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

river. you can see how high the liver levels have gotten. >> you will remember this bridge back in 2008 collapsed. it was rebuilt after the floods, and there it stapds now. it serves kind of as a reference point as to how quickly the cedar river is rising. we will check in with connor morgan, stephanie johnson, ke vun barry. we will be setting up our cbs 2 fox 28 drone within the hour, as well, to bring you live aerial shots awe cross eastern iowa. with that, good morni. tracking the raising waters minute by minute. minute.i'm kelly d'ambrosio.

the cedar river has been on the rise all weekend long - and today into tomorrow is when flodo waters will really start cbs 2 an been monitoring the river - and that's where he is now - live in cedar rapids - kevin what do you see right now.

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711 -- 7:11 on this monday morning. this is definitely a clearer shot than when we checked in a moment ago. a beautiful sunrise there. you can see the waters moving quickly under the bridge. cbs 2 reporter connor morgan live in cedar rapids. connor, rejoining us along the cedar river where you guys are this morning. >> yeah, exactly right, justin and kell just west of it. if we walk two more feet, we would be in it, and as you can tell, it is just moving along at a rapid pace. as justin referenced earlier, there's the bridge that in 2008, famously collapsed. as you kind of pan right, you'll see quaker oats. they obviously shut down manufacturing and work last night at about 7 p.m. so we're kind of at a standstill right now. unfortunately, this water is kind of pounding into the city.

this is a nice fact that you all would like to know. i spoke to a supervisor yesterday who says that this city is actually prepared in the downtown area to handle at least up to rather 29 feet of water. so we're projected to crest 6 feet under that, which is great news for the downtown area. so hopefully it won't be as devastating as that '08 flood. doesn't sound like it's going to be. still, we are bracing for impact. as you can tell, this boat dock looks to be almost submerged, taking on heavy a water. that's going to continue as the day progresses. as you'll come over here, you'll see this bern that the city built. it's dirt and a lot of rocks. they built this up. it appears to be about 10 feet high. that's to protect the area from the water from the cedar river coming over. unfortunately, again, as i mentioned, we are going to have a lot of water coming in. it's expected to crest, as justin and brandon have referenced, tomorrow at some point. we are kind of bracing for impact. with that, i'm going to send it

for the latest updates, again, connor morgan. >> thank you. we want a point of clarification, if we can. that bridge by quaker, memories have been mixed up here. that is the bridge where the houseboats just kind of got stranded under there. it's the bridge further down river that is the bridge that did collapse. so, again, the bridge by quaker oats, that stayed standing. all the houseboats that made it out of the ellis boat harbor were kind of tied and saw some of those boats go under by penford. that's the one that collapsed. that's on me. apologize for getting the memories mixed up. let's go further upstream. the cedar river in vinton is where the river is cresting this morning, and over 21 teet, -- feet, celebration park. the water is expected to stay above the flood zone until at least thursday. .

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.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.city officials say people from all over are chipping in to help out. "biggest thing is just seeing the neighborhoods come together. not even neighborhood s, but other neighborhoods working together, getting people, family and friends state, country to come over and help us. we've talked to people from indiana. we've had people here from tennessee. it's nice to see." see."the national guard will be monitoring road closures in the city.we also want to remind residents in palo - due to a water main break - all city. we want to remind residents in palo because of the water main break, please do not use the water until further notice. moving to cedar falls, the river crested saturday 98.8 feet, nearly 2 feet lower than the highest crest in projection,

flooding in '08. now, that water is receding and flood recovery efforts are underway. downtown still closed to traffic at this hour. 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. the mother mosque of america lost all of their archived material in the 2008 floods. this time, they moved everything from the basement to the top floor. the of this mosque says eight years ago, they didn't take the this time they are worried. they are handling it a lot differently. >> this time, we take it serious. happen. we did not expect the volume of water would be as high as it was last time." time."the crest is not projected to be as high as it was in 08...but the imam says now - better safe than sorry. he also says he appreciates the gratitude from this sorry. he also says he appreciates the

far. and real quick, just getting a text from my much better half. she went from our house in the northwest side to via 380. took extra time. as long as people are taking extra time, said traffic wasn't that bad this morning. so seems like everybody is kind of heeding that warning and #k50e7ing an eye on what's moving on i-380 north and southbound. 7:17 this morning, and right now, we are looking at the lower 50s as we start the day in cedar rapids. coming up, brandon marshall has a full wth barry as we continue our coverage live on cbs 2 and fox

the cedar river has been welcome back. it is 7:20 on this monday morning. today into tomorrow is when we're just waiting to see those flood waters really start to rise. >> that's right. kevin barry has been out monitoring the river all weekend long where we find him again this morning. kevin,he

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from cbs 2 and fox 28 news, this is special flood coverage of 2016. okay. it is 7:31 right now. we are taking a live shot. this is 1st avenue off of 380. you can see the waters are moving quite quickly there right now, and justin, we are taking a look at some of our temperatures we continue our team coverage this morning bringing you the latest information on flood 2016. cbs reporter stephanie johnson

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welcome back, justin roberts with kelly d'ambrosio, we'll be on the air all good morning. it is 735 -- 7:35. i'm kelly with justin.

