plan on a steady increase in clouds today and that will limit our high temperatures into the mid- 70s as well. this morning, a few isolated showers may also be found in far southern iowa before the showers to our south fizzle out. this front will be a key to our weather later tonight though as storms should quickly become likely. it continues to look like many, if not all football games should go dry tonight, but rain should quickly push in right afterwards. this rain should amount to a quarter to a half inch with isolated amounts ovr storms will be possible in the afternoon hours, with much of the activity likely waning or moving east by the evening. sunday looks mainly dry with only isolated storms possible. have a great weekend!today: mostly cloudy. isolated showers possible far south. wind: e 5-10. high: 76 tonight: scattered thunderstorms developing. wind: e 5-10. low: 64 tomorrow: showers and thunderstorms likely. wind: sw 15. high: 77 tom. ght:isolated . hitting some towns along the turkey river in northeast iowa -- yesterday in fayette county. now the high water moves downstream into clayton county. you just saw video from clermont where people voluntarily evacuated some homes, other buildings, and even r-vs. this morning, that floodwater is now heading toward elgin and further east...to elkader. people in elkader are preparing for the turkey river to potentially rise to its record 2008 this is what downtown elkader looked like back in june of 2008 when the turkey river crested at 27 point 77 feet -- a record there for the river. the high water lingered for days before finally pulling back -- revealing damage that took years of recovery. students and staff in the central community school district were dismissed early yesterday so the city could have more help filling sandbags. volunteers also helped businesses along south main some business owners say they expected parts of the downtown area to lose power last night. so volunteers tried to make sure people are just moved out of the area before that happened. "20:58:54 "it was just a wonderful deal to have so many people just showing up asking if they could help " the national weather service predicts it will reach its crest around 1 this afternoon. we will continue to monitor this situation in elkader and in other towns. tv9's brea love will join this morning. in fayette county, emergency responders are preparing for the worst...if the water goes over the dike in elgin. in clermont, fast running water swept this porch away. fayette county sheriff marty fisher told kcrg tv9 that red cross volunteers have opened a shelter at the valley community school district in between clermont and elgin. the sheriff says neighbors and high school students were out placing sandbags in hopes of stopping any overflow. and remember, whenever you see the number for that is 319-365-9999. you can also send pictures and video to newsroom at kcrg.com the clayton county sheriff's office is closing several gravel roads in elgin due to flooding. parts of agate road... ...abbey rd... ...bugle rd... ...and chariot road are closed. these are all secondary gravel roads in northern clayton county along the turkey river. disaster proclamation for five northeast iowa counties. it's for flooding in allamakee, clayton, fayette, howard and winneshiek counties. these counties can now use state money to help with flooding response and recovery efforts. governor branstad and lieutenant governor kim reynolds will tour flood damage in winneshiek county today. they will be in freeport around 9:15. they will then head to the inwood ballroom in spillville around 10:15. and governor's visit to northeast iowa, as well as flood recovery efforts, on-air and online today. the chickasaw county sheriff says the man who died while swept away in the flooding was a 77-year-old man who lived near sumner. this area quickly flooded during the heavy rain early wednesday morning. deputies say albert gott managed to call authorities when the flash flooding washed his vehicle off county road v-56, or union avenue in northeast chickasaw county. but later deputies found his body north of from his car. the cedar rapids salvation army has set up in spillville to help flood victims. army staff working from the parking lot of the citizens savings bank have been serving hot meals. major paul logan told us some people just want someone to listen to them during this tough time. "some just want to talk and just share what their experience is, and what they're going through. so that's always a good experience to have. just to be able to encourage them. just to let them know that there's somebody else the parking lot of the bank in spillville through the weekend. a waterloo man ran out onto his roof trying to escape police this morning. police surrounded a two story house at 303 locust street. the man peacefully returned inside the house and police took him away around 1. officers say he was wanted on several warrants. other charges are pending. we have an update on a story we reported last week. the city of coralville will not put down a dog that bit a woman. but the owner will not be getting the dog back. the dog, roman, is an 18 month old beauceron . the decision to let him live came after the owner, tom henson, agreed to micro-chipping and neutering the dog. then the dog will undergo training in north carolina. people in williamsburg shouldn't be alarmed if they see police at the monsanto building today. the employees there will be doing an active shooter drill. hour. responders took a 15- year-old girl to uihc with serious injuries after cedar rapids police say a car hit her while she was walking to school. it happened on 42nd street northeast. the student goes to kennedy high school. this is the car that hit the girl yesterday morning around 7-30. the impact broke the windshield. the driver isn't facing any charges for the crash, but police did issue a ticket for an expired license plate. investigators believe the drivera below the posted speed limit in the area. kennedy principal jason kline put out an e- mail message to all kennedy families reminding everyone to use extreme caution on 42nd street and wenig road. he also urged all students to use the crosswalks instead of cutting across the streets. one woman says there were almost two accidents in the same spot yesterday morning. lucy jackson says she was driving through the same area when a different student walked in " i was going slow enough and paying attention i stopped short so that i didn't hit her but it was so close it made me uncomfortable." both police and drivers who use this road say students taking a short cut through traffic is a problem. the student injured yesterday morning crossed the street about 30 yards from a crosswalk. the university of iowa is breaking ground on an addition to an engineering building today. the university says the 65,000 square foot add-on is a and research. as the school year begins, we are looking for nominations for the kcrg t-v nine student of the month. just go to "kcrg.com" slash "student of the month" and click on the nominate button. we'll announce 3 finalists on the first tuesday of every month during the tv-9 morning show. once bustling villages are reduced to rubble in central italy, with many people still trapped underneath. the number confirmed dead