now we're taking a live look right this is special coverage of flood 2016. good morning. we are now taking a live look at the cedar river in caesar rapids. i'm kelly alongside justin roberts. kevin barry is going to be out gefing us a look at the conditions >> all eyes are on the cedar river. last night we knew the crest happened in vinton, just late part of the evening. that was the big indicator as to what could and most likely will happen here in cedar rapids. let's get right to that first weather forecast. brandon marshall is here this morning. we know things are dry. that hopefully bodes well for us the next few days. >> absolutely. most locations getting off to a

right now, a temperature of 51 degrees here in cedar rapids with a west wind around 9 miles per hour. that wind will be gusty today around 30 to 35 miles per hour. look at the dew point. it is 48 degrees. much cooler and drier air settled in behind a cold front that did move through later on in the night. as we continue to look at temperatures from across your day planner today, around 9:00, we'll be at around 54. by noon, around 63 looking at high temperature of around 66 today,and as we are having problems here, your forecast in for today. mostly sunny and cool. it will be breezy, like i mentioned. those winds west, 15 to 25 miles per hour, gusting to around 35 miles per hour. we're looking at high temperatures in the low to middle 60s, maybe upper 60s down towards iowa city and washington. so much cooler and much less humidity in the forecast for

minutes, i will be letting you know about the current river levels and the current crest that we have for the cedar river here in cedar rapids. that's coming up in your full weather. we have a map to take a look at now. >> yeah. right now, take a look. cedar river projected to crest at 23 feet here in cedar rapids, and this map shows you just kind of the lay of the land here from under our weather first logo there, you can see, areas in blue are all areas underwater. this does include the first avenue, second avenue, third avenue bridges. again, 18 feet, that water starts to come up to the bottom of the blares ferry road bridge as you are taking that from northern cedar rapids. we know edgewood road is closed this morning. all of the bridges downtown are closed this morning. this does affect, once again, the time check area, the

so many areas that were just starting to come back from 2008. we will -- of course, that map is linkable. you can actually zoom it in kind of like google maps right down to your neighborhood. that link is at cbs2iowa.com. that available to you at cbs2iowa.com. justin, when you said those airs shown right there were unz water, you mean that is projected; they are not currentl this is projected. now, the river is just under 20 feet at this point. now, it started to go above flood stage yesterday in the afternoon/early evening. talked to your friends from weather nation in town from denver covering this. they were in the ellis area doing their live nationwide live shots, and from where they started around 3:00 yesterday afternoon, they were able to take the little access road.

community gardens. by the time they left, the water was starting to go over top of that road. you are seeing exclusive drone footage here. just the outpouring of community support has been nothing short of a miracle on a time where we really need it to come together. so this map continues here. we want to give you an update, now, to all the latest information as waters start to flood areas here in cedar rapids. >> cbs 2 and fox 28 want to remind all parents this morning ce today and will continue to be closed for most of the week. right now, school doors are closed today, tomorrow, and wednesday. district leaders say they'll send more information to parents on wednesday afternoon concerning the rest of the week. several other programs have been impacted by the flooding potential. for all the closing and delays, you can find a complete list at cbs2iowa.com. important information on your morning commute we want to let you know about this morning.

across the cedar river is closed. crews shut that down between glass road and ellis road just before 8:00 last night. now, right now, take a look at an interactive map. you can check all current roads to see which roads are closed due to the flood. it has details about where the road is closed and why. you can check this out on our web site at cbs2iowa.com. this morning, cedar rapids residents will not p able to use the city's buses today or tomorrow. they have been suspended due potential flooding and road closures. the city plans to release updated information in the coming days, and we'll track that and let you know when there are any updates. bringing you the latest up-to-date information, kevin barry and stephny johnson are both live in cedar rapids this morning on the front lines of the cedar river as it continues to rise to projected crest of 23 feet. >> first, we head out to cbs anchor kevin barry who's been watching the flood waters rise