happening with the flood of 2016. let's move over to the weather first forecast center. meteorologist brandon marshall has the details of what to expect the next few days. >> that's right. it is off to a cool start across eastern iowa today as high pressure is settling in behind a cold front that moved through late last night into the overnight hours. right now, 50 in cedar rapids. you can see on our sky cam moving around pretty good. winds are west around 12 miles per hour. that drier air has begun to work its way in. temperatures are 40s from decorah, charles city, even iowa city checking in at a cool 49 degrees as of this hour. winds 9 to 12 miles per hour out of the west. we could see gusts as high as 30 to 35 miles per hour out of the west and the dew points, though it was gusty winds, are bringing in that trier air. look at the dew points in charles city and decrorah. low to mid 40s area wide. much different than the 60s that

and radar, all the clouds moving well off into illinois. your hour by hour forecast today will be in the upper 50s to low 60s by the time we get into the early afternoon hours with sunshine and cool temps. our predictor has the sunshine in the forecast today. we'll keep the clear skies through tonight. it will be a chilly night and then some clouds will begin to work their way into the afternoon hours to our far northern counties. could put down a scattered shower or two. they look isolated at best so no heavy rain as anticipated add auchlt of course, those we'll be watching closely as we get into tomorrow. mostly sunny, cool and breezy today with that west wind. 15 to 20 miles per hour with gusts over 30. temperatures will range from the low to mid 60s, maybe upper 60s once south of i-80. back to check those river levels, the forecasted crest, what you can expect for the next few days with those river levels and what to expect for temperatures and the dry weather coming up in your first full weather first forecast. >> thank you, brandon. we continue with our team

he's been downtown all morning long watching the flood waters for us. >> we are back on the cedar valley nature trail. just a quick look at just how the flood water has come up. we're calling it 18.5 feet now. well, this bridge here is extremely low. it's a rail bridge along 9th avenue that goes across. you can tell the water is just at the very bottom of it. it won't take long eventually hit that bridge. but just a point of reference. if you watch the fox 28 news at 9:00 last night, we did our live shots from the very edge of that kind of brickway there that holds back some of the greenway, and when we were standing at the very edge there at the point that looks like it's only 2 feet tall, when i reached my hand up as high as it would go, i could only reach the very bottom of the railing where it goes into the brick. so that's how deep it is at that

you can understand how deep it goes underneath that bridge for bikers and walkers to be able to dip down far enough so that they go under the bridge then come up on the other side. that's incredibly deep over in that part. actually, i'm going to step out because in the time that i was standing there, i started to get my boots wet. this water is still coming up this way. you have a really good example of just how nasty some of this stuff is with dirt and some weeds and old sticks. that's why you never step into the -- you can understand how unpredictable this is. there's greenway like this all the way down up until the very front of the bridge. it is completely and totally matted down and covered by the power of that water. so just a really good example along the cedar valley nature trail of just how powerful this flood event is. we still have multiple feet more to go. you can imagine how much higher this is going to come, and it won't be long until the spot that we're standing in would be

shoulder high of just complete and total water over the next few days. we'll send it back to you guys in the studio. actually, let's which the about this for a little bit, too. it's unreal how some of this foliage is being covered already. >> yeah. and things is, kevin, of course, we've been talking about in the studio how unreal it is to be dealing with this in the fall. you are out there wearing a jacket and everything. luckily we had the okay weather, the warm weather for people to sandbag, but now we have to kind of sit back and wai what mother nature has in store for these next few days when this river finally crests. >> well, and that's a reason to appreciate the buildup to this and how efficient that was. part of it was just having a few days. back in 2008, people didn't have the time to react, but imagine you had to be sandbagging outside right now. it's been probably 50 to 60 degrees, and since we're just coming out of summer, feels like it's 30 or 40 degrees outside because we are so used to the

these conditions. my fingers are getting numb. it's a good thing i'm not carrying anything or i don't have to use them very much. so, yeah, this is not ideal conditions, and so it's a really good reason to appreciate all the work that's been able to be done by all the volunteers and all the people coming forward, whether it's union members railroad people giving up their time or giving up a few days out of work to fill all those sandbags and help folks get ready for all of this because conditions are not ideal right now as the water is coming up to start to try to f it's a good thing they did it over the past few days. >> thank you, kevin. i wanted to ask you, too, we've talked about the heavy police presence. we know the national guard is coming in a little bit later this amp. -- afternoon. how is that looking as you've been driving walking around the area downtown? >> right. so we've been walking around downtown so we haven't had too much of a problem with driving around and things like that so we haven't got nn anybody's way, but there are police everywhere.

blocks. they're certainly guarding all of the brinls, and then there are some cars that are roaming around making sure no one is where they shouldn't be because this is an evacuated area. so except for the news crews that they allow to come down here to do these kind of reports, to pass along this kind of information to the viewer, really nobody else should be -- should be around down here. so whenever they find somebody, they go over, talk to them, they eventually don't have a good reason to be around, and the police tell them to kind of be on their way. for the most part, we haven't seen anybody who isn't -- who doesn'fi we saw one person walking their dog, and that was extremely out of the ordinary. other than that, it's completely desolate. there's nobody around, and anyone who lives in the residential properties here who was asked to evacuate by 8:00 last night, wasn't a mandatory evacuation, but they were asked, and it was recommended that they find other accommodations for the next few dais -- days. so it is completely and totally empty. businesses are cleaned out. nobody is living in the homes. cars are moved away. people understand that when the

they are putting themselves in a position to make smur they don't lose too much property if any at all. >> thank you, kevin. we'll check back in with you in just the next few moments. if you are in need of help, you can call 211. if anyone is looking to volunteer, the united way is asked to sign up online at the united way of east central iowa's web site, but i do want to remind you, as kevin was talking about people sandbagging this morning, the kmart on williams and 16th avenue southwest was asking for that's not for personal use for people to come and get supplies, but now, they are trying to prepare the city in different ways. so this would be in order to prepare the city. just on the phone with kara kelly from the american red cross. we have the possibility that she

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welcome back. it's 746 time teem right now. we are taking a look at i-380 at 4th street southeast. everything looks like it's moving just fine. remember there's going to be a little extra traffic because this is the roads that people are going to be using to get to many different places this morning. right now, there are voluntary evacuations in place for those living along the cedar river in cedar rapids. they are not mandatory, but city leaders are urging residents to heed those warnings. they say it's not only for your safety but the first responders who are tasked to rescue anyone stuck in flood waters. erlockers - told cbs 2 news efforts. one family in town 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, they said more trucks would show up unexpectedly with sandbags. they even brought food and water. >> it really makes you look at

especially around you, and the wonderful poem that are always, always there to help you, no matter what. >> they said they were very thankful that everyone who stopped by to save their home. officers are walking around the evacuation zone now making sure nobody is wandering around who doesn't belong there. if you live in the area and you're coming in and out of the evacuation zone, make sure to have your id with a proof of address to show to them. local first responders are the river. crews say there are police and firefighters ready with boats and special equipment. since all the bridges are closed on i-380 -- excuse me, since all the bridges are closed, i-380 will be the only way for the first responders to get to the emergency calls, and some 380 exits are closed for emergency and construction crews only. so if you are driving along 380, they are asking people to be patient and make sure to allow extra travel time this morning.

