It picks up on the west side of town. Another little moderate band through northwestern webster county. A little bit of snow downtown that up through greene county. This is just slowly moving to the north. Not expecting much additional accumulation. Maybe an inch in a few locations. So far, 610 inches in webster, hamilton, and boone county. 46 in the metro, with the highest amounts up around johnston. Another band of 69 inches through monroe county, lucas county. Here, we tally just about 5 inches. The old record was 4 inches for the 24 hour period. Temperatures in the 20s throughout the day. Winds will settle down, so by tomorrow, not a big problem with blowing snow. Todd here are a look at Road Conditions from 511ia. Org. The iowa state patrol said there have been 63 accidents in six counties. Dallas, polk, jasper, boone, story, and marshall. Travel is not advised on ieees between mitchellville and grinnell on i 80 east between mitchellville and grinnell. Laura we are long i80 near a
As we said the snow is moving out and were adding it all up. Metinka we had a record snowfall in des moines and waterloo. They had over 10 inches of snow. Down through august and ames. At the airport, 5. 4 inches of snow with lighter totals around iowa. Flurries around farther northwest iowa lifting to the northeast and moving out of the area. Drive time is slower, like yesterday. Roads will improve as the day goes along, watch for slick spots. Temperature at 24 and thats where it will stay all day. Bundle up as you head out. Elizabeth alyx sacks is watching the roads. What are you seeing . Alyx we are on 35 north, close to ankeny. I can tell you it is much roads are pretty clear, when you are a major interstates but more troublesome spots seem to be side streets and on and off ramps have been really slippery. Black ice underneath the ice, a lot of crews out there still plowing and trying to keep the roads clear. Its working as far as interstates are concerned. The side streets within
Storm warning until 6 00 a. M. The snow has moved out. It is going to be a whole lot quieter today. Temps will stay cool. Make sure you bundle up. Make sure you keep those warm gloves handy. Elizabeth kccis alyx sacks is back watching the roads for you this morning. Alyx how are things looking so far . Alyx we are on 80 35 going north. I can to you that there are trouble areas are the on and off ramps. They are better than yesterday but one thing to note is the roads are still wet. Even though they are plowed, you want to watch out because of the potential for black ice. Another troublesome spot, under if you are traveling any of those, possibly some slick areas. The most troublesome so far seems to be the on and off ramps. Looking at iowa 511, there seems to be a lot of roadways still cover, 35 south of des moines. I 80 east of des moines, the roadway is completely covered. Either direction it seems you should still plan on giving yourself extra time before heading out the door. Do no
Jasper, boone, story and marshall. Travel is not advised on i80 east between mitchellville and grinnell. Kccis Laura Terrell starts our team 8 coverage from along i80. Laura a snow covered interstate. Is leaving several cars scattered in the ditch along i 80 east, like this fed ex truck near mitchellville. Things were going too slow and i just didnt want to cause an accident or be in an accident. Laura truck driver jacob benson decided to just park it for the night. I parked here just for my personal safety. I found a place where i could park so i figured i would stop for the night. Laura Michael Morton and his family are only stopping for a quick rest stop break on their trip from sioux city to ohio. Weve seen six semis jackknifed. Weve seen two of them tipped over. Weve seen about four or five cars in the banks. Laura even though travel is not advised theyve decided to keep going just at a slower pace. We are doing about 40. And then with the truckers around, we drop down to about 30
[applause] our coverage of the International Summit of the book continues now by a panel called the publishing world yesterday and today. It about one hour 20 minutes. Good afternoon, ladies and supplement. Its a pleasure see so many of you, so many old friends here. I have a great privilege of being Senior Consultant for the librarian of congress, and i am also a writer and editor in chief and the world. And also a veteran of the publishing world. I have worked for many years as a Senior Editor and also at Simon Schuster as well. I have been around the block. A bit of a veteran in august. But we have learned so many things in this conference so far. Such a delight in such a pleasure to have heard the wonderful keynote speech. The report from the frontline with so many countries like russia and south africa, to learn that the First Encounter between europe and the new world, but between the conquistadors and into was over a book. With Thomas Jefferson and the wondrous discussion regist