brea, how fast does the cedar river seem to be rising? the river is predicted to crest at 23 feet this temporary flood control measures are in place. public works engineering teams as well as us army corps of engineer teams are actively monitoring for any weaknesses. they can re-enforce the system as necessary 24 hours a day. eight years ago the devastation people around the country. while, the damage won't be as bad and the water isn't as high, eyes are once again on eastern iowa for flooding. eight years ago the devastation with the 2008 flood caught the attention of people around the country. while, the damage won't be as bad and the water isn't as high, eyes are once again on eastern iowa for flooding. following the flooding here for abc. rob, at what point did you decide to come to cedar rapids? how does this flooding event compare to other ones you've seen? so far how prepared do you think the city is compared thousand residents of cedar rapids left their homes sunday as floodwaters began to spill out of the rising cedar river, and i

tv9 took an aerial tour of the shell rock and cedar rivers. the video tells the story. fields are saturated and roads are flooded around greene. it is the same shell rock river. the main bridge in downtown is cutoff at both ends. over to the cedar river, the water certainly up at nashua. even further upstream -- people living near the cedar river in nashua have sandbags around their homes this morning. here is a closer look at the cedar river flowing over the dam there last night. the water is very close to the bottom of the bridge in nashua. these are some pictures viewer laurie kristiansen sent. today, a judge will sentence in cedar rapids. after today, he still has to face trial for the death of a homeless woman. rain continues over portions of wrapping up concern going forward for the next few hours. the forecast focus remains on a quiet night along with a quiet day on saturday. by saturday night, we are back at it already with more rainfall which may cause additional rises on area rivers. stay tuned going into the weekend and river data is constantly updated and twe

the cedar river at cedar rapids feet as of tomorrow morning so that forecast is still on track. as far as the river at independence, it has crested as of yesterday. currently at 18.14 feet. and at animosa, it's supposed to crest at 24 feet coming up wednesday morning resulting in major flooding there. take a look at current conditions here in cedar rapids. we're at 51 degrees. west wind around 9 miles per hour. that will pick up as we head cooler and drier air works its way in behind a cold front that passed through late last night. current temperatures around the area, 50. 52 the warm spot in waterloo, monticelle and dubuque. up to the north about 13 miles per hour in waterloo, but they will pick up between 15 and 25 miles per hour. could see gusts as high as 35 miles per hour as we head into this afternoon. look at these dew points in the 60s and 70s week into the weekend they are middle to upper 40s, just a sign of drier air that worked its way in. as of 9:00 this morning, middle 50s, noon, the low 60s. by around 3:00, we'll be right around 66 degrees. as we take a look in sat

over the to the cedar river, the water certainly up at nashua and farther north in charles city the river was very high....and finally in waverly, the cedar is up but not to catastrophic heights yet.... over all ....this area of the state really got hammered and it living near the cedar river in nashua have sandbags around their homes this morning. here is a closer look at the cedar river flowing over the dam there last night. the water is very close to the bottom of the bridge in nashua. these are some pictures viewer laurie kristiansen sent. and make sure to stay with our first alert storm team through this flooding crisis and whenever severe weather hits. just download our store. meteorologist justin gehrts updates our temperatures coming up in your first alert forecast. stay with tv9. amounts will be manageable but high water will remain where flash flooding occurred in the morning. mostly cloudy 70s. dry weather is here saturday with warm highs in the 80s. a cold front brings showers and thunderstorms tomorrow night into sunday, which could lead to some isolated downpours. cooler wea

brea, how fast does the cedar river seem to be rising? the river is predicted to crest at 23 feet this afternoon. cedar rapids' temporary flood control measures are in place. public works engineering teams as well as us army corps of engineer teams are they can re-enforce the system i-380 in both directions is open only to emergency vehicles. this is only within the cedar rapids city limits. the purpose is to allow emergency vehicles respond across the city. cedar rapids has posted notices on the overhead d- o-t digital signs on i-380. we will get traffic updates this morning from w-m-t radio's andy peterson on what's ahead on your morning drive. the rising flood waters are covering some streets rapids. this is ellis road at 18th street nw, right near ellis park, and as you can see it's under water. so is manhattan robbins park, and the water is really high at the boat houses on harbor drive. a few other traffic notes this morning... the i-380 bridge is the only one still open throughout the downtown core of cedar rapids. all these bridges