we have a mission to not only respond to the flood event but to help our citizenry that aren't directly impacted in the flood evacuation zone, as well. >> he says there was a designated emergency car lane on i-380 during the flood back in 2008. right now, there isn't one, but city officials say they will make plans if it's needed. cedar rapids motorists will have a tougher time getting to work this morning because of the many roads that are shut down, and with the ramps closed along 38 be extra traffic on the interstate. >> 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 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 rafrms that are closed.

historic sutliff bridge to prepare for flooding. they hoped to prevent what happened in 2008. during that historic flooding, portion of the bridge was destroyed. officials say it took a #ku7 l 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, taking off hundreds of panels. they say the water could reach a foot under the bridge, but they don't want anything to get caught. >> even though the water may be lower than the logs and debris that are flowing down the river could have branches and sticks sticking up higher than the log. >> and with the rails gone, the bridge is closed now. officials say it'll reopen again when it's safe. take a look at this. our cbs 2 fox 28 drone high above downtown cedar rapids sunday evening with that beautiful sunset. we want to remind you we're going to be taking a look at our fox 28 and cbs 2 news drone here within the next couple of

have that back up in the sky to show some brand new shots of the water levels as they continue to rise this morning. the river has reached its crest in independence. the highway 150 bridge is now closed there because the water is at the bottom of the bridge deck. the river crested about 8 foot above flood stage, but it is going down now. it is 7:51. we are going to continue with our team coverage. brandon marshall is going to be back after this with a check of

welcome back. it is 7:53. as we continue to watch the cedar river levels this morning. >> you know, all weekend long, the river has been on the climb,

have to sit back and wait, and one of the guys who's watching that river very closely, cbs 2 fox 28 anchor kevin barry along the river this morning. kevin, let's get some focal points here where we can start to see the water rise over the next few hours. >> yeah. justin, kelly, two hours ago, we were in this very spot along the cedar valley nature trail, and we put that orange flag down in the water. that was roughly what dry so this would have been about 6:00 in the morning, and in just two hours worth of time, it's moved all the way up here. the high water mark is at here. not every wave reaches it. but in the past little bit, it's moved quite a bit up this way so at least a solid foot, maybe even a foot and a half where with we were just two hours ago. if we take a step back this way, we can start to see the water really starting to put some bridge on the side of the bridge.

probably, to hurt the bridge too much, but you see the power of that water. and as we start to kind of move this way and peek through the trees as we walk towards another bridge a little bit farther down river, you see just the power of this. this is way more powerful, and there's way more rapids and kind of that -- that white froth in the river than you normally see at this point in the cedar river. and all the way over here is another bridge. we were just on the other side. actually, there's a beaver swimming right in the middle it. he's much more at home in that water than he probably normally is when it's all on dry land. but that's become incredibly deep, as well, too. that probably drops down a good 8 to 10 feet underneath that bridge, and right now, there's no clearance whatsoever because the water goes right up to it. we were just following that beaver a little bit before on the trail. but -- but this is the kind of idea in that now, especially late sunday into early monday now, is when the -- it starts to

very quickly. that's how even just looking at those water marks, it can quickly start moving up. eventually this part of the trail, the entire thing will be filled with water so that's where you really have to be careful. if you don't keep an eye on it and if you're somewhere along the water property and for some reason you haven't evacuated yet, this is the reason to keep a very close eye and to heed that evacuation notice because this is how quickly the water moves, and that's how powerful the water is. >> thank you, kevi that. light hearted moment there. i'm glad we were able to go to kevin when we saw the beaver because he was really cute swimming across the water. >> here is another light hearted moment. hang on. >> what are you doing? >> hiding the mountain dew to look professional. >> we all have a lot on our minds. there's a lot of stress in people's lives right now so having those moments like that is -- >> yeah. in coming dais, we are going to be searching for moments like that. one of the good news moments is

seeing any rain over the next few days, which will make anything worse. >> absolutely. the cold front did push through later on last night into the evening hours overnight, ask cooler and drier air is settling in. so we are going to see sunshine, a lot of cooler temperatures for much of the week, and looks like we are going to, like you said, justin, stay dry as well. the cedar river is rising in cedar rapids. up in vinton, it is cresting as of right now. it's not supposed to really rise anymore through this morning as it will be 21 and three quarters feet obviously resulting in major flooding around the vinton area. as we take a look at the cedar river level, this is the observation, around 18.87 feet. forecasted to crest around 23 feet coming up tomorrow afternoon. as of 1:00 in the morning, the river was at 17 feet so it's gone up almost 2 whole feet since 1:00 this morning. so it is starting really to make its way downstream. let's take a look at the river at independence.

