And im also tracking thderstor in eastern iowa. I will have the latest on matthew Hurrican Matthew. Also tonight no flood damage but a big Financial Financial to overcome in the corridor this area may be ideal for shoppers but not necessarily for drivers. We will tell you what we are doing about the traffic issue. Four legged cheerleader thats creating a lot of smiles. This is a dose of happiness. This is fox 28 news at 9. We will take you like to florida for an update on Hurrican Matthew in just a moment. First im in the weather with meteorologist Rebecca Kopelman in for terry. There is severe threatening parts of eastern iowa. We do have strong storms that will be possible as we head through the night tonight. They are starting to move in. Moving. Now what im keeping my eye on is further down to the south. There south of i80 we start t have this line o storms and move on in. We could have storms that pop little bit of a punch. They do have a lot of lightning and so where starting to
The state but now the National Hurricane center is showing a path that does not show the likelihood of a landfall. It looks like the storm may stay off the coast of florida which is good news however we there will be impacts that occur along the eastern coast of the state of florida with strong winds. Also strong storm surge. We will check with you back in. As the eye of Hurrican Matthew creeps closer to florida the effects are being felt. One of the biggest concerns is the amount of people being affected by the storm. More than 2 million residents are now under mandatory evacuations. Still some are choosing to ride out the storm. The iowa storm chasing network. He says emergency crews will not be able to get to those people. Reporter many of the services may be available may not be available if you get into trouble. We hope that everyone makes it through the night by people that have state may not get assistance right away and they may be cut off. We will track hurricane matthews move
Welcome to cbs two this morning. Im kevin barry. Barry. And im jenee ryan lets get a check of our cbs 2 much of cedar rapids dodged a bullet when temporary flood defenses prevented the cedar river from spilling into many areas. Areas. But still many folks are still facing financial facing financial damage. Damage. Money that they have set going towards a car payment or towards their house or towards daycare at something thats definitely a lot tighter now. Now. Days of preparing for disaster can add up quickly between paying for moving trucks and trailers for appliances hotels and even lost pay from days of not working. It will now take people already living on a tight budget time to catch back up. I think when we get into a everything is back to normal and its not quite there yet. You know it takes a month or two still to get really back to where we should be. Be. People needing assistance are recommended to call 211 for help finding the organization that can help meet those needs. You
We have nothing compared to that but we do have some wind. We have some gusty winds that is bringing cooler temperatures. You will notice that today. Lets look at what is going on up there. The temperatures were mild until the rain moved in. We have a 15 degree drop this morning. We stall showers move through. That is when the cold front moved through. Is in the upper 40s the sadder. The rate the radar is quiet. We keep the cloud around as we look to the east this morning. In cedar rapids it is 47 with the clouds. The camera shake and forth a bit. It is 45 in waterloo and charleston. It is 41 in iowa city and 50 in dubuque. It is 12 degrees cooler in cedar rapids compared to yesterday morning. Winds. Lets talk about satellite and radar. You see the clouds continuing to move to the forecast. We will find sunshine this afternoon and the temperatures are 47. It is 60 at 3 00. Will peek at your friday night forecast coming up in 10 minutes. Kevin . We are taking a look at the through much
We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. [ bleep ]. Wow. This wind is really blowing hard. Im not sure what the Miles Per Hour are. Im not going to lie. Im scared. Hurricane matthew pumles east coast. Its a monster. You talked to my captain. Do you have body bags . Are you prepared for mass casualties. Reporter as floridas governor has warned repeatedly, this storm will kill you. It will kill your pets and everyone you know who wants to mess with it. Hillary clinton was off the campaign trail today, prepping for sundays debate. Do you really think that Hillary Clinton is debate prepping for three or four days . Hillary clinton is resting. Okay . Federal investigators now say the man behind that stabbing spree at a mall in minnesota may have been newly radicalized. He may have been radicalized either with the influence of others or on his own. Investigators say the train that crashed into that transit speed limit. And again its Larry Fitzgerald w