>> well, chris, the cedar river is definitely rising. i'm standing right outside of the motte building. you can take a look. this iss the center park the river and watch. you can't do anything like that right now. there's a little orange bench that you can see is practically under water and we had a police escort take us out here and he told me when he came into work, it didn't look anything like that.th i put this marker out there 15 minutes ago and we will see how quickly this water is rising and we told you about the massive effort to sandbag and build the barriers and they are definitely doing their job the water's not that high yet but i was out in vinton over the past couple of days and they did hold up there. there's hope for downtown cedar rapids and just want to remind everyone that there is a curfew in place. it is 8: 00 p.m. to 7: 00 a.m. and no one is allowed to be in this area again. i had a police escort take us down here and we're leaving after we're done with our morning show. it's not a safe area but yes, the water is ris

what is the latest reading on the cedar river. the latest level is we currently stand at 21 feet in cedar rapids and as you said that's just two feet below the crest which is expected to come tuesday morning probably around 7:00 in the morning. and it stays up for a period of time. we're in major flooding in cedar rapids at least into thursday banks of the cedar river until we head into saturday morning. it goes on for a period of time. it falls slower than it rises. again in progress right now with the current stage of 16.9. slow rise as we go next several hours. bruce and beth. >> thank you joe. traffic is pretty much crawling at times on i-380. that's one of two ways to get over the cedar river right now. the other is highway 30. our tv 9 crew and viewers have said that the wilson side of the the real advice is just be patient. also of course highway 30 is still open. now the left lane of interstate 380 going northbound and southbound is reserved for emergency vehicles only. and we do see people using those as a regular lane whi

residents in vinton are preparing for the cedar river to crest at, one a-m tomorrow. the river level just hit major flood stage a little after 6:00 this morning. kcrg-tv9's brea love joins us live this morning from vinton. brea, what is the cedar the city of vinton started preparations for the cedar river to flood thursday, and by saturday afternoon the city said it's prepared. the river is set to crest at 22 feet monday. saturday residents spent the afternoon watching. joining us now, the mayor of the city of vinton started preparations thursday, and by saturday afternoon the city said it's prepared. the river is set to crest at 22 feet monday. saturday residents spent the afternoon watching. they started sandbagging the town over the past few days and now there's nothing left to be done. barbara ender-wright lived in vinton during 2008. her home was safe during the flood, but she hopes this flood does one thing. benton county emergency management coordinator scott hansen said the community wide effort for preparations built a hesco barrier to protect the city's fire

the cedar river is just about 24 hours from cresting in cedar rapids. we have crews all along the river right now to bring you up- to-the-minute updates in this special report. >> a cedar rapids woman swept aby floodwaters is recovering. this is the drone video we have of the river rescue. this woman went into the river just west bridge. there was a call. public safety responded. she was clinging to a tree in the river when they found her. they eventually got her to safety by boat. we are still waiting word on her condition. cedar rapids city officials are asking anyone within the flood zone to avoid this area, and as always please stay out of floodwaters. here is what the cedar river is feet in cedar rapids around mays island. you can see how high the water has risen at 21 feet. that now makes it officially the second highest level ever. we have a live picture from our cbs 2 news drone being flown by our skillful operator brian. that is the tip of may's island. this is located just behind the linn county jail there. >> yes. which has long since been eva

was completely covered by the cedar river. though the cedar river was high--the inflatable dam did it's job. the city administrator says without the dam, the river would have taken over much of the main street like in 2008. st. pauls church sits across from the river and is no stranger to flooding of the cedar. the pastor says--the church was heavily flooded in 08, but not this year. "it certainly saved this area at the highest part the flooding here the water barely came onto the street in front of the the city administrator calling the dam and the dry run heroes. he says they saved hundreds of the cedar river has gone down substantially and the inflatable dam can now be seen. flooding like the town saw in 2008. we've got you covered, taylor decision 20-16 coverage now -- with nearly 40 days left to decide the next president of the united states -- candidates are back in iowa to promote their campaign. one day after donald trump made an iowa appearance -- it was hillary clinton's turn today. kwwl's it's one of the first times

now we'll shift from the cedar river -- to the wapsipinicon. people in anamosa are watching the river tick up a little more each hour but city leaders say they are not expecting significant flooding. in 2008, flooding caused major damage to the southern part of anamosa. since then, the city spent containment levees near the entrance of the wapsipinicon state park. city leaders say this expense was worth it. "i think you can see by the outcome today, we're pretty secure in what we've done. not that it can't change. mother nature has her own mind. " the wapsipinicon river is expected to crest late today into wednesday at 24 feet. the cedar river in cedar falls is receding this morning - but parts of the city are still dealing with now people are dealing with the aftermath of the floods impact in their homes. day. while mostly sunny sky mainly after 1pm. this will keep temperatures locally cooler in this part of the area while the rest of the area should go well into the 60s/low 70s this afternoon. the wind may again gust as high as 30 mph at times