burning the midnight oil. kevin, what do you see out there early this morning? >> yeah. justin and kelly, we are right next to the five and one dams. i'll step out of the way so we can take a look. obviously looking at mays island. if we can take a look at how shallow those arches are, that gefs you an idea for how high that water is in relation to the bridge. the last time i was out here was about 12:30 last night. at that time, when i checked it, the water was just above the 16 mark. i haven't been able to check it so far yet. we came right to this spot so we can see the gauges on the side of mays island, but certainly a little bit higher than that. there was more arch that was showing before when i was out here earlier tonight. so we'll update that number as soon as we get off the -- off of our shot right here. you can also see just how quickly the water is moving. it's a little bit louder than normal. right over the edge here, if we can look over the side, there's

railing there, this is a walkway that comes all the way down to right below us. there's a tree that you can see is clearly in the water. that is a normal tree that provides shade for people on that walkway, and the tree of five seasons is a little bit tough to see now in the dark, but the water is much, much closer to that, almost swallowing up all of that rock formation that's underneath it. now, it's up to the green foliage that normally hangs out underneath that tree. so the water clearly noticeably different and noticeably higher on a daily basis certainly this time of year. we are going to be going up and down the east side of the river all morning long, not only checking on right here by i-380, but making our way all the way down to the new bohemia districts, as well. we've been following new story lines down there of business owners trying to keep their businesses dry. we'll check in with them as the morning goes on. for now, though, we'll send it back to the studio with you

stephanie johnson also live in cedar rapids. >> you're on the other side of the river this morning. you're out here at 4:37. what are you seeing? >> you're right, justin. i'm between c treat and bolen street southwest. as you can see around me, there is water already coming up the storm drains. i talked with city crews earlier today. they came down, and they were basically putting down more sandbags to secure from water coming through the storm now, also out here, there is plenty of road closings and road closing signs just blocking traffic from getting all the way through. if my photographer could just pan down here for one second, you can see that crews are still down the street putting down more barriers and just making sure that nobody goes down there chl but the water is rising quickly, and you can see, again, how the water is coming up so fast. you see all the barriers that they have placed down here on c street. that's the latest right now happening on the west side of

morning long. in cedar rapids, stephanie johnson, cbs 2. back to you guys. >> i hope they are able to go back to stephanie. if you can still hear us, stephanie, how long did it take you guys, just from a point of reference, to get from broadcast park to where you're at down there this morning? >> it's a difference down here. when i came down here, it's just so much water. when i was driving down here, the streets are blocked off, and you can see the water down the storm drain. back at park, it's very dry. down here, it's much different. the neighborhood is quiet. there's barely any electricity on. it's kind of eerie. that's what's going on down here. it took us about -- probably about, to get down here, probably about 12/13 minutes to get down here. it wasn't too bad of a travel time. but when we came down here, it definitely was a difference between neighborhoods.

vibrant. this one, we drove down here, all the homes had sandbags in front of them. it was just a much different look down here. >> thank you, stephanie. we'll continue to check back in with you throughout the morning. for now, the cedar river continues to rise, as we've seen. people living in those projected mrood zones should be out of their homes by now. >> that's right. total strangers as well as homes.of course - for many - this isn't thier first time evacuating their houses.ron and heidi mckay evacuated evacuating their homes. ron and heidi evacuated their home back in 2008. since then, they gutted the ruins and rebuilt the entire inside by hand, making this evacuation more painful, but they are thankful they had days to prepare rather than hours like 2008. >> we're better prepared now, and we decided that no matter what, we were taking everything this time. we were not going to put

family, and they hope they can come home in a matter of weeks rather than a matter of months like back in 2008. again, the evacuation is voluntary along the flood zone, but it is highly recommended. also, we want to remind you the curfew is in effect until 7 a.m. this morning. well, cedar rapids mayor ron corbit spoke to us last night about the importance of taking these evacuations very seriously. >> well, it's important safety standpoint, their personal safety, but also, potentially putting at-risk firefighters and emergency rescue personnel in the event that they would have to -- to rescue someone. if you're watching this at home right now and you're sitting in your living room in the inundated area, you know, i plead with you to go grab your suitcase or your duffel bag, put some clothes in it, some

