And i knew it had to be something pretty serious. Steve president Francois Hollande was quickly evacuated from the stadium. He went on television to declare a state of emergency and took the unprecedented step of closing the countrys borders. President obama pledged his support. President obama this is not just an attack on the people of france. This is an attack on all humanity. Kevin so far, french authorities have not identified the suspects. But at least two of the attacks were in the same general neighborhood as the offices of charlie hebdo, where terrorists killed a dozen people back in january. The paris prosecutor says, in total, five terrorists have been, quote neutralized. The u. S. Department of Homeland Security says there is no known or credible threat against the u. S. But Police Departments in several large cities are now beefing up security, out of an abundance of caution. Kevin . Kevin thank you, steve. The terror attack will certainly in des moines. Right now, were ju
We have some freezing rain that will move into western iowa initially. Around 9 00 a. M. , accumulations could be higher. Heading west of the metro, around 3 00 p. M. , we will start to see a change around webster county. In the metro, it may hold off until around 9 00 for our temperatures to drop below freezing. It will get icf there. Subsurface temperatures in the 40s. 40s dropping to the 30s. We click on down to just around 32 degrees at 9 00. Not a great impact on southeastern iowa because you will stay above freezing right into early friday morning. I do want to point out again, this is thursday night for the metro, for most of us it will be very wet. Notice how temperatures just drop off. I think some locations could see an inch, inch and a half of rain. We have another futurecast for you. We will give you more detailed rainfall amounts coming up. Stacey you can count on kcci to storm. Watch live radar and get weather and closing alerts on your smart phone with our kcci mobile ap
Means those roads are completely covered in those areas. Mostly blue in the des moines area, and beyond, roads partially covered. Normal. Stacey state troopers are out interstates. Steve trooper doug cutts joins us now to tell us what hes seeing. First of all, where are you and what you see . Doug i am in Jasper County right now. Over east here, we are merely wet still. But as you move to the west and north, theyre becoming slush and snowcovered. Story county right now, boone county. There is no towing in those counties. And as the night progresses. We assume more counties added to that ban. Stacey what is the traffic light right now . Doug we still have heavy traffic because it is rush hour, people trying to get home. If you do slow down and take your time, allow the extra space, watch out for the other driver. You will be good and make it home for the heavy stuff. Just take the time, allow that space. Steve thank you very much, doug from the iowa state patrol who always helps us trad
Numbers. Number. Des Moines Police report that they have more than 14,000 calls for domestic conflict in 2013. That is the last year that we have numbers for. Epidemic. Do this. He is living through a nightmare. His mother and stepsister are dead. His mothers has it is accused of killing them on sunday night. He blames this man for pulling the trigger. He had done things to my mom that shouldnt have been done. I dont think he understood the concept of cheating on her and expecting her to still love him. Todd one in four women will be impacted by Domestic Violence in their lifetime. Catherine gerdes from children quackscatherine gerdes from children and Family Services of iowa knows the numbers all too well. Its the leading cause of injury to women in the untied states more than Car Accidents muggings and rapes combined. , and when a women announces she leaving . Domestic violence is about power and control so if you are leaving the relationship you are telling the abuser he is not in c
We are actually drawing in some dry air. Rain showers from the east side of town extending over into poweshiek county. A little bit of light snow. Sleep. All rain on the diagonal. Some heavier rain in cedar rapids and waterloo. We are at 38 degrees. Commute here. You have to head out to clarion or storm lake to see those temperatures around freezing. They had ice earlier today and that. Mid30s. Mixing in a little bit of snow to the west and northwest. Cloudy skies. 6 00 p. M. , we drop below freezing. Snowfall amounts through wednesday, less than an inch in wraparound snow. Northwestern iowa, 58 there. Steve 38 degrees never felt so good. Lets take a look at a couple of traffic cams. This is the north east mixmaster. Now lets move to i235. Once again, the roads are wet, fine. We will take a look at statewide Road Conditions courtesy of 511 ia. Org. You can see those pink roads are completely covered with ice and or snow. Blue are partially covered and green roads are normal. More Winte