what about some other points along the cedar river? a lot of concern in cedar developed since the 2008 only bridge still open over the cedar river. well a lot of concern in cedar which is really developed since the 2008 flood and tv 9's dave franzmann is right there. can you see if the water has reached any of the hesco barriers yet. >> beth, we've seen that the river is certainly been rising. 20.8 feet. i think that's officially the second highest, and it is starting to creep towards the and the now you can see while the water has covered a trail underneath the bridge. it's not closing on the hesco barriers and the dirt berms. now unlike the disastrous flawed of 2008 there was no frantic activity. nose of this newbo were ready a oneinner didn't sandbag. >> it doesn't happen we don't get a lot of water in here. we can get everything back in here and get the business going. >> gentleman while while he didn't spend time building a sandbag wall. now, in our travels we saw some water behind some of those tempor that result when you get stor

the cedar river has been on the rise all weekend long. today into tomorrow is >> cbs 2 news kevin barry has been monitoring the river all weekend long. we fand him down along the banks of the cedar river this morning. kevin, set the scene for those just joining us at 6:30. >> we are right along the lion bridge that connects the new bo heem yan district to the czech village. the site to really see is just how high the water is off the very side of it. there's one last arch here that 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

over the to the cedar river, farther north in charles city the river was very high....and finally in waverly, the cedar is up but not to catastrophic heights yet.... over all ....this area of the state really got hammered and it is coming south.... man for the death of another homeless man today. the jury convicted him of a lesser charge than he was originally facing. good morning! it's ---. rain continues ver portions of wrapping up going forward for the next few hours. the forecast focus remains on a quiet night along with a quiet day on saturday. by saturday night, we are back at it already with more rainfall which may cause additional rises on area rivers. stay tuned going into the weekend and river data is constantly updated and tweaked to reflect the latest conditions an then turning partly sunny. wind: se 5-10. high: 81 tonight: partly cloudy. wind: e 5-10. low: 66 tomorrow: partly cloudy. wind: se 5-15. high: 85 tom. night: increasing clouds. rain arrives late. wind: se 5-10. low: 65 thanks kaj. rain continues over portions of wrapping up by noon. heavy rain is again a concern

we already seen the bridge and its rising real fast" " people in cedar falls are bracing for the cedar river to crest tomorrow afternoon just a foot and a half shy of the record. but cedar falls isn't the only place getting ready for flooding. earlier today, the national weather service raised its crest estimate for cedar rapids to 25 point three feet. that would be the second highest ever, although still six feet below the 2008 crest. cedar rapids still has a couple of days to early tuesday. and the city's now opened a fourth sandbagging station at hawkeye downs. the sandbags are free for potential flood victims, and the site will be open overnight. if you would like to volunteer in towns along the cedar river, you should call the united way. that number is 2-1-1 on a landline. or 319-739-4211 on a cell phone. people in manchester are also dealing with flooding from the maquoketa river. right now where they could see a near record crest tomorrow. and the city is trying to protect as much of the downtown area as it can. the city shut off access to the downtown at five o'clock this evening. a

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 m

, the cedar river as well as they wapsipinicon river. all those and flood warning status. let's go around doppler radar. as we fly around we will find scattered showers. very light just south of cedar rapids toward i was city and the marengo area. let's move the radar and show you that in western parts of our viewing area we're also seeing scattered showers. rain has moved out of the forecast for now. we will continue to monitor these flood concerns. the latest flood forecasts, the shell rock river is above 2008 level. it's about cresting now. the city of cedar rapids continues preparations and will be holding press conferences every day at 10am as the threat of flooding exist. exists.this morning at the latest press conference the city manager said sandbags will be free at newbo and ellis park. concern about that because some information on their website had not been updated. the manager was also glad to say many entities both public and private have reached out to the city to offer help with equipment and resources.the city has designat

this is the cedar river. this is what the river would look like you will look like at a 24-foot class. i want to clear the form of cricket as we do that is where we're at right now. if you have driven over the cedar river in the past couple of days you'll notice the water seems a little to hide. over the next couple of days to watch the rain continued to filter in. so 16 feet we still see the river starting to come out of his bank across northern part of the city. you can sit around the cedar lake area kind of near the quaker oats area. let's go to 24 feet. here's expected. here you can see cedar lake has quaker oats, those greedy soothers kennebec quaker oats area. they put the cold stream that they built that wall there on the quaker oats. cedar lake is underwater resume out and had down to the south and now you can start to see more landscape. there you see the time check area. there is the northwest neighborhoods are there periods of time check park is underwater. let's go live the river there's three of y

we're focused in right now in the cedar river. no doubt about that it's cresting currently at vinton. generally of 21.7. now it's 21.74 and that was the last readout and it says the river gauge there. the hope is that's where it's going to crest and stop there. either way, that rea the crest will be at cedar rapidsda which continues to look around tuesday morning, early tuesday morning around 23 feet. it's in progress right now. the new update over the past hour was 18.3 feet. so it's rising about a third of a foot per hour at this rate and that would get it up there toward 23 feet early on tuesday morning. here are the next four impacts that we see. in fact, we're already affecting the lowest section of edgewood road. take extra time during the morning commute and anticipate much more traffic even with schools shut down in cedar rapids and anticipate a lot more traffic than you would in that part of town. it will affect the lowest residences in palo and the stream flow is much higher than what we are experiencing in cedar rapids.

