Lots of sunshine and highs rebounding back to around 70 degrees. The wind wont be quite as strong as the past few days, but still notable out of the north. Overall, the weather pattern remains dry, but more clouds are expected for tomorrow and saturday. Due to the clouds, these days will be held down into the 60s for highs. Next week, a warming trend continues to be on track into the 70s. As of now, rain chances continue to be focused on wednesday, though the development of an thursday depending on what it does off the se coast. Have a great day today sunny and mild. Wind n 1020. High 70 tonight partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 51 tomorrow increasing clouds. Wind ne 1015. High 69 tom. Night mostly cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 54 though the cedar river in cedar rapids is receding, the city is still in a major flood stage. Kcrgtv9s meterologist justin geherts is at ellis and edgewood road this morning. Justin, how are things looking there . Some evacuees can return to their homes today. The ci
As you are gathering your stuff today, packing a suitcase, getting her medications, plan on being out until saturday. Please take heed and respect the citys call for evacuation. Thank you. Thank you mayor corbett and we appreciate the leadership of members of cedar rapids. Before we take questions, i want to acknowledge that we have 2 Utility Partners here. 1st doug from alliant energy. Thank you. Weve been getting a lot of questions, i want to respond to i want to give you a sense that are planning has gone well. Weve executed our plan and are in really good shape. Employees of than a great job responding to the needs and preparing us. Secondly, i want to hit on safety. You heard request for evacuation. I want to absolutely endorse that. Want to make it clear that while we are in a better situation today as a power company, there is no guarantee that you will have power. If you are hopeful that you can stay in your home and you think you will have power to help you get through that, i
Tomorrow. Highs come back down a bit over the next couple of days, too, eventually in the middle 60s rday with a mostly cloudy sky. There may be a few sprinkles on that day, too, mainly closer to the mississippi. Warmer weather in the 70s comes right back next week with a chance of showers and storms wednesday. To day sunny and mild. Wind n 1020. High 70 alo 71 dbq 68 iow 71 tonight partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 51 alo 49 dbq 53 iow 52 organizations continue to work to get things running back to normal in cedar rapids as the river levels drop. And it sounds like saturday will be the big day. Kcrg tv nines Dave Franzman was at the press conference that wrapped up just minutes ago. Dave, tell us about the scale down. Day, weve been covering the the view. You may be able to watch morning. Crews are working to restore electricity and gas to people in cedar rapids. Alliant energy says only about 30 customers asked to have their power shut of. Now, its working to restore power to those outs
High, but most will be back in their banks this weekend. We should be dry today although the pesky system to our east will return a bit for tomorrow. Today, though, we will be mainly sunny and breezy with north winds at 10 20 mph. Highs will be in the mid 60s to low 70s. We do have some rain in the forecast. Ill have system to ourt you in a few minutes. As iowa continues to recover from flooding some are wondering if theyll be getting help from the federal government. Storm track sevens Amanda Gilbert joins us live in clarksville was one of the worst hit towns by flooding. 150 homes were damaged by water. Some people still cannot return to their properties. Fema will be in town today to look at things. Its important to remember that if you do live in town. They are not here to provide assitance yet. But if you do need help. Churches in the area have everything from gift cards to groceries. Lunch and dinner ar daily at the Lutheran Church many young volunteers have also been helping out
New evacuation zone. But inside the new, smaller zone, alliant will inspect each home before turning the power back on. And Midamerican Energy company says it has approval from the city now to begin restoring gas service to properties outside the new zone. Kcrg tv nines Samantha Myers joins us live from near the time check neighborhood tonight. Samantha, you spoke with some people who have been able to move back home . Chance to return to their homes today. Although, some of the people who live on this street, a Avenue Northwest were not going to be able to stay in their homes tonight because theyre waiting for power to come back on. Tanneka smith returned to her home wednesday. I was really excited to come back because i want to one help my neighbors and get everything back in the house the street she lives on was inside the original flood revised zone. 11 38 38;29 but its been a delay with the power getting back on and gas getting back on so just kind of waiting for that but really e