Its not the first time jennifer cadys home as flooded, and she says it probably wont be the last living so close to water. 13 54 23;22 we actually lived here in 2008 and we got about i would say 3 ft. On the first floor in 08 so we were pretty, pretty nervous about this one. The water pushed in the walls of her basement, making the home uninhabitable. But she made sure to get the water out. 13 56 18;23 it takes a little bit of time to get things cleaned up get any mold and bacteria thats out but for the most part it was just groundwater so it shouldnt have been too, too bad as far as bacterias and stuff Linn County Public Health supervisor ruby perin says mold from flood waters can affect peoples health. 13 44 26;18 mold can cause allergic reactions in sensitive individuals, it can trigger asthma attacks, because its linked to a variety of respiratory illnesses and diseases. Some people dont react at all to mold. The best way to find mold is streaking of water and you visually see some
Lets go to the graphic and talk about how much rainfall fell. Houses flooded and cars stranded with had a confirmed report of at least 5 1 2 inches and estimates of 7 inches in spots. A lot have rain has fallen. Even though the rain has moved out, there is still concern for flooding. At the freeport parkway area, there are still rescues in those areas. Parts of cities in several flooded roadways and give yourself extra time. There is a Flood Warning for north. More storms tonight with heavy rain expected in southern iowa. A Flash Flood Watch in effect until tomorrow morning. This is also where we will see a slight risk of strong storms this afternoon and this evening in southern iowa. In the rain for the next few hours and then more showers developing. It is muggy and we will talk about the next chance of storms. There is major flooding at the Trinity River this morning. It is at 13 feet and flood stage is 9 feet. They have stopped sandbagging for the time being. We have pictures from
Lots of sunshine and highs rebounding back to around 70 degrees. The wind wont be quite as strong as the past few days, but still notable out of the north. Overall, the weather pattern remains dry, but more clouds are expected for tomorrow and saturday. Due to the clouds, these days will be held down into the 60s for highs. Next week, a warming trend continues to be on track into the 70s. As of now, rain chances continue to be focused on wednesday, though the development of an thursday depending on what it does off the se coast. Have a great day today sunny and mild. Wind n 1020. High 70 tonight partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 51 tomorrow increasing clouds. Wind ne 1015. High 69 tom. Night mostly cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 54 though the cedar river in cedar rapids is receding, the city is still in a major flood stage. Kcrgtv9s meterologist justin geherts is at ellis and edgewood road this morning. Justin, how are things looking there . Some evacuees can return to their homes today. The ci
As people patiently wait for onramps and downtown bridges to reopen its caused a lot of impatience on i380. Weve been dealing with serious backups and bumpertobumper traffic on the interstate. Until today, it was the only way to get across the river in cedar rapids. Right . Now on i 380. Fortunately, all the congesti interstate this week wont congestion weve seen on the interstate this week wont be lasting much longer. Cbs2 News Reporter joe huisinga is live with some promising news on the downtown bridges. Joe . Reporter yeah guys for days interstate 380 has been the only one in town to cross the cedar river. But right now crews are working to clear hesco barriers from downtown bridges to get them ready for traffic tomorrow. All downtown bridges except for noon just for residence and businesses starting to move back in. And as scott mentioned in the last hour weve learned that the edgewood bridge is now open for all traffic and thats going to take a lot of stress off 380. The downtown
New evacuation zone. But inside the new, smaller zone, alliant will inspect each home before turning the power back on. And Midamerican Energy company says it has approval from the city now to begin restoring gas service to properties outside the new zone. Kcrg tv nines Samantha Myers joins us live from near the time check neighborhood tonight. Samantha, you spoke with some people who have been able to move back home . Chance to return to their homes today. Although, some of the people who live on this street, a Avenue Northwest were not going to be able to stay in their homes tonight because theyre waiting for power to come back on. Tanneka smith returned to her home wednesday. I was really excited to come back because i want to one help my neighbors and get everything back in the house the street she lives on was inside the original flood revised zone. 11 38 38;29 but its been a delay with the power getting back on and gas getting back on so just kind of waiting for that but really e