now cities along the cedar river are bracing for impact. kcrg-tv9's samantha myers starts our team coverage live from waverly were the cedar is rising fast tonight. samantha, what's the latest there? people in this neighborhood are evacuating right now. they're filling try and save from the flood water. and if you can see behind me the water has already covered this road and police have closed it off. now earlier today, students from wartburg college helped sandbag. the school sent out a campus wide alert saying the city needed help. so within the first hour or so more than 75 students came to the city garage to fill and load sandbags. police say the power and gas of the residents have to be out of here by tomorrow afternoon. live in waverly, samantha myers, kcrg- tv9. now we turn to meteorologist joe winters. joe, i understand we have a new flash flood warning? m northern iowa again being the target. locally heavy rain is once again possible which could add to ongoing flooding issues. watch the river flood forecasts very carefully over the

just a cedar river in vinton is very close to cresting. that's going to be a big relief for people who have been watching the river rise all day. nicole griffin is live to give us the latest. this area of town near the benton county sheriff's department. this road is closed tonight. water completely covering the street. i spoke with a woman named becky sloan. she lives right next to the hinkle creek which runs into the cedar river. since her family took precautions after the flood in 2008 so far she is not seeing she's looking forward to getting back things back to normal. i think that the clean up is not going to be the best part of this. i think it's going to be a lot of treasure and wood and debris. take a look this drone video of vinton. flooded streets, yards and parks causing roads to be shut down in this area. his team is on call the worst. reporting live in nicole griffin kcrg tv 9. >> thank you so much nicole. floodwaters are hitting cedar rapids right now. there is a curfew that's in effect for until 7:00 a.m. we want to zoom in a

this one might even be more extensive than that one. " the shell rock river also clarksville and forced some road closures. in cedar rapids, the downtown and surrrounding areas would take a hard hit if the river does crest at 24 feet on tuesday. if precautions the city makes are not enough to hold back the water, people are using boxes to haul out items -- and sandbags to protect what's left. kcrg tv9'sjo reports on the process of getting ready. standup: local businesses across cedar rapids are prepping for another possible historic flood. many business owners i talked to say they aren't risking any changes, and are already shut down for the weekend.. dave owens runs mad modern. his shop's location is right in the midst of potential floodwater trouble. the city of cedar rapids says czech village, newbo, time check and the downtown core could all be hit hard if the river to hold back the water. owens spent all thursday moving antique furniture into uhauls. at times, he says the flood threat doesn't even feel real. "15:53, it's been sinking in as the days gone on, i thought of in terms of being closed for the weekend

let's go back dn to cedar rapids and look at the river. by tuesday morning, we should crest at 23 feet. that is major flooding, the 2nd highest crest in the cedar rapids area. only one other time have we gone above 20,000 you can see the river has taken off. this is what is known as a hydrograph. you can see what it will do in the next seven days. we are now at 15 feet. in the next 24 hours we will get to 21 hours and then crest on tuesday morning at 23 ft. by the time we get to next weekend, we should be down to age. here ithe other thing we hate to see, the river is through at the 23markand it starts to spread out. peally it will cover these residential areas and some businesses downtown.some areas to the southeast will be impacted. things will get really ugly and it will be hard to commute around cedar rapids because of road closures. right now, it looks like we are in for about 6.5 days where we hours where the river is expected to be above 20 feet. let's take a look at independence in the flooding over there. the wapsie did crest and i

and never in 165 years, have we seen the cedar river at cedar rapids crest above flood stage. most of the time, it happens in march and april. due to the snow melt. up north. when the river eventually floods. downstream here. and then in may and august, due to heavy rain events, but like i mentioned, never in the month of september. going back, to the 1850s, have we seen the cedar river crest above flood stage here in cedar rapids. so this is situation in itself. obviously we hope to never go through this again. but it shows all of events occur usually march and april when we get into spring and you have all of the snow melt mainly up north in minnesota, and minnesota, and all melts and comes downstream. in may and august, we get the severe weather season, it starts to warm up and the atmosphere can hold more moisture and we get a lot of the heavy rain events. that's why the last week or so, with the heavy rain that we have had, it is more of a summer time kind of a weather >> and in 2008, you will remember this, too, eastern iowa, when people were sandbags in 2008, we had hail

