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from cbs 2 and fox 28 news, this is special coverage of flood 2016. good morning. it is 6:00. we're taking a look at live downtown cedar rapids right now, as we continue to watch the river. i'm kelly with justin roberts.

he'll be gefing us a live look at the conditions down there. >> this is the day we wait. this is the day we wait to watch to see what mother nature throws at us, and before we get downtown, let's see what she's throwing at us. of course, we want to let you know real quick that all public sandbagging sites, we asked this question a little bit ago. all public sandbagging sites are officially closed. now, a site is open if additional sandbags are needed. they are working the city at the public works building just off city, whereas the public sites are closed at this hour. 6:02 this morning. brandon marshall, meteorologist brandon marshall standing by over in the weather center to kind of talk about the dry and cool weather we are looking at for the next few days. >> a strong cold front did move through late last night into the overnight hours. it's bringing in a pretty poe toent canadian air mass. we are going to see much cooler temperatures than we've seen the last several days chl up to a

50 in cedar rapids. 49 in dubuque. winds are out of the west from about 6 to 12 miles per hour. could see gusts from 35 miles per hour this afternoon. the dew points, which were in the 60s for much of the weekend. it was a little humid. they've now combon back down into the low to mid 40s. that cooler and try ir air will be sticking around for most of the week. your day planner for today will be in the mid 60s by around 3:00 this afternoon. there is a satellite and radar, the back edge of the clouds eastern iowa. our predictor has us in sunshine today. clear skies, cool again tonight. could see clouds, maybe a light shower or two in our northern koun tis by the time we get into tomorrow afternoon. that's something we'll have to watch. your forecast today, mostly sunny, cool and breezy. temperatures will be in the low to mid 60s area wide. looking like a pretty nice start to the week, and be back to track those river levels and a forecasted crest coming up with your weather first forecast in just a few minutes. >> brandon, thank you for that.

today into tomorrow is when the flood waters will really start and that's where he is now - live in cedar rapids - kevin what do you see right now.

with the major flooding expected in parts of cedar rapids and beyond, help is with the major flooding expected in parts of cedar rapids and beyond, help the coming from the iowa national guard. this amp, they are te ploying up to 400 troops to cedar rapids. >> those troops will be assisting cedar rapids, police,

evacuation area, to keep that secure. there is a daily curfew that is in effect from 8 p.m. until 7 a.m. within the flood area. saftety of homes and businesses. that's where the national guard will step in. . verbatim. (( 10:21:02 )) ... part of that mission will be working at evacuation control points just to kind of help things moving smoothly for people who need to 10:21:18 )) .. they'll be on the ground and ready to do the mission sometime early tomorrow afternoon. " "colonel happgood says the guard is also bringing special equipment in case it's needed. right now there are voluntary evacuations in place for those living along the cedar river in cedar rapids.they're not mandatory - but some city leaders are urging residents to heed their warnings. they say it's noy only for your safety - but also the safety of first responders - who are tasked to rescue anyone stuck in floodwaters.

to help sandbagging efforts. one family in town - the erlockers - told cbs 2 news about a hundred volunteers - some including people they've never met - came by to help sandbag around their home. every half hour - more trucks would show up with more unexpected sandbags, and even food and water. "really makes you look at what you have. especially around you and the wonderful people that are always always there to help no matter what. no matter the world there is always good that goes with it." it.""erlockers" said they were very thankful to everyone who stopped by to help save her home.officers are walking around the evacuation zone making sure no one's wandering around who doesn't belong here. if you live in the area and are coming in and out of the evacuation zone - make sure to have your i-d with proof of address to show them. local first responders are now stationed on both sides of the river.

boats and specialty equipment. since all bridges are closed i-380 will be the only way for first responders to get to emergency calls. and some 380 exits are closed for emergency and construction crews only. so if you're driving along 380 they're asking people to be patient. and allow more travel bunch of you, you're asked to be patient and allow extra travel time. >> that's what we're re and we have a mission to not only respond to the flood event, well."buelow says there was a designated emergency car lane on i-380 during the flood back designated emergency lane back in 2008. you'll remember that on i-380 north and southbound. right now, there is not one, but officials say that they will make plans as needed. cedar rapids motorists will have a tougher time getting to work this morning because many