in that earthquake continues to grow this morning as rescuers comb through the debris for survivors. today's opening farm markets. good morning! clouds today and that will limit our high temperatures into the mid- 70s as well. this morning, a iowa before the showers to our south fizzle out. this front will be a key to our weather later tonight though as storms should quickly become likely. it continues to look like many, if not all football games should go dry tonight, but rain should quickly push in right afterwards. this rain should amount to a quarter to a half inch with isolated amounts over one inch possible. another round of scattered storms wil afternoon hours, with much of the activity likely waning or moving east by the evening. sunday looks mainly dry with only isolated storms possible. have a great weekend!today: mostly cloudy. isolated showers possible far south. wind: e 5-10. high: 76 tonight: scattered thunderstorms developing. wind: e 5-10. low: 64 tomorrow: showers and thunderstorms likely. wind: sw 5-15. high: 77 tom. night: isolated showers and storms. wind: sw 5-10. plan on a steady increase in clouds today and that will limit our high temperatures into the mid- 70s as well. this morning, a few isolated showers may also be found in far southern iowa before the showers to our south fizzle out. this front will be a key to our weather later tonight though as storms should quickly become likely. it continues to look like many, if not all football games should go dry tonight, but rain should quickly push in right afterwards. quarter to a half inch with isolated amounts over one inch possible. another round of scattered storms will be possible in the afternoon hours, with much of the activity likely waning or moving east by the evening. sunday looks mainly dry with only isolated storms possible. have a great weekend!today: mostly cloudy. isolated showers possible far south. wind: e 5-10. high: 76 tonight: scattered showers and thunderstorms likely. wind: sw 5-15. high: 77 tom. night: isolated showers and storms. wind: sw 5-10. low: 65 elkader this morning. brea, how is everything looking there? chris and nicole, the turkey river is predicted to crest at 27 feet in elkader today. that's just slightly below the high water mark from the 2008 flood. the national weather service predicts it will reach that mark around 1 this afternoon. students and staff in the central community school district were city could have more help filling sandbags. we'll continue to monitor this situation in elkader and the surrounding towns and work to bring you those updates both on air and online at kcrg.com. in elkader, brea love, kcrg-tv9 news. more than 36 hours have passed after an earthquake in central italy. italy's civil protection agency has confirmed 267 dead today. the number of injured being treated at hospitals is at 387. firefighters and rescue been working in teams in the areas that were hardest hit. they're not saying when their work will shift from saving lives to recovering bodies. one italian man living in georgia says it was only through the internet that he was able to contact his family in italy. " it is very very hard to get in touch with them telephone lines are very very bad... very ancient villages so everything is very very difficult at this time, everything is just gone. " the head of operations for the continue. new york city's world trade center is honoring the victims of the earthquake in italy. governor andrew cuomo had the building's 408- foot spire lit last night in the colors of the country's flag - green, white and red. apple is reportedly testing a new video sharing and editing application for its iphone and ipad operating system to take on snapchat and instagram. and donald trump are trading even more insults in the race for president. as abc's kenneth moton reports, the candidates are trading charges of racism and corruption, setting the tone for a bitter fight until november. this morning, the race for the white house...downri ght nasty. sot hillary clinton "he is taking hate groups bigoted. there's no question about it." the raging rhetoric has turned to allegations of racism between donald trump and hillary clinton who says trump is trying to make america hate again. sot clinton "trump is reinforcing harmful stereotypes and offering a dog whistle to his most hateful supporters. it's a distributing preview of what kind of president he'd be." clinton even released this new campaign video. nats "the reason a lot of klan members like donald trump is because a lot of what he believes, we believe in." sot trump "when democratic polices fail, they are left you're racist, you're racist you're racist." trump is struggling to re-define his own policy on immigration and that core plan to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants. polling the audience at a fox news town hall. sot trump: who wants those people thrown out? unidentified male: i do! on cnn...pulling back on that deportation force he promised. sot trump "you know it's a process. you can't take 11 million at one time and just say boom, you're gone." the wavering stance...leadin g to confusion and more protests tower. sot eric cruz lopez, protester "we are undocumented . we are unafraid. and we are here to stay. trump says he'll be giving an immigration speech in the next week or two to clarify his stance. just one of many issues that will be touched on at that first presidential debate...one month away from today. kenneth moton, abc news washington. now for a quick check on your weather with stay with tv9. it's . now, one last look at this plan on a steady increase in clouds today and that will limit our high temperatures into the mid- 70s as well. this morning, a few isolated showers may also be found in far southern iowa before the showers to our south fizzle out. this front will be a key to our weather later tonight though as storms should quickly become likely. it continues to look like many, if not all football games should go dry tonight, but rain should quickly push in right afterwards. this rain should amount to a quarter to a half inch with isolated amouts round of scattered storms will be possible in the afternoon hours, with much of the activity likely ning or moving east bye evening mainly dry with only isolated storms possible. have a great weekend!today: mostly cloudy. isolated showers possible far south. nd: gh: 76 tonight: scattered thunderorms developing. wind: e 5-10. low: 64 torrow: showers kely. wind: sw 5-15. high: 77 md in today's "techbytes." apple ready to battle snapchat and instagram. >> the tech giant is reportedly testing a new video sharing and chat app. it could be out next year. another high-tech first for president obama. >> he's becoming the first president to star in a 3d virtual reality experience. >> actually the president himself got a preview of the headset outside the white house domino's one step closer to delivery by drone. >> in new zealand, predicting delivery is by the end of the year. >> laws in the u.s. don't expect your domino's pizza expected to be delivered by drone. those are your "techbytes." a box is where you keep things safe. which might be some people's goal. but not mine. when you dare to move forward... so much is possible. and what helps me do it? 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