the cedar river in cedar falls is receding tonight - but parts of the city are still experiencing flooding. the river there crested over the weekend. kcrg-tv9's lauren winfrey is live in cedar falls. lauren, some people are now focusing on the clean up? continue today in the northern part of cedar falls. in fact we've spent the majority of the day speaking to residents now dealing with the aftermath of the floods impact. one resident is in the midst of buying a new home in the area, but he'll have to do a lot of clean up before he can move in. take vo: erik borseth and his wife have big plans to own a home in cedar falls, but because of the recent flood, they might just sot: "i knew it was coming so it's like, eh. what's the likelihood of it happening again?" take vo: a question that could use some careful consideration being that less than a decade ago this area was swamped by record breaking floodwaters. sot: "i knew how bad this could get because the waterloo, we did cedar falls in 2008." take: borseth says despite the damage to his new home he's focused on moving forward, sot: or nat:

falls.the cedar river there is cresting right now. >>> we begin with a live look at cedar falls. the river is cresting right now. we'll go back in a bit to hear from jeff kennedy for more. >> we have a lot of information for you tonight as the wall of water moves closer to the corridor. >> all bridges that cross the river in downtown cedar rapids is close. interstate 80 moment. >> the onramps are closed. >> you can angle sess using wilson avenue northwest and 7th street northeast. night as well. well.a curfew is now in effect in the palo evacuation area.it runs through six in the morning.palo city leaders are effect right now in cedar rapids evac area - it will last until seven tomorrow morning.voluntary evacuations which are strongly recommended-- are to be completed by 8pm tomorrow and the curfew will repeat each night until further notice. the american red cross now has three emergency shelters open for residents who are forced to evacuate. in cedar rapids a shelter is now open at the cedar hills community church which is on east avenue falls - a shelter is open at the west gym

the flood warning continues for the cedar river near conesville. until further notice. at 9:00 pm saturday the stage was 13.5 feet...and rising. people in parts of cedar rapids people in parts of cedar rapids are asked to be out of their homes by 8:00 tonight. evacuation zone. water will be high enough to flood parts of downtown, newbo, czech village and the time check neighborhoods. the evacuations are not mandatory, but are highly encouraged. if you do decide to stay behind, police will be enforcing a curfew from 8:00 at night until 7:00 in the morning. evacuees should plan on being out of their homes through saturday. if you're not sure if you're in the evacuation zone, you can find a link to address. if you need a place to stay during the evacuation, the city has set up an emergency shelter at cedar hills community church in cedar rapids. that's located at 64- 55 e avenue northwest. it's just east of the intersection for stoney point road northwest. for the homes and businesses in the evacuation zone, alliant energy is not planning to cut power unless they flood. let

they are looking for the cedar river to get below 18 feet. the river crested just below 22 feet yesterday morning. and it's not expected to drop below 20 feet until thursday. law enforcement in cedar rapids are warning people to stay out of the evacuation zone. they say this will keep people safe and give them room to work. the city's fire chief mark english says a survey found troubling number of people in the evacuation zone flood walls, sandbags, and earthen berms are holding back the water pretty well. but water has been seeping into some low-lying areas, including downtown, the newbo district, czech village, and the time check neighborhood. as these photos show, a handful of buildings on the edge of newbo -- the odd side of 16th avenue se outside of the temporary flood barriers. the owner of tornado's pub & grub says his own sandbag wall was holding off 3 feet or so of water with just a modest amount of damage so far. one local historian says the city faced a difficult choice because the temporary flood walls could only stretch so far. "

now here's a live look at the cedar river near downtown. this is one is coming from the west side of the river close to the police station. you can see it approaching 20 feet. crest expected tomorrow morning >> as we're getting closer to the noon hour our flood coverage continue. now shifting to vinton as so many volunteers came together to the water out. and kcrg tv 9 mark carlson is in vinton. he offers us a look at the city and where it's at. >> we're here in vinton next to the benton county courthouse. this is what we're seeing with the river cresting at 21.8 feet. certainly a fair amount of water has made its way. some water certainly but at this point isn't going any higher. and you can see the hesco barriers for the most part they're doing their job. the focus making sure that the power remains in town. and the they've got some utility areas roped off. some other areas have taken off some waters. again now for our photograph left. you're going to eventually see the county jail. that's the county jail is used as a sheriff's office. we'

