Chris, the lower crest up north lowered the crest in cedar rapids as well. We will continue to see dry conditions through the rest of this evening and most of tonight, with the exception of an isolated shower or storm towards morning. On sunday, a strong cold front will be moving through. Showers and storms will be likely, however they heavy downpour is possible, but overall this round of rain is not expected to greatly affect the ongoing flooding situation across eastern iowa. Behind this system, as we move into the next workweek, a long stretch of much needed dry and cool weather will arrive. Fairly windy conditions can be expected on monday. As it looks now 20 30 mph winds are possible. Winds will subside some for tuesday, then we can expect very pleasant conditions for the remainder of the workweek. Tonight increasing clouds. Rain tomorrow showers and storms likely. Heavy rain possible. Wind wnw 515 high 73 alo 72 back to you. People living on the Southeast Side of that town. Dozens of homeowners have their sandbagged their homes, and now theyre evacuating. Were very much professionals now, we would say, were ready, weve been helping neighbors, my parents, our neighbors, were ready, hopefully it doesnt get that high though. The city asked People Living in 80 homes on the Southeast Side to leave. Their shelter is the same as the one for people in cedar rapids Cedar Hills Community Church on e avenue northwest. Heres a look at the evacuation map for cedar rapids. Again the latest crest prediction for the cedar river is now 24 feet thats slightly lower then the previous prediction. The city has set this evacuation zone for 28 feet. The city is asking anyone this area to get out by 8pm sunday tomorrow night. The area includes the time check newbo district, and Czech Village. Two flood prone areas in cedar busy areas today as theyre building flood walls and sandbagging. Kcrg tv nines Samantha Myers is down there live. Samantha, whats have they put up so far . The businesses here in Czech Village are almost all cleared out. This one is an antique shop, you can see sandbags are stacked pretty high, windows boarded up. The last few days as the area prepares to potentially flood. Right now the city is recommending voluntary evacuations to businesses and people who live in this area. A woman who sells antiques here says shes hopeful that preparations this time around will help lessen the damage. 03 45 54;25 were all pretty down that this is happening but some of us went through it in 08 and lost a lot at least this here like most of us did the last time. She says she feels like she just finally got her feet back on the ground after losing her home in 08 and no one in the Czech Village expected it to happen again so soon. While many people in the Czech Village are bracing for flooding, some are taking a little time to celebrate a wedding. Theres one still museum despite people building a wall of hesco barriers surrounding the museum. Live in cedar rapids Samantha Myers kcrg tv9 news. Downtown businesses have been pulling out inventory, machinery, tools and furniture in anticipation of high water. Kcrgs news director adam carros is joining us live im live downtown where restaurants and shops are preparing, evacuating and sandbagging. Moving equipment up to higher levels. But thats not why downtown is closed. Hesco barriers are going up. Theyre actually going up on volunteers are also helping here. Businesses have used sandbags, tarps, and those hesco barriers. Live in downtown cedar rapids, adam carros kcrgtv9 news. Alliant energy is making starting at 6 30 tonight to homes around Mckinley Middle School in cedar rapids. This outage is intentional alliant is making changes to a substation and the power grid so that if there is flooding these homes wont lose power. These homes around mckinley arent in the flood zone but the substation that powers them is. Now as for power to the homes and businesses in the evacuation zone Alliant Energy is not planning to cut power there unless they flood. So people are clear Alliant Energy is not preemptively cutting power in the flood zone. Only if it actually Mckinley Middle School will experience Power Outages for about an hour and a half. Linn county and cedar rapids now have four sandbagging locations. Theres one at the old kmart near 16th avenue and williams boulevard southwest. Another at hawkeye downs. And the city has reopened a sandbagging location at the ellis park pavilion. Linn county is also sandbagging at the countys secondary roads building. No hectic at these sites, but the city is urging people to not take empty sandbags. Either fill them or have them filled first. The sandbagging sites are there for people wholl need them for their homes and businesses in the flood zone. We just got word that waterloo will be closing its sandbagging site at the department of transportatio n facility at seven oclock tonight. But there may still be sand bags remain open. The cedar is expected to crest in waterloo tonight. If you need help with flood preparations, you call the united way of east central iowa. From a landline, simply dial 211. From a cell phone, the number is 3197394211. Governor Terry Branstad visited cedar rapids today to discuss flood preparations. 