17.45 feet. in animosa, just over 19 feet supposed to crest around 24 feet on wednesday morning. this is a hydrograph. this is what we look at. the national weather service puts these out: the current stage, as i mention is 18.87 feet. this is the cedar river at cedar falls. once it gets above 16 feet in this purple area, that is considered major flooding. you can see here over the next day or so, it's supposed to crest around 23 feet. there's the timeline some time tomorrow afternoon. then it will slowly start to recede. flood stage is into orange. not expected to get below flood stage until some time around saturday into the weekend. the impacts are going to be lasting for several days to come. current temperatures at 51. west wind at 12 miles per hour, as you can tell from the sky cam moving pretty good right now and dew point of 44 degrees. it is cool and dry as that canadian air mass is beginning to build in. temperatures area wide 50 degrees.

monticello. winds 9 to 13 miles per hour out of the west. they are going to be gusting to near 30 to 35 miles per hour today. that's pulling in a lot of the dry air with dew points in the 40s. you can see here on the temperature change from just the last 24 hours, most places 14 to 16, 19 degrees cooler to start today than we were just 24 hours ago. so that air mass has already begun to settle into eastern iowa. the clouds move into illinois as that cold front begins to push through. we are going to keep the sunshine in the forecast today. as you can see here, of iowa. we'll see that sunshine here for the rest of today and pretty much all week long. it'll be pleasant and less humid. sunshine and seasonal temperatures. upper 60s to around 70 degrees. 67 the high temperature for today in cedar rapids and waterloo. little warmer, 72 and low 70s. our predictor shows not much if any clouds in the forecast today. clear skies tonight. a little bit cooler, low to mid 40s expected, then some clouds,

counties tomorrow, which could spawn an isolated shower at best tomorrow night. winds will die down a little bit here as we get into the evening hours and morning hours tonight, but you can see tomorrow they do pick back up gusting to about 20 to 25 miles per hour. so we got a couple windy days ahead of us for sure. mostly sunny, cool, breezy. those west winds gusting to 30 to 35 miles per hour today. readings will be much cooler in the low to mid, maybe upper 60s areas south, and then your forecast for tonight, it'll be still be a little bit breezy, although not as gusty as what we saw today. temperatures will be in the low to mid 40s area wide. so if you leave those windows open, you might want to grab an extra blanket or two. then your extended forecast, we are looking at 66 for wednesday. 67 -- sorry, 66 for tuesday. 67 for wednesday. upper 60s to near 70 degrees as we get into friday and the weekend, but look at these morning lows. low temperatures will be in the 40s to maybe 50 degrees by the time we get into saturday

sunshine icons right there. plenty of sunshine expected for much of the week. like i said, we could see an isolated shower tomorrow night, mainly north, but that's something we'll keep an eye on here over the next day or so. >> look at all the sunshine. >> yeah. that's good. you can see kevin was out there wearing a jacket this morning and saying even his fingers were kind of hurting a little bit. >> yeah. upper 40s. i think the low temperature in cedar rapids was 50 degrees. you are out there for at least an hour or so. you are going to start feeling it. >> thanks, brandon. we are going to head to break here real quick. as we do, let's show you what the drone is seeing live in the sky above or at least video from what's been going on across the viewing area. this is comprehensive flood coverage on fox 28 and cbs 2. we are back with some delays on i-380 and kara kelly from the american red cross will join us

good morning. it is 8:04 right now. we're taking a look at i-380 at wilson avenue southwest. the southbound lane is backed up. we've been keeping an eye on 380 today knowing it will have more heavy traffic. so far it's looked good. this is the first backup we've seen this morning. things are still moving. it's not like they're stopped or anything. you can see there that there's a lot of traffic.

folks. be alert behind the wheel today. mayor ron corbett was in with us last night. he's asking motorists to do the same thing as i-80, other than highway 13 on north and southbound and then highway 30 east and west. i-380 is our main thoroughfare. cedar rapids motorists are going to have a tougher time getting to -- getting to where they are headed today on 380 as what's happening on the interstate with a lot of ramps closed the next few days. >> people are going to work. there will be traffic challenges with only wilson avenue and 7th open. it's tempting to drive over 380 and look over your shoulder at the river. then you slow down. it's a difficult section of the road anyway as it is, the s curves. please use caution in the morning. there will be more traffic on

closed. >> if you'd like to see the full interview with mayor ron corbett, scott sanborn has talked with him. asking about the flood walls, why we don't have them. so of course the one with scott too is posted on our website where you can find all the information, all of the updates

it is 8:07 right now. we are going to be joined in just a few moments by a member of the american red cross who is going to let us know about some of the things that are going on at the shelters right now. she's going to situate her little box there. >> we had to get her a box. >> she's kind of little. >> kara kelly. we know you guys have had a busy actually this started up in northeast iowa a few weeks ago with what was happening in buchanan county. now here you are in linn county. let's talk about how things are. >> so we had about 90 people in the four shelters. we have one in waverly, uni and two in cedar rapids. about 90 collectively, the majority, are in the cedar rapids area.

>> absolutely. we have plenty of room at both of the shelters. also at the cedar hills community church and uni. i think probably the waverly shelter will probably close down because we have a very low population there. we'll play it by ear today. we have another shelter on stand by. we work all the time looking for locations. if we need to open more, we will. >> when people leave their home. you need to plan on being out of yr week at a time. just what are some things that people need to be bringing? we know the basic stuff. what is that? >> if you're taking prescription medication, if there's any medications that you need. you want to make sure you have at least a seven day supply. remember to take that with you. that's probably the most critical; right? if you get to a point where we can't get back into your home, that could become a health situation. we have nurses that can help with that, but that's probably

or papers from your home. prove of residency, things like that not only for the shelter but to help you get back into your home once those areas start to open up. think about who is with you. do you have an infant? small kids? anybody who needs special dietary things think about maybe packing that. think about seven days. seven days of formula. things like that. then the comforteds of home. toys, something to read. it's a pretty bare bones situation. it's a cot, it's a blanket, it's a pillow. we've got three meals a day for you so don't worry about food or anything like that. we have water. but, you know, it's -- you want to make it as comfortable as you possibly can in kind of a challenging situation. >> are there any needs you need? we have a lot of people who love to be able to give to people. is there anything that you all are in need of that you could