leaders say there will be extra traffic there. >> people going to work, there will be some traffic challenges with only wilson avenue and 7th open. it's tempting to drive on 380 and look over your shoulder at the river and then you slow down. it's -- it's a difficult section of the road anyway, as it is, the s curve, so please use caution in the morning because there will be more traffic on 380 than normally would because of the exit ramps t closed. >> since all bridges are closed in town, crews worked on the historic sutliff bridge to prepare for flooding. they hope to prevent what happened in 2008. during that historic flooding, portion of the bridge was destroyed. officials say it took a couple years to remodel it and get it open again. over the weekend, they took the bridge down to just a skeleton structure, removing more than 750 bolts to take off hundreds of panels. they say the water could reach a foot under the bridge, but they

caught. >> even though the water may be lower than what the bridge is, the logs and debris that are floating down the river could have branches and sticks sticking up higher than the log. >> with those rails gone, the bridge is closed. officials say it'll reopen again when it's safe. take a look at this. our exclusive cbs 2 fox 28 drone high above cedar rapids yesterday. we want to remind you when the sun comes up, we will have that drone back up in the sky best aerial views and brand new shots as the cedar river continues to rise all morning long. let's go to a different river basin now. the wapspinicon river reechd its banks. water currently at the bottom of the bridge deck. river crested about 8 feet above flood stage. it is now going down at this hour. if you are in need of help, you can call the no. 211. anyone who is looking to

asked you to sign up online at the united way of east central iowa's web site. all you have to do is click "volunteer now." this is a look at the web site. you can see the information is right on their home page, and we've placed a link on our web site, cbs2iowa.com. it is 6:11 on this monday morning. >> a live look at the cedar rapids museum at this hour. you'll remember that was raised after the 2008 floods. coming up, we'll check in on out there this morning. also, if you have questions for us, let us know on our facebook page kgan cbs 2. send us a message, send us a note there. we'll try to get the answers for you as best we can this morning. achlts cooler air mass has begun to settle into eastern wie with a. temperatures this morning are in the low 50s. your monday school day forecast will get into the mid to upper 60s today with plenty of sunshine. we'll be back to track those

and let you know what to expect

good morning and welcome back. it's 6:14 as we take a look at some of the river levels right now. this is some of the newest data we are just getting in. the latest observation, the cedar river at vinton currently cresting with major flooding going all that watter is working downstream here to cedar rapids. the latest observation has the current river at 18.26 feet. it has risen a foot in just the last five hours, and it's expected to crest around 23 feet coming up some time tomorrow afternoon with major nooding going on here in the cedar rapids area. take a look at the river at independence, it crested yesterday. still, major nooding going on at 17.66 feet. in animosa, all that water is

that's expected to crest early wednesday morning around 24 feet, resulting in major flooding. current conditions right now here in cedar rapids, we are at 50 degrees. winds west out of the west at 12 miles per hour with a dew point of 46. temperatures area wide, upper 40s in decora, oline, and charles city. 50 in waterloo, monticell eshg. wind speeds are out of the west about 6 to 12 miles per hour. they will pick up this afternoon to around 35 miles per hour, we which were in the 60s yesterday, are now in the 40s as that cold front has moved through. you can see here, the temperature change in just the last 24 hours anywhere from 16 to 20 to 19 degrees cooler than we were at this time yesterday morning. as far as what to expect, cooler and dry conditions for today. pleasant and less humid for much of the week. we will be drieshgs as well, with plenty of sunshine and seasonal temperatures with readings up in the near 60s to 70 degrees all week long.

little cooler up in decora. that front working its way into illinois, taking the clouds with it. we are going to enjoy some sunshine here for this afternoon. our predictor model has not much of any clouds in the forecast for today. we'll keep the clear skies going tonight. tomorrow, though, we could see scattered showers work their way into our far northern counties late tomorrow evening. that's something we'll have to watch, not anticipating any heavy rain fall as they look to be scattered at best. winds will be gusting today. they will lighten up again, another gusty day tomorrow with those winds about 20 to 25 miles per hour. forecast today,mostly sunny, school. it will be breezy. temperatures will be near 63 in decora. 67 cedar rapids to 68 down in washington. then for tonight, it looks like another cool night. clear and chilly. again, it will be breezy. winds will subside a little bit, but we are going with low to mid 40s area wide with reading of 44 in cedar rapids. your 7-day forecast, 66 tomorrow.

