community church will take care of you, and you are going to be okay" church is located at 6455 e avenue nw, near cherry hill pool. the red cross has a second emergency shelter in the wellington heights neighborhood, at st. paul's united methodist church on 3rd avenue se. both have space available. the curfew for areas in the flood zone on both sides of the cedar river is in empty, a constant police presence is filling the neighborhood s. kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders is at one of those checkpoints this morning and joins us live. forrest, how long will police patrol the evacuation areas? the police department is actively patrolling the evacuation area. they will continue to patrol until the flood waters have passed and people are allowed back on their property. police also plan to enforce a curfew for the flood and evacuation areas am every morning. police will have 73 checkpoints to help block access to flood areas. the city hopes to be able to reopen those flood evacuation zones after 7 days. once the flood waters recede, safety inspection teams will go into the flood zone to assess when re

care of you, and you are going to be okay" the cedar hills community church is located at 6455 e avenue nw, near cherry hill pool. the red cross has a wellington heights neighborhood, at st. paul's united methodist church on 3rd avenue se. both have space available. the curfew for areas in the flood zone on both sides of the cedar river is in place until 7 this morning. while homes and buildings sit empty, a constant police presence is filling the neighborhood s. kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders is at one of those checkpoints this morning and joins us live. forrest, how long will police patrol the evacuation areas? the police department is actively patrolling the evacuation area. they will continue to patrol until the flood waters have passed and people are allowed back on their property. police also plan to enforce a curfew for the flood and evacuation areas from 8:00 pm to 7:00 am every morning. police will have 73 checkpoints to help block access to flood areas. the city hopes to be able to reopen those flood evacuation zones after 7 days. once the flood waters recede, safety inspection team

people living on a avenue nw say they were happy to be able to go home, but were not able to stay have the power on. "i have to move everything back in but right now i'm just really focused on getting the power back and getting gas back it's getting cold out so you know we're going to need our heat soon." those still inside the flood zone, need to have their homes inspected before power can be turned back on. law enforcement and the national guard will continue to enforce a curfew for those still inside the reduced boundaries, from 8 p-m to 7 a-m. at mr. b's bar on 2nd avenue sw, thing yesterday morning. they say they found a little bit of water in the basement, but it wasn't a big deal. they reopened the bar as quickly as they could and immediately, they were able to 'set 'em up' for customers.. people living in the neighborhood say everyone really did took the evacuation seriously and got out. "02:55 this side of the street there was only two people that stayed, on that side of the street there was only one that stayed " "47:27 we're open, we opened up this morning at 10 o'clock, so

they're at the st paul's united methodist church - on 3rd avenue se - church at e avenue nw and stoney point. tuesday night, more than 130 people stayed in those 2 helters. that's up from roughly 120 monday night before. cedar rapids says its temporary flood protection is holding up. but it's still in a critical stage until the river falls below major flood stage later this week. the city's public works director says some areas continue to take on water from storm sewers and from seepage through the hesco barriers. the city says there are more than 50 pumps up and running, staffers will continue to monitor them at all m still in a critical situation still need to remember that the river is three feet higher than pretty much all of newbo. " today, the left lane of i- 380 is open to vehicles. but all downtown bridges will remain closed until the city removes the hesco barriers and engineers check the bridges. the cedar rapids flood control manager says the city had planned to start work this week on a pumping station that's part of the city's permanent flood protection plan. the location

of nearly 6,000 , 2,500 hundred homes and businesses people living on a avenue nw say they were happy to be able to go home, but were not able to stay overnight because they did not have the power on. "i have to move everything back in but right now i'm just really focused on getting the power back and getting gas back it's getting cold out so you know we're going to need our heat soon." those still inside the flood zone, need to have their homes inspected before power can be turned back on. law enforcement and the national guard will continue to from 8 p-m to 7 a-m. at mr. b's bar on 2nd avenue sw, owners and employees started moving back in first thing yesterday morning. they say they found a little bit of water in the basement, but it wasn'ta big deal. they reopened the bar as quickly as they could and immediately, they were able to 'set 'em up' for customers.. people living in the neighborhood say everyone really did took the evacuation seriously and got out. "02:55 this side of the street there was only two people that stayed, on that side of the that stayed " "47:27 we're open,