>> right now as far as goods we're doing okay. we've got plenty of food, we have plenty of water. so right now the best way to give to the red cross is through a monetary donation. the way that works is the must be goes to our disaster relief fund and that's used to covers incidences big and small. big like what's happening in eastern iowa. we also have single family fire responses. >> just show up. you don't need to call ahead. remember to pack your patience because depending on if there's people in front of you, if there's a line, we do have to get you registered and things like that. so again just be patient with our volunteers. we've got dozens, probably nearly 100 from across the country in this community. we have more coming in every

so they're getting acclimated just like everybody else. >> what does a day look like for you and all of the others who work for the american red cross? what are you going to be doing today? >> me, it's probably going to be a lot of this. so i'll be talking, keeping people updated as to the shelter situations and what our service delivery looks like. because in addition to the shelters here in cedar rapids, we have clean up kits going out to communities up north. we have feeding happening i think in greene today. we've had feeding clarksville. so there's still a lot of work that's happening up north. you'll see the big red cross trucks up in the communities now that the water may start going down. it's an all day. it's -- we say it's 7:00 to 7:00. for most of us it's 7:00 to 11:00, essentially. yeah, it's -- we've got shelters, feeding, and

people hugs. making sure they have somebody to talk to. this is a really stressful time for a lot of people and sometimes you just need to get it out and our volunteers are ready to listen. >> and you were here a back story, you were here in 2008. you did a lot of what we did. you were in the media as well. this is your hometown as well. take me through a little bit of what you're feeling. >> so it's strange rapids. i live in des moines now, but this is home. i consider this home. in 2008 i was in st. louis but came back to help. it's hard to see your city go through something. i was down by the river yesterday talking to some reporters and you can see the water going up pretty quickly and the huge trees, essentially, that are going down and it's scary. but i think, you know -- i think it's really impressive to

the thousands of people who either are volunteering with the sandbags or calling to see how they can help. i think that the support that iowans give to each other, i think it's a testament kind of how low the numbers are at the shelters because that means people are staying with friends and family and that's much more comfortable. what an amazing thing to open up your home to somebody. >> absolutely. thank you so much for stopping by. we know how busy you are all this morning. how can viewers get ahold you guys. what's that website they need to go look at. >> so if people need help the easiest way at this point is to call and i'm going to give you a number and i'm sorry, it's going to be long. it's going to be 515-243-7681. that's our main iowa regional office. that's if you need red cross assistance. right now we're coming up with

right now i don't have information on that aspect. if you want to donate, go to redcross.org or text red cross to 90999 and that's the $10 donation on your cellular phone. >> thank you so much for coming in. 90999. red cross. that's the number to help out. th bill goes to the red cross. thanks so much. we'll pause here. we'll be right back. live look at that quickly rising cedar river. you're watching comprehensive complete coverage of flood 2016

just into the newsroom - the linn county board of s just in to our newsroom. the linn county board of supervisors asking terry branstad to add linn county to a proclamation. anyone living in the county. >> that's right. we have a report oren the way to the meeting. we'll get a live update in a few moments. 10:00 this morning we will be bringing you live the press conference and briefing from cedar rapids city leaders just about hon hour and 45 minutes away from now. right now check in with meteorologist brandon marshall with a quick peek of the

starting about 15 to 20 degrees cooler than just 24 hours ago. some areas got down to the upper 40s. 51 in cedar rapids. winds are gusty as you can tell by the moving sky cam west. dew point of 44 degrees. the drier, cooler air has begun to work into eastern iowa. 50 in decorah. 51 in cedar rapids and iowa city. winds about 8 to 134 miles per hour out of the west. out of the west. they'll be gusty this afternoon. dew points were in the 60s yesterday. have fallen some 20 degrees in the low to mid40s. no clouds to speak of. clouds are well off into illinois. we'll keep the sunshine in the forecast this afternoon. our prick tore model has no clouds add all over eastern iowa. we'll be clear tonight. tomorrow we could see clouds. maybe an isolated shower or sprinkle in our northern counties. most areas will be dry. your forecast for today, mostly sunny, cool and breezy. looking at temperatures much

couple of days with readings in the mid60s. i'll be back to track the latest river levels. the forecast to crest and what you can expect for the rest of the week in your complete weather first forecast. >> thank you. if you're just waking up, it is 8:19. we have continuous team coverage of flood 2016 this morning. >> kevin barry will be joining us live in a moment. traffic is slow and go on i-380 this morning. especially moving past the williams exit is what we'll call it. we're back with a check in with kevin and more of your questions. let us know on facebook. kgan cbs 2. we'll get you the answers as you continue to

and first - we'll head out to cbs 2 anchor - it is 8:21. we continue our team coverage of flood 2016. >> kevin barry has bn monitoring the cedar river all morning long. let's check in with him now. kevin. >> reporter: right along it right now. on the 3rd avenue bridge from the time we were there early, early this morning to right now those arches are much smaller. the water has risen quite a bit. one of the good reference points here is the edge of the linn county jail island there. that part that comes out in the horseshoe area on the edge where i think there's a few

now, that normally has 20 to almost 30 feet it looks like from this side of the river of rocks and gravel before it actually hits water. so that gives you an idea just how high that water has become. look over to the amphitheater. that normally has 20 feet worth of rocks. now you're all the way up into the green area. that is very close to taking on water. just a little bit farther down river the police station is up high on a hill behind a it's protected. what's not protected yet is the red building with some of the paint seemingly falling off the side of it. there's an effort right now to try to save that building. what we saw from before what we think is water all around the base of it, so that certainly can't help the cause. a little bit farther down river is the mott building, another old historic building that was just restored. they just finished the work on it. you can see the large amount of barriers they have to try to

of the greenway spaces that's meant to flood. that's expected to take on water. take a look at that red bar that you can see there and next to the flood gauge. that's a bench. that's at least maybe three, three and a half feet off the ground. that's where the water is and it is well beyond that bench. we can swing back. we've been talking about some of that traffic that's been going on. you can see off in the distance i-380 there as it crosses the this isn't a good thing for you guys to stay scene look down river and we know it's attractive to look at but don't do it, it'll cause accidents. woe don't know if there's any accidents but you can see how slow that's moving. i-380 isn't normally ever that slow. it's the only way to get from the west side to the east side and east side to the west side. one last thing to show you. in the time we've been standing here, when we first walked up the water was on the brick