friday. back up to around 70 degrees as we head into the weekend. i want to share data with you. we are going back 165 years. march and april, we've seen 13 crests above flood stage here in cedar rapids at the cedar river. 17 times, we have seen a crest above flood stage in may and august. that is mainly due to some heavy rain events that we typically see in the summer months, but the you -- unique thing here on this map th september. never in 165 years have we seen the cedar river at cedar rapids crest above flood stage. so that is just really remarkable when you go back to look at it because the data goes back 165 years to the 1850s. >> do you think because we have cooler temperatures, that that's going to have some effect on how quickly the river recedes? >> i don't know if the cooler temperatures will necessarily have an im -- impact on how

the late winter into early spring, obviously, the snow melt from up north into wisconsin and minnesota so all that water with lin drawn into the tributaries and affect the cedar rivers and other rivers around the area. typically we see the river rise in late spring and then again in the summer with the heavy rain events, but what we've seen the last couple weeks with all the heavy rain, that's typical of what you would see in the middle of the summer. so that situation was unique in itself. >> we should point out at this ti keeping an eye on the cedar river, but up the river, you know, we watch independence, and now animosa, too. not to take away from the emergency that will be playing out here in animosa, but they are going to see their river rise very high over the next towards the end of the week #u7 -- up there in jones county. on the bottom of your television screen, we've been putting the latest news updates and bulletins there, but we are also rotating in some of those river

it here, where the river just went up to high. some of these folks had 6 to 7 inches of rain last week. it all runs through that watershed, as well. so it'll be heading from independence, eventually through the animosa area by the end of the week here. for those of you joining us live in iowa city this morning, we can tell you gratefully and gladly that the iowa rir is not expected to have any flooding this year like what it dud in 2008 w multiple sites. iowa river should maintain, other than where you always see the water rise there. but for the most part, we are watching the cedar river, and we'll be closely watching the river up around jones county for the next two days. >> i talked with iowa flood center yesterday about that. you can check out that video. i put it up on my facebook page if unt a little bit more detail about the iowa river. for right now, we are taking a look at some of the neat stories.

have come out to help people. many people don't know each other. they are just driving around trying to help out. one of cedar rapids most iconic buildings got a lot of help. carpenter's union local 308 showed up at the paramount theater with their power tools. a small army of volunteers streamed in to carry the chairs to higher ground. local 308 says they take pride in what they can do to help with that building. >> yeah. absolutely. this is our 2008 flood so we want to take pride in our community and help out wherever we can. >> local 308 has been teaming up over the past few days to help family members and anyone else back up their homes to save their possessions before the nooding starts. well, another well-known stop downtown is completely bare inside. parlor city took out all they're tables and booths to keep it all dry if they should take on water.

that could have been removed in '08, so this time, they are not taking any chances. e with wish them and everybody, all of our friends on both side of the river, the best of luck. god speed over the next 24 hours. >> it's so interesting to see all of these pick tures that many of you have been posting, too, that we all go to and enjoy. completely gutted and cleaned out. gl a couple weeks ago, we had a folly's. i've been honored and blessed to host the just had a meeting a couple weeks ago that, hey, here is what we are doing. now, all of a sudden, the possibility of not having a home. you know, it's only been two years since back in the paramount has really played out. again, god speed to everybody out there. on north side -- north and south sides of the river this morning and all throughout eastern iowa this morning. : 6:21 on this extended special of cbs 2 and fox 28 this

well #k078 back chl we are taking a look at i-380 at 8th street northeast. we know that now i-380, many ramps are shut down, and we just want to give you this time of morning, there's usually not this much traffic. it's not backed up at all. it's moving very fast. it's moving quite well, but there are more cars than usual at this time of the morning that we normally see. >> edgewood road closed. the bridge over the cedar river from ellis to -- all the way up to glass road. at this hour, blares ferry road bridge remains open to palo; however, we are expecting that

again, alternate routes to get to 380. you've got wilson avenue. you've got 33rd. so just take extra time and a lot of traffic. it kind of looks like san diego traffic out there this time of the morning with so many cars out there. again, be patient. be mindful, and most importantly, be alert as you're driving on 38 ing -- 380 the next few days because this is the main thoroughfare and the only knot and south across the river. >> cbs 2 johnson is live in cedar rapids. >> let us know where you are currently and what you are

it's now on this morning.right now it's degrees in when we come back, brandon is back with another check of there in cedar rapids as we head to break. live look over 1st avenue and 1st street. a chilly morning out there this morning. we'll take a look at what to expect from the river and from the forecast coming up next.

