Right now where they could see a near record crest tomorrow. And the city is trying to protect as much of the downtown area as it can. The city shut off access to the downtown at five oclock this evening. And businesses there will be closed all day tomorrow. People who need to evacuate their homes in cedar falls can stay in the west gym on the university of Northern Iowa campus. People who need bottled water, cleaning supplies, and food can go to the Living Water Church in cedar falls. Kcrg tv nines samantha effort in cedar falls. Groups of volunteers are stationed all around cedar falls, theyre building walls out of sandbags and helping out in any way they can. The city sent out a call for help at five on friday for people to help with the sand bagging effort as the flood waters began to rise faster than anticipated. Volunteer lynn hoth spent her an island for three days and we couldnt get in or out you know so just have to be ready, weve had notice so thats good and people help each
In meteorologist kaj omara. Kaj, what are we looking at for temperatures today . Plan on the rain to exit the area very quickly this morning leaving the Daylight Hours dry and quiet. Temperatures will bounce back into the lower 80s south and upper 70s towards the north. Our next area of low pressure is not far off though, and will begin to impact our weather beginning tomorrow. Plan on some showers and storms in the area for friday and especially on friday night. This weekend continues to look great into the 50s. The plan weatherwise for saturday night continues to be unchanged with clear sky and comfortable temperatures for football into the 60s. Today gradual clearing. Wind nw 515. High 82 tonight increasing clouds. Wind light e. Low 62 tomorrow showers and thunderstorms likely. Locally heavy rain possible. Wind s 510. High 78 tom. Night lingering showers and a few thunderstorms. Wind nw 5 10. Low 57 now that this facility is complete, performers will take to this stage very soon. Of
Thunderstorms. Wind nw 5 10. Low 57 it was in june of 2008 when the massive flood destroyed the old Hancher Auditorium in iowa city. Walk through the front doors for the first time at the new facility a little higher up and a little further off the iowa river. Walking into the lobby is the first part of the Hancher Auditorium experience. We had executive director Chuck Swanson take us through the lobby a part of hancher that will be well worth your time. Chris so as people first walk into Hancher Auditorum, chuck, their eye is drawn there right. Can you tell us a little bit more about what it is and what it represents . By a west african artist, ellena suey is his name and hes actually a professor in west africa. Its the result of the iowa state and art buildings law that, when construction happens, we spent 0. 5 of the construction budget on visual art. To 1 03 this is a piece of art that is tied togth of copper wire. Ellena suey, just two years ago, got the golden lion award in venic
Plenty of of the lowest clouds, but otherwise, a dry day continues to be on track. Plan on the wind to really enforce the chill during the day and even with highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s, itll likely feel like the 50s the entire day. Tomorrow through sunday, the weather continues to be very consistent with upper 60s to lower 70s likely. Next week, well have a brief warm up well into the 70s by tuesday with a seasonable cold front generating some showers or storms going towards midweek. Today mostly cloudy and cool. A few sprinkles are possible, mainly northeast. Wind nw 1020. High 62 tonight partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 48 tomorrow mostly sunny. Not as windy. Wind n 515. High 70 tom. Night partly cloudy. Across cedar rapids, most people are see the crest of 22 feet and think the city will be okay. But the threat of flooding still exists in cedar rapids with many low lying at a ave ne and 5th street this morning. Forrest, when does the city say things can get back to normal . Du
Several major roads including highway 50 seven and 218 are expected to be impacted by the rising water. Crews also loaded cars from and cedar rapids. Sandbagging efforts continue in all of those communities. Communities. Now joining the fight, communities along the maquoketa and wapsipinicon rivers. Heavy rains last night sent more water out of their banks but, so far, its expected to stay well the levels seen in 2008. 2008. And in cedar rapids, the ongoing effort to get everything and everyone out of the way continues before next weeks crest. Well have much more on all of this in just a moment. But first, weve already seen some changes to the flood forecast since last nights rai. Rain. For more we turn to weatherfirst chief meteorologist terry swails who kicks off tonights flood right now, the National Guard is deploying to the flood zones. Zones. Governor branstad today mobilized units to assist in the sandbagging and recovery ef. Efforts. The governor also issued a state disaster li