energy company says it can begin restoring gas service to properties outsidt people living on a avenue nw say they were happy to be able to get home yesterday, but were not able to stay overnight because they did not have the power on. "i have to move everything back in but right now i'm just really focused on getting the power back and getting gas back it's getting cold out so you know we're going to need our heat law enforcement and the national guard will continue to enforce a curfew for those still inside the reduced boundaries, from 8 didn't take on much water, there are some areas that did see damage because of the flooding. kcrg t-v nine's mark carlson joins us live. what are you seeing? as the cedar river continues to go down in cedar rapids, towns along the wapsipinicon are anxiously watching the river rise. as the cedar river continues to wapsipinicon are anxiously watching the river rise. this is what it looked like yesterday in oxford junction. that's in jones county. two days ago... water surrounded a few homes and the city's park. yesterday, it was over the road is several p

nw. a notice will be issued when that closure occurs. -ellis blvd, from edgewood rd to penn avenue is closed -c street sw at ely road sw is closed-old river road sw at big bend road is closed -edgewood road from glass road to just south of ellis rd nw -1st, 2nd, and 3rd avenues - closed between 6th street w to 5th street e -4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th avenues se - closed between 1st street se to 6th street se -8th avenue - closed between 1st street sw to 10th street se -12th avenue - closed between c street sw to 10th street se -1st street ne -closed between a street ne to 1st avenue e -7th street se - closed at 8th avenue se to southbound traffic -8th street se - closed at 8th avenue se to southbound traffic -ellis road west of edgewood rd is closed -ellis boulevard from ellis lane to e avenue is closed -e ave nw between ellis blvd nw and 1st street nw is osed right now, highway 30, edgewood road and i-380 are the only ways across the cedar river cedar rapsank you andy, we'll track the rising cedar river and areas that have flood next on kcrg- tv9. the cedar river is expected to crest

the st paul's united methodist church on 3rd avenue se - and the cedar hills community church at e avenue nw and stoney point. tuesday night, more than 130 people stayed in those 2 shelters. that's up from roughly 120 monday night before. a look at your first alert back to around 70 degrees. the wind won't be quite as strong as the past few days, but still notable out of the north. overall, the weather pattern remains dry, but more clouds are expected for tomorrow and saturday. due to the clouds, these days will be held down into the 60s for highs. next week, a warming trend continues to be on track with widespread temperatures into the 70s. as of now, rain chances continue to be focused on we hurricane could delay this rain potential into thursday depending on what it does off the se coast. have a great day! today: sunny and mild. wind: n 10-20. high: 70 tonight: partly cloudy. wind: n 5-10. low: 51 tomorrow: increasing clouds. wind: ne 10-15. high: 69 tom. night: mostly cloudy. wind: ne 5-10. low: 54 democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton is returning to iowa today. today, the f

the area f avenue and stoney point road nw is now closed to all traffic. workers are doing concrete overlay. signs are posted to use ellis road and edgewood road as a detour. our crew on the scene said a lot of drivers weren't seeing the signs and had to turn around. this area won't re-open for 3 to 4 weeks. iowa city drivers may see is down to one lane between hawkeye park road and the overhead railroad tracks. the city says crews are installing fiber optic lines in the area. a company in cedar rapids specializes in making sure there are no leaks to be found. we take you inside mprc seals and show you the products they make. it's our made in eastern iowa series next on t-v nine. meteorologist justin gehrts updates our temperatures coming up in your the west will bring scattered storms later today. the highest chance of from about 4 through 9, and there is the potential for a few of these to turn strong. they won't waste time ge fairly warm day with highs in the 80s. tuesday is looking dry, but occasional storm chances are with us for the second half of th

nw 5-10.low: 46 tomorrow: mostly cloudy and cool. a few sprinkles are thanks joe. here's a live look at the cedar avenue bridge this evening. we'll have more coverage of flood 2016, coming up next. stay with your 24 hour news also been live near it. the wapsi has crested in towns upriver from anamosa. and it should be cresting there tomorrow morning at 23 and a half feet. the wapie has started receding in central city, but you can see the high water's still roaring past the roller dam. flooding also continues in the park on the east side of the river. downstream in stone city, the water got up to just below the deck of the general store. but it flooded some homes outside of town. many towns have made people evacuate before the water started getting high. kcrg t-v nine's katie wiedemann just got back from olin which is along the wapsi. she talked to a man there who says even though he lives close to the wapsi, he refused to evacuate. flooding has become almost an annual thing here in olin. we talked to one gentleman who's home has been flooded five times in the past eight years, but he says he's still not going mike dlask li