Right now where they could see a near record crest tomorrow. And the city is trying to protect as much of the downtown area as it can. The city shut off access to the downtown at five oclock this evening. And businesses there will be closed all day tomorrow. People who need to evacuate their homes in cedar falls can stay in the west gym on the university of Northern Iowa campus. People who need bottled water, cleaning supplies, and food can go to the Living Water Church in cedar falls. Kcrg tv nines samantha effort in cedar falls. Groups of volunteers are stationed all around cedar falls, theyre building walls out of sandbags and helping out in any way they can. The city sent out a call for help at five on friday for people to help with the sand bagging effort as the flood waters began to rise faster than anticipated. Volunteer lynn hoth spent her an island for three days and we couldnt get in or out you know so just have to be ready, weve had notice so thats good and people help each
High 83 alo 82 tonight increasing clouds. Rain arrives late. Wind se 510. Low 65 alo 65 thanks britley. This morning, Black Hawk County expected to crest there, this afternoon. The forecast calls for 100 point 5 feet. Heres what the Iowa Flood Center says a crest at that level would look like. Water from the cedar river and lakes in that area would flood the city as far north as lone tree road. It would also cover sturgis and river front parks along the river. Volunteers were out overnight trying to falls. That area is normally busy on a friday night, but was eerily quiet with so many people preparing for flooding. Kcrgtv9s Samantha Myers shows us some of the other sandbagging efforts in the city. Groups of volunteers are stationed all around cedar falls, theyre building walls out of sandbags and helping out in any way they can. The city sent out a call for help at five on friday for people to help with the sand faster than anticipated. Volunteer lynn hoth spent her day filling sand ba
Fill sandbags or pick some up in cedar rapids today. The ellis park pavilion shut down overnight but to help fill sandbags. The city is also looking for help to fill bags at the old kmart location at 16th avenue southwest and williams boulevard. Volunteers should bring 2 c1 3 from your 24 hour news source, this is the kcrgtv9 sunday morning news. Good morning and thanks for this morning, Black Hawk County is preparing for flooding as the cedar river is expected to crest there, this evening. The forecast calls for 100 point 5 feet. Heres what the iowa flood level would look like. Water from the cedar river and lakes in that area would flood the city as r north as lone tree road. It would also cover sturgis and river front parks along the river. Volunteers were out overnight trying to protect main street in cedar falls. That area is normally busy on a friday night, but was eerily quiet with so many people preparing for flooding. Cedar falls is asking for more volunteer help this morning
The afternoon hours, the temperatures are going to be in the midtoupper 50s inland and around the bay at 56 to 60 degrees and along the cost in the mid50s so expect another couple of nights of very cold temperatures. Our traffic outlook is showing Clear Conditions and a few accidents to get us going at the bay bridge toll plaza where it is empty, but still could experience holiday lite but in san rafael, lucas valley road at west gate shut down because of years wind which took down a tree, had took down power lanes. A mess there. You have detours still in place. Now a check of the top stories. Package theft is often a major problem during the holidays but more people are new turning to home Surveillance Systems with the hope of catching the crooks. Matt keller has more with that story. The police will get a visit from a san jose man today who has hopes of catching a package thief who stole a little bit of christmas this week. Check out the Surveillance Video from the home in the evergr