toilettries, please just move out. we think we can get everybody at least have access to their place on saturday. please -- please do this. we built this levy system to prevent flooding on all both sides of the river and we're working with the corps of engineers on that, but there's always the possibility these temporary systems could breach. that's our biggest concern right now. so the rising water is on breach in a levy that's holding back, you know, 20 feet, 30 feet or 23 feet of water and there's a breach, that comes gushing out. that's our concern, and one of the reasons we ask people to, you know, please respect the evacuation order and move out. go.the american red cross is giving those people a place to . go.there are two shelters set

st. paul's united methodist church and the other at cedar hills community church.the shelters will be open 24 hours a day -- and they will provide three meals. a curfew is still in place for the evacuation areas in cedar rapids.it will remain in effect until seven this morning.a curfew is also in place in palo.but that will expire at six.again, these curfews are only for the evacuation areas.they will repeat every night until the flooding threat is over. city leaders are also asking people to secure their yard waste, recyclable and garbage cans.there will be no trash removal inside the flood zone. but trash service will continue as normal outside of flood affected areas.also, the city will be flexible with extra bags and trash at locations outside the evacuation zone. heading up-stream - the cedar riverin vinton where the river is expected to crest this morning over 21 feet.that would be the second highest

saw the river quickly rise to 21 point four feet at celebration park. the water is expected to stay above the flood zone until at least thursday. . many people are evacuating their homes - or have already left their homes - in palo. residents are being asked to lock their doors and leave their keys at city hall.city leaders are asking people to conserve water as well.alliant energy started shutting off power to about 40 homes along the river in palo. officials say people from all over are chipping in to help along the river in palo. people from all over are chipping in to help out. >> just seeing the neighborhoods come together and, you know, not even neighborhoods, but other neighborhoods working together. people, family and friends, coming from all over the state, country, to come over and help us. we talked to people from indiana. we've had people here from tennessee. just, it's nice to see. >> the national guard will be monitoring road closures in the

residents in palo due to the water main break, you are not to use the water until further notice. moving to cedar falls where the river crested saturday at 98.8 feet, nearly 2 feet lower than the highest projeshgs, but also only 3 feet below the flooding in 2008. now, the water is receding, and flood recovery efforts are underway. downtown still closed to traffic at this time. back in cedar rapids, people at one of the most historic buildings in america are also taking precautions to avoid the same damage they saw eight years ago. lost all of their archived materials in the 2008 noods. -- floods. this time, they moved everything from the basement to the top floor. the mom of this mosque says eight years ago, they didn't take the floods concerns seriously. this time, they are worried, but they're handling it a lot differently. >> this time, we take it serious. last time, i'm telling you, we were not that serious about it. we thought it would not happen.

last time. now - better safe than sorry. he also says he appreciates the gratitude from this community so far. it's

good morning. let's take a quick look at some of the rer levels. first, the cedar river at vinton. this is some of the newest data

currently 21.67 feet. it is forecasted to crest later on this morning around 21.7 feet. so major flooding is occurring around the vinton area. it will go up just a little bit more here as we make our way through the morning. as far as the cedar river at cedar rapids, currently at 17.69 feet. it is now in the major flooding threshold when it gets above 16 feet. so major flooding is currently going on. the cedar river at cedar rapids feet as of tomorrow morning so that forecast is still on track. as far as the river at independence, it has crested as of yesterday. currently at 18.14 feet. and at animosa, it's supposed to crest at 24 feet coming up wednesday morning resulting in major flooding there. take a look at current conditions here in cedar rapids. we're at 51 degrees. west wind around 9 miles per hour. that will pick up as we head

cooler and drier air works its way in behind a cold front that passed through late last night. current temperatures around the area, 50. 52 the warm spot in waterloo, monticelle and dubuque. up to the north about 13 miles per hour in waterloo, but they will pick up between 15 and 25 miles per hour. could see gusts as high as 35 miles per hour as we head into this afternoon. look at these dew points in the 60s and 70s week into the weekend they are middle to upper 40s, just a sign of drier air that worked its way in. as of 9:00 this morning, middle 50s, noon, the low 60s. by around 3:00, we'll be right around 66 degrees. as we take a look in satellite and radar, the back edge of the clouds beginning to work its way through eastern iowa into western illinois taking the showers and thunderstorms with it. our predictor model has us in sunshine for much of the day today. i will have the clear skies settle in tonight, then we are

