To remember when the guns fell silent in ww1. Thats almost 100 years ago now. Its time to remember the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month music marking the press of the colors. The celebration here is usually the same. A crowd of 200 to 300 salutes the veterans of all wars and also those who served. Todays main speaker acknowlendege the debt of gratitude to anyone who served. Your service and sacrifce is the reason why we are here today. And we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. As is traditional here, organizers looked for the oldest veteran or veteran who served before anyone else. For that, they found one man who began in the military in 1940 that was of course 1 year before entering ww2. Organizers of course always remember the greatest generation. Men and women. Who served in ww2. Nearly a half a dozen. Live in cr, df kcrgtv9 news. Also today, veterans and their families can use the ymca of the cedar rapids metropolitan area for free. Veterans and their families can
Rapids. Once you get into the blue shaded areas thats what a 24foot crest would overspread. A lot of the area downtown and some residential areas hit back in twaightd will once again go under water if we get the crest of 24. 1 feet here in cedar rapids. Thats the latest reading that were anticipating. Now as we take a look at the river levels upstream. The cedar river and cedar falls. That expected to come in the Morning Hours on sunday. The cedar river in waterloo anticipating a major crest at 24. 8 feet. From there the river goes on down toward vin ton. 22. 1 feet and finally sometime monday night the river should crest here in cedar rapids at 24. 1 feet. And flood stages 12 feet. The interest thing about this it was expected to crest at 15 feet but because of that tremendous rain to the north the crest is now up about 9 feet in just 24 hours time. Still have a Flash Flood Watch in effect for much of area. This is extended now. A look at the latest radar. Showers and thunderstorms ar
Counties and could be around for good portion of the night. I wouldnt be surprised are some spots to see an inch of rain, heavier showers and storms. They should breakout during the Morning Hours but as the cold front approaches in the afternoon, additional showers and storms will be a possibility. Things get better for the weekend well tell you about that in a few minutes. The newest addition to the cedar rapids skyline is opening in stores. Cbs and has more. s uresti , the ribbon on their 37 milliondollar headquarters a little bit ago, and right now were up here on a windy force story patio, there is obviously you can see a lot of people behind me celebrating, not only a milestone for the company but the city and downtown city rapids. Employees, Business Leaders and see the new building inside and out. 11 stories tall, 113,000 square feet of office space, crs t will move into the 4th and 5th floors with a 6 been saved for future growth. They will have about 60 employees in the new of
River. You can see how high the liver levels have gotten. You will remember this bridge back in 2008 collapsed. It was rebuilt after the floods, and there it stapds now. It serves kind of as a Reference Point as to how quickly the cedar river is rising. We will check in with Connor Morgan, Stephanie Johnson, ke vun barry. We will be setting up our cbs 2 fox 28 drone within the hour, as well, to bring you live aerial shots awe cross eastern iowa. With that, good morni. Tracking the raising waters minute by minute. Minute. Im Kelly Dambrosio. The cedar river has been on the rise all weekend long and today into tomorrow is when flodo waters will really start cbs 2 an been monitoring the river and thats where he is now live in cedar rapids kevin what do you see right now. Its coming up next well check 711 7 11 on this monday morning. This is definitely a clearer shot than when we checked in a moment ago. A beautiful sunrise there. You can see the waters moving quickly under the bridge. Cbs
Get back and clean up and reopen. The director of the district says the city believes that could happen by saturday. Live in cedar rapids, dave franzman, kcrg tv nine news. Its not over yet, but were feeling good, were feeling very, very confident that this temporary system that weve built in less than two days will protect our city. The city says the temporary barriers a the worry is that water is putting too much pressure on the sewer system below ground. Crews have been working all night, fighting dangerous conditions to makes sure everything is functional. Law enforcement in cedar rapids are warning people to stay out of the evacuation zone. They say this will keep people safe and give them room to work. The city said it could announce Conference Tomorrow morning. Linn county sheriff Brian Gardner says his department on mays island in cedar rapids has escaped major flood damage. The city set up hesco barriers and sandbags to protect it against at least seven feet of water. Gardner