that will be the sec-highest crest ever on the cedar river in cedar rapids. here are some of the other crests to show you. number one was in 2008. we remember that monster flood there. in the 165 year history of the actual cedar in cedar rapids, the river has never been above 20 foot except in 2008 and now in 2016. there. you can see they're up there. we're now approaching the 23 the crest will be hanging around here for the next couple of day, and then things should start time prove on friday and saturday as the big wall of water heads downstream. your stage has moved 20 preponderate # feet there. in the downtown area, the new flood it is a big flood for animosa. now as we take a look at the level maps, the front that came on through here yesterday had been locked in place. we have night after night where we had heavy shower's and thunderstorms. as you can see with much higher focus shows only 2 hundredths of an inch of rain in cedar rapids. the overall weather pattern is much different now. i think a lot drier weather pattern for us overall. as we look at t

the cedar river is creeping into some yards. that river will be there until some time overnight. this is a live look in the cedar rapids. the cedar river. things are at minor stage right now. but the river is expected to reach the expected highest point in the city's history. and if you want to see world news that is on right now on kcrg 9.2. but we are starting off with important river lels. joe. that the waterline where it's you can see the darker color. that means in independence we have crested and the wapsipinicon has begun to fall. right now the latest we 19.two-foot level. 19.4 was the crest earlier this afternoon. along the wapsi right at 17.1. so it's coming up quite fast. by tuesday we're expecting a 24.five-foot crest. now let's travel down the cedar. >> the charles city you're falling faster. you will fall within your banks in waterloo the current level sits at 22. 22.9 was the crest yesterday. early thursday is when the cedar and waterloo will be back in its banks. eventual ton awaiting that crest. 21.five the expected crest monday morning. still has about another hal

the courthouse was ready for a crest of nearly 30 feet, eight feet above the cedar river's peak height."we were preparing for the worst case scenario. now the river crest was lower than that, but that's fine. we're always better to be overprepared than underprepare d, so we've protected the infrastructure for the public." ll: all in all, it appears the major flooding relatively unscathed. up next for the city is recovery, which for most will be much easier than eight years ago. covering the corridor in cedar rapids, connor morgan, fox 28 news at 9. it's now on this morning. morning.and if you're in it's degrees. degrees.just ahead... kini wanna see if it changed. score? credit scores don't change that much, do they? really? i'll take it. sir, your credit... -is great right? when was the last time you checked? . all right. no more surprises. welcome back -- it's now we're taking a look at your??????? your??????? right now - we're in head back out to cbs 2 news kevin barry. barry.he's out in cedar rapids - monitoring the cedar river.. river..kevin what do you see right now. good morning

you are looking at a live pic you are looking at a live picture of the cedar river in cedar rapids after days of emergency planning and evacuations river is finally starting to fall. by all accounts the city has escaped the worst but we still have several days of water before the river receives back to normal. >> also developing tonight a teenage girl is dead people are in custody in connection with her killing on why? the cedar river slowly recedes out of cedar rapids as the flood defenses hold.now, city leaders strike a cautious, but confident tone. tone. "tomorrow we'll wake up on the winning side." side."not everyone was on the winning side. side. "we're pretty shocked, my wife, me, my sons. barrier now still trying to hold back the water. water.beyond cedar rapids -- the river crept into parts of palo.we'll take you there as the long cleanup process kicks . off.and an inside look at the protection of an island of just. justice."we were preparing for the worst case scenario." scenario."we'll take you on a tour of the linn county courthouse -- in the middle of the cedar river. river.t

they're trying to beat the rising cedar river. we speak with one man who's lived along the river for more than 50 years. that's still ahead on your 24-hour news source, kcrg-tv nine. pushing flooding preparations. waverly is expecting the cedar river to crest at 16 feet on saturday. that would cause major flooding on the southeast side of the city. kcrg t-v nine's katie wiedemann is live in waverly to give us an update on the situation. katie, what's going on? there's a slight sense of panic here in waverly, especially along the cedar river. right here, the city's i as water rushes through town. homeowners on the southeast side are moving basement and first floor furniture to higher ground. we found davey smith and his friends trying to beat the rising river. smith has lived here for more than 50 years. he says he's keeping everything in perspective. ""and the main thing is we got our life and our health now. and the rest of things we can there's a lot of debris floating down river. every so often see huge hay bales float past the

after a once-in- a-lifetime event the cedar river is again flirting with historical records. right now thousands are anxiously watching the rivers rise and desperately trying to protect what they can all getting everything else out of the way. >>> after another night of heavy rain thousands more are cleaning up after another from cedar falls to cedar rapids and everywhere in between right now on a special edition of the fox28 news at 9:00. >>> an already bad situation continues to get worse tonight. >> right now volunteers are banding together in communities. they're trying to do what they can to hold the water back. the next major town in the past -- in the path is cedar falls. several major roads including highway 50 seven and 218 are expected to be impacted by the rising water. crews also loaded cars from and cedar rapids.sandbagging efforts continue in all of those communities. communities.now joining the fight, communities along the maquoketa and wapsipinicon rivers.heavy rains last night sent more water out of their banks but, so far, it's expected to stay well the level