counties tomorrow that could bring some scattered showers to the area, but we're looking at some light precipitation so nothing heavy is expected there. winds, i did mention, will be out of the west today, about 20 to 25 miles per hour. they will die down a little bit tonight and tomorrow, it will be a rather gusty day with winds out of the west from about 20 to 25 miles per hour. here is your forecast today. mostly sunny and cool. it will be breezy. locations in the low, middle, to then your forecast for tonight, clear. it will be chilly. breezy, as well. look at these low temperatures. we are looking at 43 up in decora. 44 here in cedar rapids. 46 to 47 down towards washington. we are drying out. it will be cool for most of the week. tomorrow, we're looking at middle 60s. we should be right around 70 degrees for the normal high. 67 for wednesday. 69 for thursday, and then we get into low 70s for friday, saturday, and sunday.

we did do -- we looked at some of the data over the past 165 years of the cedar river. the top 30 crests by month here in cedar rapids. 13 times has the river crested above flood stage throughout march and april due to the snow melt from mainly up north. that begins to work its way down into -- into our area, and then may through august, we've had 17 crests above flood stage resulting in heavy rain events, but never in the hior cedar river has there been a crest above flood stage this late into september. so that is some pretty unique when you take a look at it going back 165 years back to, like, the 1850s when they started recording data that we've never had the river crest above flood stage in the month of september. >> you know, and before 2008, the record crest on the cedar river was about, maybe, 20 feet. so here we are second highest crest on record, first time it's

which is just astonishing the think about that, as well. also, to think about how soon after this was, 2008. here we are eight years later. we're dealing with this again, too. >> pretty interesting. we are going to be back with more flood 2016 coverage. right now, we are taking a look downtown near the veterans

welcome back -- it's now we're taking a live look in cedar rapids, welcome back. it is 4:53. we are taking a l the veterans memorial building. this is a live look at cedar rapids at this moment. >> we are watching the river rise. it started to hit flood stage 12 feet yesterday afternoon, and it is quickly working its way up. we expect it to be around 21 feet some time this mid-to-late morning and cresting where it roaches its highest points -- its highest point, rather , about 23 feet some time overnight tuesday morning. that camera courtesy of the tower news network downtown cedar rapids there.

city hall there at the bottom of your television screen. you can see the veterans building on the far right there with kind of green glow. behind that is the -- i believe that's the united fire group parking ramp, i believe. somebody can correct me if i'm wrong there. that's kind of first street heading off toward the river there. so 1st avenue and 1st street is what you are looking at this morning at 4:54. we are going to take it down to the street now. cbs 2 news anchor and reporter kevin barry is there at this

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this is special coverage of flood 2016. >> we are taking a i-380 at 1st avenue southwest. you can see the traffic lights there blinking. just one car just drove by. >> for those of you commuting from iowa city in coralville where our friends at kcjj are joining us live this morning as well, there is only one thoroughfare from the south side of cedar rapids to the north cedar rapids at this hour. that is i-380 this morning, and you are asked to keep the flow moving. try to fight that urge to stop

rubber neck. try to just keep traffic moving as much as we can because we can guarantee that the traffic flow on 380 will be some of the biggest it has seen in eight years. good morning. welcome back. justin roberts along with kelly. we are on the air all morning long on cbs 2 and fox 28 as we track the rains and waters minute by minute. >> kevin barry, stephanie johnson both out live on the street to give us a firsthand look. we've also got brandon marshall here. he's going to give us a check our cbs 2 weather first forecast. >> most areas off to a cool start this morning. thankfully we will be dry for today. looks like we are going to be dry for much of the week as well. temperatures from across the area. we're in the upper 40s to lower 50s here to start off monday. right now 50 in cedar rapids with a wind west around 9 miles per hour. it will be gusting, though, from about 15 to 35 miles per hour as we get into this afternoon and dew point at 47 degrees. a cooler and drier air worked its way into eastern iowa.