all these rocks were very dry. right now you can see there's at least three inches of water there and depending on the current even sometimes more and it splashes up on to here. we've been here for maybe 10 minutes, no more than that. you can tell how quickly the water is rising. we're actually going to leave here right now because it's not okay to stay here for much longer. we'll pack up and get up to higher ground. this is just such a cool view that we couldn't pass this up to show the purpose of us being down here so other folks don't have to be. just to give you an up close look of what this water is capable of. now we'll get to higher land. >> thank you. we'll check back in with you in a few many moments. he has a jacket there. earlier he said his fingers were getting cold. >> it's chilly out there, brandon. it's going to stay that way for a few days; right? >> certainly is. 49 degrees was the low temperature here in cedar rapids. many areas were in the upper

let's first focus on some of the river levels upstream in vinton. the river is cresting as of right now. not expected to rise much above the 21.78 feet which is the latest observation. major flooding of course going on around the vinton area. that main push of water beginning to push its way into cedar rapids and downstream as we take a look at the latest observation. about 18.87 feet at 1:00 a.m. the river was at 17 feet. it's gone up nearly 2 feet in the last several hours. 23 feet coming up on tuesday afternoon. resulting in major flooding. then there's the wapsi river at independence. it crested at 17.45 feet. that main push of water is working down towards anamosa where it's just over 19 feet. expected to crest early wednesday morning around 24 feet. this is a graph that we look at from the national weather service. this shows the cedar river at 18.87 feet. it's considered major flooding around 16 feet so we are well

it's expected to reach 23 feet here some time early on tuesday morning. then you can see here it'll gradually, slowly start to recede and get below flood stage which is 12 feet, not until friday into the weekend. so definitely the impacts will be lasting for several days. as we take a look at current temperatures right now. 51 in cedar rapids. gusty west wind. 12 miles per hour with a dew point of 44 degrees. a cold front did move through, bringing in the cooler and drier air. 50 54 in monticello. winds will be gusty out of the west. 8 to 13 miles per hour across eastern iowa. we could see gusts around 30 miles per hour this afternoon. bringing in the drier air. dew points in the 60s yesterday. you probably felt the humidity a bit. we're down into the 40s right now. it is awfully comfortable. it's going to stay that way for much of the week. temperatures from just 24 hours ago anywhere from 15 to 20 degrees cooler than where we were at this time yesterday. the cold front has pushed well off into illinois taking the clouds with it.

the entire state of iowa. sunshine this afternoon and it looks like we'll keep the sunny skies in the forecast for much of the week as well. cooler and drier today. pleasant and less humid all week long. sunshine with seasonal temperatures in the 60s to low 70s as we head through the week. our forecasted high today in cedar rapids. 67. cooler in dubuque and decorah. 70s in des moines, carroll and sioux city. 73 today. prick tore model not showing much of any ou afternoon. we'll keep the sunshine going. clear skies tonight into tomorrow morning. we could see low temperatures in the low to mid40s by the time you wake up on tuesday. we'll see clouds, a disturbance running through the area. mainly tomorrow night that could put down an isolated shower. nothing heavy anticipated, but that's something we'll watch. the winds will be gusty this afternoon out of the west and as we get into tomorrow morning and tomorrow afternoon, once again we could see wind gusts around 25 to 30 miles per hour. so your forecast for today, mostly sunny.

the west wind 15 to 25 with gusts around 30 to 35 miles an hour. readings will be from 63 to decorah. could see 68 degrees towards iowa city and washington. forecast for want to. clear and chilly. it will be breezy. winds will die down a bit. we could see gusts around 20 miles per hour. looking at readings in the low to mid40s area wide. it's going to be cooler when you get up tomorrow morning. looking at 66 tomorrow with plenty of sunshine. we get 67. thursday we're getting closer to 70 degrees. that is our normal high for this time of year. you see as we head into the weekend temperatures will be in the low 70s. but look at these morning lows. it's going to be rather cool with the low temperatures in the 40s. and that's kind of expected this time of year. our morning lows are right around 46 to 47 degrees as they are starting to drop pretty fast. look at that. not much rain at all. i can't see any. any rain at all coming up through the rest of the week

tomorrow. the models are hinting at it. that's something we'll have to watch. >> hashtag all the sunshine. >> sunny, dry, cool, it's fall. we love it. >> we're glad about that part. that's a thing to be looking forward to. when we come back we'll head downtown. we'll take a look at the map as well. right now as we head to break, take a look at the roadways out there. a lot of tie ups on 380. no tie ups in the air as we look at our drone. >> this is our cbs 2 and fox 28 drone giving us a look atment

welcome back. it's 8:31. we are continuing our live coverage on cbs 2 and fox 28 of flood 2016. we are hearing that there is some backup on i-380. this is one of the main thoroughfares that people are going to be taking. you can see this is at diagonal drive southwest. it's moving traffic, but you can tell there's a lot more cars there this would think the traffic tie up would be northbound heading from one side of town to the other. this is heading southbound. so do take extra time. plan on delays. drive with a cool head. drive with your head in the game today as well because there is going to be a major increase in traffic on i-380 north and southbound the next few days. let's put this flood in context. we take a look at our flood

on a cool monday. we have reporters fanned out through the area this morning. kevin barry has been our utility player this morning and the last few days. he's been down -- in fact last check they were right here. the cedar river trail. the water is starting to rise there. this is what the final score card is going to look like as we take a look at how many water is expected to be over the roads there. and over downtown. this extends all the way from th second, third avenue bridges. let me zoom in and put in major bullet points here. you can see where quaker oats is. let's zoom on in there. there's where quaker oats is. we'll move down the river. there you can see, there's the -- the ymca. there's 8th avenue. heading down through the way here. also as we get towards 3rd

sandbagging but removing the seats there. there's the paramount. align energy tower. cobble hill eatery. pointing out major landmarks. there's dublin city. bistro on the river as well. the irs office could take on water as well. we want to mention to you too. the linn county board of supervisors is hoping to get with governor branstad about a disaster proclamation which would help extend that tax deadline. we know september 30th taxes are due in linn county. they're hoping to extend that. we'll be able to hopefully bring you more details on that. >> at 10:00 we'll be going live to that press conference, it's going to be going on at the ice arena with the city of cedar rapids to update us on everything that's happening on the latest numbers. just into our newsroom a moment ago, blairs ferry bridge is now closed. it was open.