the tour including vinton -- where the cedar river crested at nearly 22 feet on monday. flood businesses. the beloved vinton youth garden -- destroyed in the flooding. the cedar -- also cresting in the community of palo earlier this week. branstad and company making a visit there today. dozens of homes in palo were evacuated over the weekend -- with flooding rising onto roads throughout the city. the group making a final stop in cedar rapids -- where the cedar river finally crested yesterday. the kwwl drone showing standing water and damage in the new-bo area within the czeck village there. in vinton with the governor today, she joins us now in the newsroom with more on his reaction.. governor branstad says he is very impressed on how well organized and prepared the town of vinton was... he says without the community's efforts..things could have been much worse. in vinton, governor branstad is getting a closer look at the hesco barriers- preparation, the tremendous number of volunteers who pitched in helped with sandbagging and putting hescos together..it's pretty phenomi

hesco barriers are already up in cedar rapids along the river. the plan is to deploy four thousand feet of those barriers with earthen levees and berms. the city is hoping that will protect cedar rapids for a crest of up to 26 feet. businesses and residents in the newbo district, czech village, the time check neighborhood, and downtown have also started taking precautions. the city engineer says cedar rapids learned a lot from the 2008 flood and feels better prepared. increased today, we had to change our plans a little bit, so we've been working all day to adapt those, the measures that we put in place. we did so we could add to those, so that's the part that we are working on currently. " mayor ron corbett said the original crest mayor ron corbett said the original crest prediction of 24-point-1 feet meant the flood could affect 389 commercial properties, and slightly more than 13-hundred residential properties. of course, that area has higherc a lot of issues can come up with your home after flooding, and not just from water in your basement. j

we're broadcasting live tonight from the mcgrath amphitheater along the cedar river in cedar rapids. the city is days. joining us now is cliff ehlinger with united way. he's the 2-1-1 coordinator. that's the number people can call if they have questions anything flooding- related that's not an immediate emergency. for emergencies, of course, call 9-1-1. cliff, what can people expect when they call 2-1-1. what kinds of things have people been calling in for? we've heard you've been very busy with lots of calls today. what should people know before they call? is there anything people should not call about? as the rain comes to an end we will get a much needed dry break through the daytime hours of our saturday. the sky remains partly cloudy with warm conditions and highs saturday and sunday showers and storms return with heavy rain again a possibility. the weather pattern turns cooler and drier for most of next week. make sure you stay up to date on the latest river crest forecast through the partly cloudy. wind: e 5-15. low: 66 alo: 65 tomorrow: partly cloudy and warm. wind: se 5-15.

alerts we currently have along the mississippi river and the wapsi and the flood alerts around the cedar river and the iowa river. those will last well into the early part of next week. here are temperatures for the last eight hours. it was chilly this morning. have warmed up to 66 currently. it is pretty breezy out there as well as you can tell from the shaking on the sky cam. a westwind at 16 with the dew point of 40 degrees. it is very comfortable out there. 63 in all one. 63 into core. 63 in monticello. iowa city, 68. winds are gusting out of the west and northwest from 13 to 23 miles per hour. we could see gu into the afternoon hours. sunny and breezy for tuesday. we could see an isolated shower tonight as a week storm system moves through from wisconsin. seasonal temperatures, upper 60s to near 70 as we head into the weekend. here are light showers up in wisconsin. the cloud cover will begin to sag south into our area overnight. here is what our predictor model has. around 8:00, light, scattered showers continue to make their way down. they should not last much after midnight. we will ke

the cedar river is just about 24 >>> the cedar river is just about 24 hours from cresting in cedar rapids and we have crews all along the river right now to bring you minute by minute updates in this special flood 2016 report. a cedar rapids woman swept away by flood water now recovering. this afternoon police were called to edgewood road where the woman was clinging to a tree in the water. they did get her to safety by boat. we are awaiting her conditions. they are asking anyone within the flood zone to avoid the area. and as always, please stay out of the flood waters. here's what cedar river looks right now at nearly 21 feet in cedar rapids. that now make it is the second highest level ever. cbs 2 news drone being flown by our skillful operator. here's what else we know right now. the national guard is in the city now patrolling check .s around the flood zone. >> a curfew is still in place for all of the evacuated areas in the flood zone. you need to be out of the flood zone by tonight or they say simply stay in your home. the mayor is urging everyone to everyone's safety. >> now chief

