Single digits. Well stay sunny and cool for new years day, but well start a slow warming trend into the weekend with highs back in the 30s by next week. Today am snow likely high 2430 winds w 510 alo 27 dbq 27 iow 28tonight mostly cloudy low 1319 winds w 515 alo 12 dbq 17 iow 17 in only 34 days, iowans will head out to caucus for their president ial candidates. This morning, 2 in the republican field are in iowa. One on the edge of the toptier. And another trying to claw into the race. One of the top contenders in the race, florida senator marco rubio, is in central look at an event in newton. Rubio has been in 3rd place in recent polls a sharp distance behind texas senator ted cruz and businessman donald trump. This stop for rubio is one of several in the state this week. Earlier today he campaigned in pella. Yesterday, the senator spoke to caucus goers in waterloo. New jersey governor chris waterloo this morning. Christie spent his tuesday campaigning in iowa city, where president ob
The death toll from a series of tornadoes in the southeast that touched down wednesday has risen to 17. 7. Two more bodies were found in mississippi, bringing the states total victims to 10. Seven more people died in two different states, including 6 in tennessee. Laststight, a tornado touched down in birmingham, alabana, but fortunately there was not a lot of damage there. In california, a large brush fire that broke out last night is threatening dozens of hohos. In some parts of the area, major highways had to be shut down, and residents are being evacuated. Wendy gillette ports nits helicopter a helicoer dropped water on fast moving flames in Ventura County, california saturday. The fire heavily used 101 freeway and a portion of the Union Pacific Railroad Tracks started d christmas night. sot chief Mark Lorenzen Ventura County Fire Department it was pushed by strong northwest winds of 50 miles an hour. The fire quickly grew in size. About 600 firefighters are battling the blaze. The
Clippings here are from the rosebowl in 1982. Now the florist will bring home even more memories from pasadena. Pasadena. Well were going to win the rose bowl first. The iowa city hyvee floral manager is no stranger to crafting beautiful arrangements for the hawkeyes like this assortment of yellow roses when the team came home from the big ten championship in indiana. Indiana. Laurel is one of the most respected floral managers in our entire company and as a hawkeye fan, hes probably one of the biggest fans ivet met. And for several years, the avid hawkeye fans also taken his artistic talents to colorado boulevard i guess i cant imagine not going and working on floats. Where thousands see e his creatitis in the rose parade. This year hes looking forward to more than just decorating the floats. Floats. A strong season gave him a gut feeling to prepare even earlier for the road to the roses. He booked his flight deal. I mean you cant even drive there for three hundred dollars. His passio
Visibilities are improving this morning as the winds die down, although they will stay 5 to 15 mph. Temps are in the 20s this morning and wind chills are in the teens. We will keep the few snow showers and the nw winds and highs will aim for the mid 20s to low 30s this afternoon. We have a little more snow and a lot more cold in the forecast. Ill have that for you in a few the storm is over but road crews are out working on the roads this morning. Hundreds of plows are storm track sevens Amanda Gilbert joins us live in black hawk county. What can you tell us . Ive been seeing a lot of plows out this morning. Im on University Avenue right and so far ive seen cars pulled over. You might be able to tell behind me. A lot of the roads still have a thin layer of snow on them. And its very important to be dont know whats underneath the snow. There might be a thin layer of ice. Heres video of some of the raods in waterloo this morning now just so you can get an idea of how hard road crews have
Street northeast in cedar rapids today. The conditions are brutal sweeping across eastern iowa. Well head outside to see exactly what its like outside. Storm track 7s lauren moss, live in waterloo. Ally, we are seeing some snow mixed in with some sleet at some times. Its very wet and has been falling pretty steadily. Which is making driving conditions dangerous. Take a look at the snow fall in this neighborhood. I havent seen many plows out numerous cars slipping and but it is getting slippery out there. Cancelled. So i reached out to the waterloo airport im told a flight to chicago a flight tonight is still on scedule around 9. But with this snow continuing to fall the way it is now. They are expecting delays if not a cancellation as well. Weve got you covered lauren moss. Kwwl news. Thanks lauren now lets go to storm track sevens Amanda Gilbert live in cedar falls with the latest conditions. Ally ive been out all morning and the snow is falling pretty heavily right now. Its fluffy sn