about 20 to 30 minutes to go from 26th street to 380. they were backed up on wilson avenue. >> we have video of that, if we can take a look at that wilson avenue back up on i-380. there we go. look at that, friends. >> that's almost at a standstill. >> that is now northbound. we were just saying that it was ironic that southbound was moving freely. so you're looking from wilson avenue up towards downtown cedar rapids there. you can see how slowly things are moving. we want to -- excuse me. high 30 east and -- highway 30 east and west is still -- blairs ferry road bridge from hiawatha to palo that is no longer open. so just travel with a lot of patience over the next few days. >> and efficiently. the mayor, we talked with him last night.

neck. it is so easy to do that. we all know from experience, we get up and there's a wreck or something and we think this all is because people wanted to see what was happening. people still have to get to work this morning on time so keep that in mind. all of the road closures, the updates are going to be on our website. you can find them on the city of cedar rapids website as well. they're updating those. we're putting all of the updates about all of the different road closures on facebook, twitter and our website. >> we have some viewer keep them coming. we'll try to answer as many questions as we can. here's a question from a viewer. is the city going to provide interpreters for english as a second language residents affected by floods for follow up paperwork. let's see, is the governor going to expedite funding for the city to repair the roads. sewer systems that could be damaged or going to go through the red tape. very fair questions about that. we know they've had hearing

interpreters. esl, we obviously can't answer that at this point. our newsroom has put that call into city hall. once we get answers to that we'll pass them on here. >> we'll be able to find out some of those answers at the press conference today that we'll be streaming live on our website. we'll also have it here live on cbs 2 and fox 28 happening at 10:00 a.m. this morning. we'll have the latest information for you at that time. and, again, if you do have any questions you can post them on our facebook page and we'll try to answer them as best as we can. for now though we'll head into a break. we'll be b moments checking in with some of our live reporters. we have three of them out in all different parts of town this morning. >> kevin barry coming up next live from along the cedar river on cbs 2 and fox 28. right now, get the directv? select package from centurylink with up to 12 megs of high-speed internet

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now we're taking a live look right now at the cedar river in cedar rapids - you're looking live at i- 380. the traffic tieups northbound right now is a big slow down. remember the downtown exits are

traffic is moving at a snails pace. you are asked to drive slowly, drive alertly, drive attentively. most importantly, drive patiently as you work your way through cedar rapids as we continue to deal with the flood of 2016. >> good morning. i'm kelly d'ambrosio with justin roberts. kevin barry is out getting footage for us this morning. we'll be checking out his footage in just a few moments. we'll be going live to him. right now let's get a check of our weather. we'll check in with brandon marshall with our weather first forecast. >> it is a cool morning. we started off at 49 degrees in cedar rapids. most areas were in the upper 40s to low 50s. we haven't moved much since. we're 51 in cedar rapids with the wind west out at 12 miles per hour. you can see our camera shaking right now. our dew point is at 44 degrees. cooler and drier air has begun to settle into eastern ohio. 52 in charles city.

monticello. those winds gusty. 9 to 13 miles per hour right now. they will gust close to 30 miles per hour later on this afternoon. here are your dew points which were in the 60s for most of the weekend. which it felt a little humid. have now dropped into the low to mid40s. so it is certainly comfortable. it is dry and will continue to be that way as we head through the week. our cold front well off into illinois. taking the clouds with it. we'll have the sunshine and the clear skies with us through this aftno sunshine. we do see a disturbance later on tuesday afternoon that could generate maybe an isolated shower. that's something we'll have to watch as we head into the day for tomorrow. as far as today though, it's going to be cool. if you're heading out early this morning, might want to grab a light jacket. we'll be in the low to mid50s as we creep up towards noon. temperatures will be in the low to mid60s. we'll top off around 66 for the high temperature around 3:00.

cool and windy as well. i'll be back to take a look at the current river levels, the latest observations we're getting in. we'll have the updated forecast, crest and what you can expect for the rest of the week in your weather first forecast. we're going out now to kevin barry. he's been watching the flood waters rise all weekend long. he told us the last time we checked in they were going to be moving locations. where are you now? >> reporter: yeah, climbed down from the flood barrier right over the top here. it's a little hard to see. while we were able to find was the pump that was put on mays island that has been pumping water from -- that is there and its purpose is to pump water from the basement area and the garage that's underneath mays area. that pump has been turned on for at least the last 15 minutes and that's just the time we've been here. we think we heard it when we were down the river more as

the garage underneath mays island and that could potentially be a problem for the veterans memorial building. we are talking to some city staff, part of the city parks staff who runs that pump and they were saying that pump is vital. it's almost the first line of defense to try to keep the water out of the lower levels of the veterans memorial building. now we know that the water is right around 19 feet. another four feet more. and so that's not necessarily good news for the veterans memorial building. we can take a closer look at some of the pumps over on this side. these are similar pumps that they serve the purpose of taking the water that's in the sewer system below the -- below the area over here on land and pumping it over too. so you can see how massive these are. you can imagine how many gallons of water that they can deal with quickly.

