And i believe that should be morel mill. And abby road, that is right now closed. Bugle and abby roads near elgin remain closed. Well continue to keep you up to date on that. E we are watching a little bit of rain too. Just some very light showers west of the area down to the south and waterloo and scattered showers back tiger woods manchester. Just very light rain a much better chance of rain exists this evening. Well talk about the showers moving in late the and overnight coming up here in about 10 minutes time. Kelly . Thank you, justin. The communities along the river are now feeling optimistic as the water levels are starting to recede. Stephanie johnson has been up there all day long keeping an eye on it for us. We will show you the cautious side of that optimism. Reporter kelly, there are many street closures and sandbags situated. Risen. It has basically taken over the Basketball Court as well as a playground over here. Right now businesses along south main street near here are
About a half hour ago on the preparations and plans underway. They plan to continue sandbagging, protecting homes and businesses, and prepping for whatever comes this way this afternoon. We sp josh. Who wanted to make sure elkader residents knew what to do to stay safe. I would just like everybody to stay away from downtown as much as we can. I know everybody wants to see the water , but if so we can get our jobs done and protect the community. Again the flooding is crested at 22 and a half feet the water is rapidly moving out here ive seen completely submerged. Businesses sandbagged and closed. Remember to try and stay away from downtown if youre in elkader, and stay with tv9 for the latest. Live in elkader. Governor Terry Branstad is touring some of the floodaffected areas across northeast iowa today. He issued disaster proclamations for flooding howard and winneshiek counties. These counties can now use state money to help with flooding response and recovery efforts. The governor is
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