a prison in congo and he believes politicians can come to his rescue. Koboko koboko is the district superintendent for the East District of the unitetemEthodist Church in cedar rapids. This is a photo of his brother, vano kiboko in prison, praying. He tells our repooter Kristin Rogers today, his brother was put in to prison in congo for standing up for what s right and speaking out against the president of congo. Kristin joins us live he says he worries his brother, vano kaboko is going to die in prison. And he is ho
Temperatures well above the freezing point. Weve seen more melting today. 58 in philadelphia. We have already been in the low 60s. 60 degrees for northeast philly. 61 now in mt. Holly. In fact, we matched a record High Temperature in philadelphia. Look at these temperatures and look at the radar, you look at areas that still have snow, and we are definitely seeing melting in potential for more flooding through the evening. Heres how much snow is left across the area, north and west of philadelphia. Our biggest concern, this is where we still have snow cover. This is our biggest flooding concern through upper montgomery, bucks county, Lehigh Valley with heavy rain. What were looking at now, aside from the snow and the rain, were talking about creeks and rivers rising. This is for the schuylkill rival boathouse row. Flood stage top line. Bottom line is an action stage. If the river were to ride in between two lines, thats where kelly drive would be flooded and closed between north ferry
Burkes, Lehigh Valley, thats until 7 30 tonight. For more on the impact of all of this, lets go over to meteorologist sheena parveen. The temperatures are adding to this, too. Heavy rain, snow melting and those temperatures are really helping out with all of this, too. We are in the 50s through the entire area. Earlier today, not too long ago, just in the past hour, we were in the 60s in some spots but we have dropped down to 55 in philadelphia. 57 northeast philly. 54 allentown. We matched a record high in philadelphia, low 60s. These numbers with the rain helping to see that snow melting. And on top of that creating flooding concerns which we expect to continue as we go through the rest of tonight. That is going to be an issue as we go through the rest of the evening with the rain still in the area. And these temperatures really going to stay mild as we go through this evening. So even through the overnight hours and into tomorrow you see the numbers here. We are in the 50s for the e
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