bore for 15 minutes. you can imagine what that means for that area underneath. as we take a look around. this is a brand new crst building which so far is well protected. water is nowhere near it. this building starting to be repurposed for mixed use. that's going well. probably the best news so far today is even with all that work and that pump going on mays island, this hose is still flat. that means it hasn't pumped water yet. we haven't seen it and it hasn't moved since we wa so far so good at least on land here. maybe not as good news over in the middle of mays island. we'll send it back to you guys. >> thank you, kevin. now we're just going to go over some of the latest news that's happening along with all of the flood of 2016. >> here comes a big update at 8:43. remind all parents this morning that of course the cedar rapids schools are closed today and will continue to be closed for

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 - find 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- right now - we're taking a look at an interactive map of 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 why.you can check this on our website - cbs 2 iowa dot com. this morning - cedar rapids residents will ?not be able to use the city's buses today - or tomorrow.they have been suspended due to potential flooding and road closures.the city plans to release updated information on the coming days - we'll track that information

are any updates. the cedar river continues to rise this morning - and people that live in the projected flood zone should be out of their homes. homes.total strangers some from as far as olwein - as well as countless volunteers from here in cedar rapids - went door to door sandbagging homes.of course - for many - this isn't thier first time evacuating their houses.ron and heidi mckay evacuated their same home back in 2008. since then - they gutted the ruins and rebuilt the entire since then they ruins and rebuilt the entire inside by hand, making this evacuation much more painful. they are thankful they had days to prepare rather than just hours like last time. >> we're better prepared now. and we decided that no matter what we were taking everything this time. we were not going to put anything upstairs. it was all coming out. >> they are staying with family and they hope they can return home in a matter of weeks rather than a matter of months

evacuation of course is voluntary but it is highly recommended. also we will have a curfew again this evening until 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. mayor ron corbett spoke to us last night and the importance of taking these evacuations seriously. >> it's important from a safety standpoint. their personal safety. potentially putting at risk firefighters and emergency rescue personnel in the that they would have to rescue someone. if you're watching this at home right now and you're sitting in your living room in the inundated area. i plead with you to go grab your suitcase or your duffel bag, put some clothes in it, some medication, maybe some toiletries and please just move out. it's only for a short period of time. today. these temporary systems can breach. and that's our biggest concern right now. for the rising water is one thing but if we have a breach on the

water, and there's a breach that's gushing out, that's our concern and one of the reasons why we ask people to you know please respectthe evacuation respectthe evacuation order and move on. 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....one at 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 ni 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 the flood evacuation areas. they already available with extra trash and bags. the cedar rapids in vinton

water levels are steady. still the second highest crest on record. last night we saw the river rise to 21.4 feet in celebration park. water is expected to stay above the flood level and flood high levels until at least thursday. taking a look at the cbs 2 and fox 28 drone footage are this morning in palo. many people there have evacuated their homes. residents are being asked to lock their doors and leave keys at city hall. align energy started shutting off power to about 40 homes. city officials say people from all over have come to help out. >> biggest thing is seeing the neighborhoods come together. 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've talked to people from indiana. we've had people from tennessee. just nice to see. >> if you'd like to continue to

from our cbs 2 and fox 28 drone, go to our facebook page. we have several videos posted there. the national guard will be monitoring road closures in the city. we want to remind residents in palo because of the water main break, do not use the water until further notice. let's go to cedar falls. the cedar river crested saturday. nearly two feet lower than the projection of 100 feet and then some. also that crest was only 3 feet below flooding in flood recovery efforts are underway. downtown is still closed to traffic this morning. back in cedar rapids, people at one of the most historic buildings in america are taking precautions to avoid the same damage they saw eight floods.this time, they moved everything from the basement to the top floor.the imam of everything from the basement to the top floor. the imam of this mosque says

seriously. this time they're worried but handling it differently. >> this time we take it serious. volume of water would be as high as it was last time." time." the crest is not projected to be as high as it was in 08... but the imam says now - better safe than sorry.he also says he appreciates the gratitude from this community so far. it's now on this morning.right now it's degrees in >> we'll be going live with stephanie johnson at the american red cross. we'll check in with her just

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good morning. it is 8:58. we'll start with the river levels. first the cedar river at vinton. this is the latest data we have here. 21.78 feet. currently at vinton. the river is cresting now. not expected. not forecasted to rise above the current state where it is right now. of course major flooding is going on around the vinton area as big push of water is starting to move downstream into cedar rapids. the current observation right now, 19.12 feet at 1:00 a.m. the river was at 17 feet. it's gone up over 2 feet in the last seven or eight hours. it's expected to rise another four feet by tomorrow afternoon. cresting at 23 feet. once it gets above 20 feet,

history since 1851 that the cedar river at cedar rapids will be above 20 feet. as we take a look at the wapsi river at independence. it crested at 17.28 feet. it's slowly starting to recede. it'll be above the 12-foot flood stage until about thursday or friday. the wapsi at anamosa, 19.23 feet. it is rising quickly. it will crest around 24 feet on wednesday morning. currently the cedar river, once it gets above the 16-foot threshold where you see the purple, it is considered major flooding. it'll crest around 23 feet tomorrow afternoon and then it'll slowly start to recede. we'll be in this major flooding up until thursday morning before it finally drops below flood stage, which is 12 feet. not until saturday. so the impacts are going to go on for quite a while. that is for sure. current temperatures right now in cedar rapids. 56. winds out of the west at 15 miles per hour.

degrees. come down from the 60s which is where it was throughout the weekend. that cold front is bricking in cooler and drier air. 54 in decorah. 56 in cedar rapids. 57 in iowa city and monticello. winds out of the west at 5 to 16 miles per hour. gusts as high as 30 miles per hour out of the west. look at the temperature change from yesterday. we're about 13 to 16 degrees cooler than where we were on sunday morning. as far as low temperatures this morning, most areas started in the upper 40s around decorah, oelwein. 49 in waterloo. 49 in cedar rapids. we'll be under plenty of sunshine. the front is well off into illinois. taking the clouds with it. as you can see throughout the state of iowa, plenty of sunshine. not much cloud cover expected for this afternoon. we'll be cooler and dry today. pleasant and less humid for much of the week. sunshine and seasonal