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high the water is, and as the sun starts to rise, how fast it's moving. there's even two logs that are stuck on the -- the parts of the bridge that are the closest to us. it's also important to understand here is if we take a walk over this way, if you go down here, when the water is low, this is not a 20-foot drop. you can go all the way down, and if it's dry enough, there's a big sand bar that you can go down there every so often if you are on this bike trail and you see people going down there 15 to 20 meet easily without ev and, now, the water is all the way up to us. you would never know just how deep it really goes there. also, just another reiteration of the idea of why you don't deal with flood waters when you -- when you just really at all. you don't understand what's below it. and really, a pretty scenic view of the czechsslovac museum. we are checking how high the water is starting to get on that

barriers there. just for perspective, those hesco barriers are probably 4 to 5 feet tall. it looks like they have a decent amount of -- of play there, as well. at last check, the river was at about 18.2 feet. so you add on about 5 feet more to that, and that's the expected crest. you can see that may bring those hesco barriers into check. for now, though, we are gng brandon marshall. >> thanks, kevin. taking a look at current conditions now, we are off to a cool start in cedar rapids. it is 50 degrees. winds are west out of the 12 miles per hour, as you can see here by burr bumpy sky cam. the dew point currently at 46 degrees. temperatures across the state, 50 in waterloo, 48 in decorah. mid 40s across the central and western parts of iowa this afternoon. as we head through the morning, we will warm up to about the low

into the early afternoon hours. winds i did mention are pretty gusty. those dew points, which were in the 60s, a little bit humid for the weekend, are now in the 40s as a cold front and much cooler air mass has begun to work it way in. the cold front is now pushing into illinois. the back edge of the clouds are pushing past the quad cities into illinois, as well. so we will keep the sunshine around this afternoon. our predictor has us with sunshine, clear skies as we get into the morning hours. we are wat widely scattered showers late tomorrow night but really are not anticipating anything heavy with these showers at all. of course, we will keep a lookout on that. mostly sunny, cool, and breezy as we head into today. we'll be in the low 60s to the north, looking at 67 in cedar rapids, iowa city, and washington. temperatures will be in the upper 60s to around 70 degrees, and when we come back, we'll track the current refr levels. we'll get the latest

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to flood areas in cedar rapids. rapids.cbs 2 and fox 28 want to remind all parents this morning - that cedar rapids schools are closed today and will continue to be closed for most of the week. week.right now - school doors are closed today, tomorrow and wednesday.district leaders say they will send more information to parents on wednesday afternoon concerning the rest of the week. week.several other other programs have been impacted by the flooding potential - for all closings and delays - a complete list at cbs 2 iowa - dot-com. important information on your morning commute to tell you about this morning - the edgewood road bridge across the cedar river is now closed. crews shut edgewood road between glass road and ellis road last night - before 8- oclock. right now - we're taking a

linn county. you can check all the current roads to see which roads are closed due to the floods.it has details about where the road is closed and concerns. it also has details about where the road specifically is closed, and why. we've put a link to this at our web site cbs2iowa.com. this morning, cedar rapids residents will not be able to use the city's buses today or tomorrow. they have been suspended because of potential flooding and road closures. the city plans to release updated information in the are any updates. and first - we'll head out to cbs 2 anchor - kevin barry who has been watching flood waters rise all weekend long.kevin what do you see right now..

as people evacuate their homes - many do not have a place to go.the american red cross is giving those people a place to . go.there are two shelters set up in cedar rapids....and we have updated numbers this morning - there are 19 people this morning at st. paul's united methodist church and 67 people at cedar hills community church.the shelters will be open 24 hours a day --

it's now on this morning. morning. 6:41. we are going to take a look in that czech village right now. stephanie johnson is there. she is going to give us a live look. and your school day forecast, it will be cool than we've seen the last few days. temperatures will be in the low 50s for when the kids get on the bus. by the time they get out of school this afternoon, sunshine, cool. temperatures in the mid to iper 60s. we'll be back to t latest river levels and tore casted crest and what you can

welcome back. 644 team teem on this monday morning. we are just getting in the cedar rifr at vinton currently at 21.77 feet. it is currently cresting right now and will do so through the morning hours with major

area. the latest observation has the river at 18.55 feet. at 1 a.m., the river was at 17 feet. you can see it's risen about a foot and a half in just the last several hours and expected to rest around 23 feet as of tomorrow afternoon with major looding around the cedar rapids area. independent at crest yesterday do. currently at 16.66 feet. it is slowly receding but not expected to fall flood stage until later on this week. in animosa, wurntly at 18.44 feet. it is crest as well and will likely crest. 50 degrees as the sun comes up in cedar rapids. winds are west at 12 miles per hour. the humidity is long gone there p thanks to a cold front that moved through. upper 40s fromdecorah back to