03 29 08;26 and were hopeful that they just recently reduced projected crest and we hope if the weather dont get more rain hopefully it wont be as bad as we had earlier thought but we want to do everything we can i think the community is planning to do some voluntary evacuations he says he has activated the National Guard and Highway Patrol to help local law at a level of 98 point 8 feet. Thats about three and a half feet below the citys record high. But this crest is about two feet lower than yesterdays prediction. Floodwaters, though, are still affecting some schools, homes, and low lying parks in cedar falls. Tv nines phil reed just got back from cedar falls after taking a boat tour of one neighborhood this afternoon. Phil, what did you see . Cedar falls f through some of the flood damaged areas, the water got as high as 7 feet. The playground near north cedar elementary is completely covered in water its almost touching the basketball nets mailboxes and cars were also damaged sandbags surround the garages of many of the homes as they try to keep the flood waters out. Power had to be shutoff in more than 200 homes the flood hit the northside of cedar falls the hardest. Downtown was not affected the city says they will start to move into the recovery phase other government sources, but also city sources as terms of washout as terms as washout to make sure the roads are protected moving forward. The city will come rescue people from their houses who are surrounded in deep flood waters. They say they were much better prepared to deal with this flood than the one in 2008. Sandbags, and hesco barriers were placed around town to make sure water did not get into any of the power plants a huge effort has been underway in vinton as that city in Benton County has prepared for flooding. Now its pretty much a waiting game there. The cedar river in vinton is set to crest monday at 22 feet. People who still need sandbags can get them at a parking lot across the street from the North Benton Ambulance garage. Emergency management director scott hansen did have a few things he wants residents to know. This will be the first big fire station with the hesco barriers during a flood, we all remember 08 in vinton where we lost our electricity so this time were really confident that area will stay protected, stay dry, and the electricity will stay on throughout vinton during this whole event hansen asks everyone to stay out of the waters do not go out into them and do drive into them. City officials are having a meeting tomorrow to begin planning recov but for now the city is asking residents to be mindful of the amount of water. Stay with your 24 hour news we will continue to see dry conditions through the rest of this evening and most of tonight, with the exception of an isolated shower or storm towards morning. On sunday, a strong cold front will be moving through. Showers and storms will be likely, however they will also likely be scattered. A heavy downpour is possible, but overall this round of rain is not expected to greatly affect the across eastern iowa. Behind this system, as we move into the next workweek, a long stretch of much needed dry and cool weather will arrive. Fairly windy conditions can be expected on monday. As it looks now 20 30 then we can expect very pleasant conditions for the remainder of the workweek. Tonight increasing clouds. Rain arrives late. Wind se 510. Low 65 alo 65 tomorrow showers and storms likely. Heavy rain possible. Wind wnw 515 high 73 alo 72 tom. Night showers and a few storms end. Wind nw 1020 low 55 alo 53 monday mostly cloudy, windy, and cooler. High 67 alo 55 tuesday partly cloudy. High 68 low 51 wednesday partly cloudy. High 70 low 49 thursday partly cloudy. High 73 low 50 friday partly cloudy. High 73 low 52 saturday partly cloudy. High 75 low 52 sunday chance of to north dakota state. Now, the focus is on big ten play. Iowa at rutgers today. And the hawkeye defense came up with some big plays in critical situations. 1st quarter, rutgers was at the iowa 8. But after a penalty and this sack by waukon grad parker hesse, rutgers is out of fieldgoal range. 2nd quarter, rutgers with a 4th and goal, going for it. Decorah grad josey jewell stops the quarterback c. J. Beathard finds a wide open George Kittle on the wheel route. Kittle with a nice cutback. 36yard touchdown. Iowa took a 70 lead into halftime. 4th quarter, tie game. What a day for brandon snyder, he had career and teamhigh 13 tackles and this forced fumble which he recovers deep inside rutgers territory. The iowa offense cashes in on the first play. Its new jersey native akrum wadley bursting through the holes, tiptoes for the score. Bruce springsteen, also a new jersey native would say, he was born to run. Iowa hangs on to win 147. The first three games have vo shop all makes, models and colors in your neighborhood. All with worryfree ownership. Head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. T chris havely for your final forecast. We will continue to see dry conditions through the rest of this evening and most of tonight, with the e storm towards morning. On sunday, a strong cold front will be moving through. Showers and storms will be likely, however they will also likely be scattered. Thanks chris. Thanks for joining us for updates on the flooding situations every hour through the evening. You can also stay in touch by checking out our website, kcrg dot com, and the disco music playing try to keep up, howard im killing it yeah, i wish we looked as cool dancing in clubs as we do right now. Dont worry, this is exactly how you look when youre dancing in clubs. Youre welcome, ladies. Paradigmshifting news, gentlemen
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