Tonight chance of storms. Heavy rain possible. Wind s 510. Low 66 alo 65 dbq 65 iow 67 as justin mentioned, more flooding is expected in already flooded streets and basements in towns along the cedar river in floyd and butler counties. Kcrgtv9s brea love has been looking into the flooding throughout that area all morning and joins us live from north Butler High School. Brea, what are you seeing out there right now . Morning flooding is impacting flooding at the nashua dam on thursday, september 22nd, 2016. Emergency management officials in Butler County says the town of greene is one of the hardest hit areas. Trees have even fallen on some homes and power lines in that area. Early on thursday morning, ditches along some roads including 110th st. Leading into greene are flooded. A kcrgtv9 crew attempting to get into town had to turn around multiple times after running into flooded roads. Butler county Emergency Management tells tv9 people were out on wednesday night sandbagging in prepa
Tonight ino clouds to hang on. Sunday, clouds should disperse somewhat, allowing a return to the upper 60s low 70s across the area. Next week, a warming trend is likely through wednesday with a seasonable cooldown right behind a midweek cold front. Enjoy your weekend toda y becoming mostly cloudy. Wind ne 1015. High 67 tonight cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 57 tomorrow mostly cloudy. Wind n 510. High 66 tom. Night partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 53 rapids will allow people who live or work in the flood zone to go back into the area. And its asking people who dont need to be there to stay away so large equipment can get in for cleanup. The flood zone will be open to everyone else starting at seven saturday morning. For the many oncall first responders, Police Officers, and firefighters, the return to normal is longawaited. But until their routine is normalized, there is one place providing is providing hot meals and a place to relax for those working. Crescent lodge mason john english says he
Towards the north. Our next area of low pressure is not far off though, and will begin to impact our weather beginning tomorrow. Plan on some showers and storms in the area for friday and especially on friday night. This weekend continues to look great with highs into the 70s and lows into the 50s. The plan weatherwise for saturday night continues to be unchanged with clear sky and comfortable temperatures for football into the 60s. Today gradual clearing. Wind nw 515. High 82 tonight increasing clouds. Wind light e. Low 62 tomorrow ho heavy rain possible. Wind s 510. High 78 tom. Night lingering showers and a few thunderstorms. Wind nw 5 10. Low 57 thanks kaj. Were going to send it back to our studio in cedar rapids where brea is standing by with a look at todays top stories. Mondayits the day for the minimum wage in the county. The board approved the second reading of the ordinance yesterday. One more yes vote would boost the minimum wage from 7dollars and 25 cents an hour now to 825
Thunderstorms. Wind nw 5 10. Low 57 it was in june of 2008 when the massive flood destroyed the old Hancher Auditorium in iowa city. Walk through the front doors for the first time at the new facility a little higher up and a little further off the iowa river. Walking into the lobby is the first part of the Hancher Auditorium experience. We had executive director Chuck Swanson take us through the lobby a part of hancher that will be well worth your time. Chris so as people first walk into Hancher Auditorum, chuck, their eye is drawn there right. Can you tell us a little bit more about what it is and what it represents . By a west african artist, ellena suey is his name and hes actually a professor in west africa. Its the result of the iowa state and art buildings law that, when construction happens, we spent 0. 5 of the construction budget on visual art. To 1 03 this is a piece of art that is tied togth of copper wire. Ellena suey, just two years ago, got the golden lion award in venic
Unfortunately impacting the same areas as last night. As a result, flooding is a certainty, but the severity is something well need to assess day by day. Remember to heed all warnings and evacuations over Northern Iowa should they become necessary. This next round of rain will be capable of another 14 over northern areas, before dropping southward towards cedar rapids and iowa city later this morning. More rain is possible tonight with drying conditions from midday friday into all of saturday. Another round of rain is also possible sunday into monday. Please stay tuned for further flooding updates. Today storms likely. Isolated very heavy rain totals possible. Wind s 515. High 79 tonight chance of storms. Wind s 510. Low 64 tomorro high 83 tom. Night partly cloudy. Wind se 510. Low 64 thanks kaj. The Butler County emergency manager says that falling on homes and power lines. In floyd county, nearly every road across the southwestern portion of the county is under water. There are also