to iowa city. we could see gusts up to near 35 miles per hour as we head spoo the afternoon hours. dew points, which were in the 60s for much of the weekend, was a little humid out there. not so much now. dew points are back in the middle to upper 40s. so that cooler and drier air worked in as you can see here on our temperature change, about 18 to 20 degrees cooler than we were ait yesterday. so that strong cold front did move through bringing in that cooler canadian air. we'll have a cooler and dry less humid, sunshine, and seasonal temperatures. we are going to be right around the 60s to near 70 degrees for much of the week. our forecasted highed today across the state, 67 in cedar rapids, a little keerl up in decorah 70 degrees. as we take a look at satellite and radar right now, we are clearing out. that cold front is pushing off into illinois taking the showers and the clouds with it. our predictor model has us in sunshine for today. not much of any cloud to speak

clearing skies. we are watching a disturs bans up to the north. that doesn't look like we are going to see much of any heavy rain, though. these will be widely scattered at best, but it's something we'll be keeping an eye on over the next #ku7 l of days. we'll die down as we go into the nighttime hours. tomorrow looking at another windy day with gusts of about 25 to 30 miles per hour. temperatures will be in the low-to-mid 60s, maybe upper washington. then your forecast for tonight, clear and chilly. it will be breezy, as well. not as windy as it will be here this afternoon, but winds will be out of the west 10 to 15 miles per hour. we are looking at low to mid 40s area wide then your extended 7-day forecast. 66 tomorrow with sunshine. maybe a few clouds on wednesday, but temperatures will be quite pleasant in the upper 60s. look at these nighttime lows. they'll be in the middle to upper 40s. we'll warm up to about 69 on

forecast, the dry conditions here in the extended forecast with temperatures right around average in the upper 60s to lower 70s by the time we get into next weekend. justin and kelly. >> thank you, brandon. we want to let you know that highway 13 and highway 30 are still open this morning as a way to get north and south and east to west on the west side. there's a lot of different road closures thar happening all throughout the day. we are going to keep you updated on that. we have information onur rapids also has that information on their web site. >> we also have -- now, we told you a minute ago that the city sandbagging spots were closed, however, we just got word from the city of cedar rapids. i'm going to read this e-mail. "starting at 7 a.m. this morning, the city of cedar rapids is requesting volunteers to help fill sandbag ts at the former kmart." that's at williams and 16th. now, here's the important part.

stay out of the impacts area, the city will be using these to reinforce the flood system. these sandbags will not be for personal use. again, this will be to reinforce the flood system. so starting in 11 minutes from now, you are asked, if able, to get to the old kmart location. that's at williams and 16th on the south and west side of cedar rapids. we'll keep you up to date on that, the city web site,and, of course, all this information is being posted to our web site, well, at cbs2iowa.com. we continue our team coverage this morning with the latest information. right now, we are going to send it to cbs 2 news reporter stephanie johnson live downtown. where are you, stephanie? >> kelly, i'm czech village near the library and museum -- >> okay. we are going to try to get stephanie's sound fixed because we do want to hear that information this morning. so stick with us. we'll continue to bring you the

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welcome back -- it's now we're taking a look at your??????? your??????? welcome back chl it's 656 teem teem. this is a look at i-380 southwest. you can see there's out there this morning, but everything is running smoothly even though there's more traffic there. we want to let you know 13 and 30 are still open on east and westbound on 30, north and south on 13. but edgewood road, the bridge that takes you over the cedar river is closed. also, we have not heard yet that they have closed the blares ferry road bridge, so at this point, we are going to assume that it is still operable to get east and west on blares ferry towards palo. the moment that changes, we will let you know here on cbs 2 and

in parts of cedar rapids and beyond, help is coming from the iowa national guard. this afternoon, they are deploying up to 400 troops to cedar rapids. >> those troops will be -- >> mission will be working at the evacuation control points, concerns arise about the saftety of homes and businesses. that's where the national guard will step in. . verbatim. (( 10:21:02 )) ... part of that mission will be working at evacuation control points just to kind of help things moving smoothly for people who need to evacuate certain areas .. (( 10:21:18 )) .. they'll be the ground and ready to do the mission sometime early tomorrow afternoon. " "colonel happgood says the guard is also bringing special equipment in case it's needed. and take a look at this - our cbs 2, fox 28 drone high above downtown cedar rapids sunday evening.and we want to remind you - right when the sun comes up later on in the morning - we will have that drone back up in the skies - and we will show you brand new shots as the water levels rise all morning long. the wapsipinicon river has reached it's crest in

bridge there is now closed because water is at the bottom of the bridge deck.the river crested about eight foot above flood stage and is now going down.

this is special coverage of flod 2016. >> good morning. i'm kelly with jursin roberts. we are taking a look here at a bump shot from our reporter