Proclamation for the flash flooding damage in five northeast iowa counties. They are allamakee, clayton, fayette, howard and now use state money to help with Emergency Response and recovery efforts. Lets go over to clermont in fayette county, where were hearing about voluntary evacuations. Kcrgtv nines Samantha Myers joins us live there. Sam, what are you seeing . Have started working to open a shelter in the last hour at the Valley Community school news happening, call newsline nine. The number for that is 3193659999. From base camp to campus. Thousand of veterans whove risked their lives overseas are now back in the us, and going back to school. Hear why one univrs the transition from soldier to student isnt necessarily an easy one. Stay come to an end, bringing much needed dry air to the state. A cold front continues to slide to the east and with it a comfortable end to the work week. Be on the lookout for some patchy fog to start our friday. Saturday, however, best chance will be l
Stack these to 27 feet, right now they are at 25 feet, but earlier today, they found out that the river is supposed to rise to a little here than that, so they are working to get more bags put together and really protect this downtown area. Were on south main street right now and several businesses have moved out. They continue to move out to try to protect their properties from these rising waters. But were told theyre supposed to have several power grids go out some time tonight here, so theyre trying to make sure people are just moved out of the area well continue to monitor this situation in elkader and the surrounding towns and work to bring you those updates both on air and online at kcrg. Com. In elkader, sarah mccarthy, kcrgtv9 news. Meteorologist britley ritz joins us now. Britley, whats the level of the turkey river right now in elkader . And how high could it get . The turkey river at elkader is sitting at 15. 2 feet. Currently minor flooding forecast. The river is expected
Wednesdaya woman forced to the town completely shut downsubmerged. These houses suddenly become waterfront properties, with water seeping into their basements. Sadly, many say this is nothing new. linda petersen, olin we got the routine, okay we know the waters coming up, move everything up, move everything to higher ground. And then wait for the water to rise, and go back down. But the familiarity doesnt make it any easier. And it breaks my heart to have to throw out my daughters because, well i was really. I said, im sorry, but its been flooded, theres no saving that kinda stuff. The flooding also taking its toll on many farmers in the area. Damage widespread on this farm. shirley davis, olin our corn crop, basically. Our pasture is gone, which well probably never get back into. The new seeding. Hopefully it hangs on. Davis estimates nearly 400 acres of land have at least a little water on it. She says she wont know for sometime if shell be able to salvage any of natures going to thr
And had significant water the majority of newbostayed dry. This week as flood watersbuilt up inside these newbo buisnesseson one side of a hesco barrier wall Something City manager Jeff Pomeranz saysthey had no choice in. The only way to have a chance of saving an entire area and entire neighborhood was to place those barriers where we did. Keeping the majority of the newbo area dry like right here at expecting significant water instead minimal waternats is pumping out of their basement. I thought wed have 4 feet of water in here, i thought wed be down for 6,8 months, we had just three weekshe says the wallgave them hope. I actually had hope i was like dohe saysits an answered prayer. Bullet. And to his neighbors on the other side its too bad but the city will support them. Something he has seenas the citys peoplehave supported them all. People were down here, people i didnt even know, i time city leaders stop in for coffee ill see them and theyre gonna get my thanks. Evacuation zonewi
To start off, but will warm into the 60s and close to 70 by late morning. Weve got clear skies out there for the most part which allowed for us to get so cool, but these clear skies will allow for us to warm through the day as well. If you catch yourself going to the downtown cedar rapids Farmers Market then grab the jacket and enjoy the weather while having fun. Expect high temperatures to warm near 80 today and due to a southeasterl y wind the dew points will also rise. Dont worry, it wont be oppressive by any means, just enough for you to notice the mugginess in the air. The evening wont be too bad either. Well be slightly warmer than what we were this morning, but still in the 50s. Today mostly sunny. Wind se 510. High 78 alo 78 dbq 7 tonight mostly clear, a few passing clouds. Wind se 510 low 59 alo 59 dbq 57 iow 59 56 to 62 thanks britley. This morning, Tropical Storm hermine is tracking up the east coast. This is a live look from Myrtle Beach South Carolina where the storm is br