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
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
Windy both today and tomorrow with gusts as high as 25 to 30 mph. Well have lots of sunshine today with highs in the middle to upper 60s. Seasonably cool weather continues tonight as lows fall well stay in the 60s with some gusty winds again tomorrow. Additional clouds arrive tomorrow night and wednesday, with some more peeks of sun coming for the end of the week with highs sticking to the 60s. Our next appreciable rain chance wont happen until sometime around the middle of next week. Today mostly sunny, windy, and cooler. Wind w 1530 high 67 alo 66 dbq 65 iow 68 tonight mostly clear. Wind w 510 low 44 alo 43 dbq 44 iow 46 river is expected to crest tomorrow morning, which means the flood waters are quickly rising in cedar rapids. Kcrg tv nines brea love is live along the river near downtown. Brea, what are you seeing . Mott Building Police escor center park area, that bench down there underwater just look at how quickly this water is moving its rising fast the mott buildings has a hes
Out. Today showers likely high 5157 winds s 1020 alo 54 dbq 53 iow 54 about 40 cedar rapids men and women are in texas this morning for their final training before they are sent to afghanistan. The Army National guard unit shipped out of cedar rapids yesterday orning. Memmrs of the 649th Regional Support group said goodbye to their friends and families. About 40 troops deployed from the Armed Forces Reserve center n cedar rapids, near the eastern iowa airport. Theyll provide base Operations Support and security in afghanistan. Sot 16 31 41 weve been for it for quite some time now. Its kind of like gettingngup in the morning. Just get your clothes on, and lets do this. The group will serve a 9month tour overseas. Frances Prime Minister says overnight, police carried out about 150 raids throughout the country. And the hunt is on for a man suspected in the french terror attacks that killed 129 people and wounded hundreds more. Belgium anddfrench investigators want to find Salah Abdeslam.
Waterloo police have a person in custody this morning after a standoff that lasted several hours. It happenenear ridgeway avenue and sheridan road around 6 oclock last night. Thats a residential area just south of byrnes park. The person inside was threatening to hurt himself. Shortly after midnight, the lice departments swat team went in and arrested him. Officials took him to the hospital. No officers were hurt during the standoff. Fire investigators believe a fire that destroyed a home in rural dubuqucounty was acacdental. The Sheriffs Office and several area Fire Departments responded to 18505 south mound road around 3 15 saturday afternoon thats between rickardsville and ddrango. No one was hurt. But the home is a total loss. A global manhunt is underway for a man connected to the paris attacks. 129 people died hundreds more are huhut. French officials believe he is one of three brothers accused of carrying out this is the man Authorities Say helped in the attacks outside a stadiu