Fairbank. It happened around 8 oclock yesterday morning at county road c50 and yukon avenue. The iowa state patrol says jedidiah wilson, of fairbank, failed to stop at a stop sign and crashed into another vehicle. First responders airlifted him to a nearby hospital, where he died. Two people in the other vehicle also went to the hospital. Remember, whenever you see news happening, call newsline 9 at 319365 9999. You can also send pictures and videos to newsroom at kcrg dot com. Politicians are going back and forth on who should name the successor to Supreme Court justice antonin scalia, after he died yesterday in texas. Many Top Republicans have ruled out replacing Justice Scalia until a new president take office. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says voters should have a say in the matter. But democrats say 11 months is plenty of time the senate to hold a confirmation vote. Last night, president obama confirmed that he will nominate a justice in the coming months. This issue led
Some wind gusts not associated with thunderstorms but just general wind coming in weve be talking about the past couple of days that could gust together 40, 50 Miles Per Hour tonight. We will stay with weather until the tornado threat is no longer part of the tv9 then we may be switcng to o 6 00 news. Les take a which had view if we can of the radarar loop because i want to talk to those you in the north up toward dakora fayette and alamakey and clay countz. Youve been seeing some rumbles of thundnd, as well, the cooler weather you saw through the day, the weather has not materialized to the north which is great news what we have been looking for when we watched the weather evolve yesterday. Certainly powerful winds will be moving into your area, as well. But thats not going to happen tomorrow. Not due to the thunderstorms. Are quickly moving through. This radar loop covers two hours. And those storms have been racing along the area just about the severe part of the storms just about m
To 50 to 55 mph possible. As high pressur build sin behind this systems colder air works its way down from canada dropping highs on friday into the upper 30s and lower 40s. Tonight showers stor ms ending, windy low 3743 winds sw 1530 and gustythursday p cloudy, very windy high 50 low 40 friday m cloudy, stll windy high 43 low 33 saturday mostly sunny high 56 low 26 sunday mostly sunny high 58 low 36 monday chance of showers high 53 low 3 tuesday chance of showers high 49 low 42 tonight, the National Weather service confirmed that an ef1 tornado touched down near avoca. Thats a tow in Pottawattamie County in souuwest iowa. This tornados winds peaked at about 110 miles per hour, and they damaged a grain bin, along with barns and trees on farmland. There are no reports of any injuries. In astern iowa, the storms damaged several outbuildings with Farm Machinery inside of them. This is a picture from north of wyoming in jones county, courtesy of tim ott. And in iowa city, the storms scatter
Give high profile vehicles some extra room as well. The wind should continue right into friday, though the gusts probably wont be any worse than 30mp by then. O weekd still lookk great with highsswell into thh 50s bbh days. Our weather turns active again as we head into next week thanks kaj. Crews and families around iowa will be cleaning up neighborhood s after Severe Weather crossed the state. Most of eastern iowa was on tch for tornados yesterday afternoon, when the sun had already set. In des moines, people found the southwe side. High winds blew through and n seconds these massive oak trees crumbled. Strong winds shattered the glass on the second floor an Elementary School. It s base. Y heart just stopped i couldn believe how much damage happened in uch a short amount of time itss unbeliebable. Whether the damage there was the result of Straight Line winds or an actual tornado is up for debate. The nntional Weather Service will be surveying the area to make that official determina
Theyre calling it one of the worst storms in history. Nearly eighty Million People are dealing with the massive blizzard thats pounding the east coast. New york, philadelphia and baltimore are seeing record levels of snow. And while the white stuff is piling up there along the coast, theyre flooding. Craig boswell has the latest from washington dc. C. pkg a strong winter storm paralyzed cities from the gulf coast to new england. The blinding snow caused a 30 mile back up on i75 in kentucky. Hundreds of drivers were stranded in freezing temperatures for hours. Further north, more than 500 cars and buses carrying temple universitys gymnastic squad and the duquesne Mens Basketball Team were stuck in a massive gridlock on the snow mobiles had no problem plowing through the 24 inches that slammed baltimore. Natsa parade of plows worked hard removing more than 30 inches of snow that crippled washington, d. C. Drivers who ventured out found themselves in need of help. sot Shannon Scott dc res