they are looking for the cedar river to get below 18 feet. the river crested just below 22 feet yesterday morning. and it's not expected to drop below 20 feet until thursday. council is meeting in two special sessions today to continued updates on the flooding conditions. those meetings are at 9 this morning and 7 tonight at the cedar rapids ice arena. the council is looking into decreasing the evacuation zone today, but is currently focusing on seepage and pressure concerns. the city says the temporary barriers are keeping us safe so far above ground. but the worry is that water is putting too much pressure on the storm sewer system below ground. crews have been working all night, fighting dangerous conditions to makes sure everything is functional. law enforcement in cedar rapids zone. they say this will keep people safe and give them room to work. the city's fire chief mark english says a survey found troubling number of people in the evacuation zone taking pictures. " we're asking everyone to continue to work with us and it is not time yet

river level. they are looking for the cedar below 18 feet. the river crested just below 22 feet yesterday morning. and it's not expected to drop below 20 feet until thursday. the cedar rapids city council is meeting in two special sessions today to continued updates on the flooding conditions. those meetings are at 9 this morning and 7 tonight at the cedar rapids ice arena. the council is looking into decreasing the evacuation zone on seepage and pressure concerns. the city says the temporary barriers are keeping us safe so far above ground. but the worry is that water is putting too much pressure on the storm sewer system below ground. crews have been working all night, fighting dangerous conditions to makes sure everything is functional. law enforcement in cedar rapids are warning people to stay out of the evacuation zone. they say this will keep people safe and give them room to work. the city's fire chief mark english says a survey found troubling number of people in the evacuation zone taking pictures. live in cedar rapids, forrest saunde

the cedar river continues to rise. the flood defenses are holding up but we still days to go. >> fox 28 has crews fanned all over the area. what is expected in the few hours ahead and the impact already felt. >> the cedar river continues to rise here in cedar rapids. you are looking at a live picture from a time check neighborhood where hundreds of homes were lost to the last try to save those. >> and they were not alone. there was a massive effort to save the areas. here is a look at the flood defenses constructed over the weekend and how they are holding up so far. >> we have been showing you the air view all day long. we'll show you some of the incredible images captured by the fox 28 drone from high communities, including palo, imosa. >> first, we'll get the latest on where the flood river stands right now. let's turn to chief meteorologist terry swails. >> let's get to some numbers here and show you where we are. and the cedar river at vin ton that means that crest has passed there. it is between cedar rapids and

cedar rapids metro catholic week. let's go now to meteorologist justin gehrts to see when the river level will fall in cedar rapids, and other river levels. clouds, gusty winds, and cool temperatures - it's a fall day, no doubt. a few sprinkles are possible with highs barely getting above 60, and some will struggle to even do that. mph again. skies eventually clear tonight with lows returning to the 40s. sunshine is back again tomorrow with somewhat lighter winds and highs back near 70. we'll hover close o 70 into the weekend, although more clouds return on saturday. dry weather should continue until wednesday.to day: mostly cloudy, cool, and windy. a few sprinkles are possible, mainly northeast. wind: n 15-25. high: 62 alo: 62 dbq: 59 iow: 63 tonight: turning mostly clear. wind: n 5-10. dave loebsack are on capitol hill, working together, calling for the corps to prioritize its review of the the flood mitigation project. in the past year, both blum and loebsack have sent joint letters to the corps, the house appropriations committee and the obama administration approved the cedar rapids project in 2014, but the obama

the cedar river is receding closer to normal in cedar rapids. it's down a couple of feet from tuesday's crest. the city of cedar rapids reduced that means thousands of people can start heading back to their homes. a 13-year-old boy is facing charges for the shooting death of a 13-year-old girl in southeast cedar rapids on tuesday morning. democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton campaigns this afternoon in des moines. she'll be downtown at 12:30. and early voting for november's elections begins today across the state. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news lots of sunshine and highs rebounding 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 into the 70s. as of now, rain chances continue to be focused on wed

the river in cedar falls crested earlier today, and now the city is switching to recovery mode. that story is coming up number is a little hard to comprehend because of the way they measure the river there. but that was below yesterday's projection. and that was about three and a half feet below the record high crest in cedar falls. but many peope dealing with extensive flood damage. we went on a boat tour of this neighborhood today, and you can see how the floodwaters reached these homes. in some spots it was seven feet deep. people were able to sandbag, but we don't know the extent of the damage yet in this area. but we do know that flood protection efforts in cedar falls did save the city's downtown area. cedar falls utilities had to shutoff power to get people out of the flooded areas. "safety is number one. so we have our city assets at the north cedar fire station, fire, police and emergency responders. we have boat, water rescues available if needed. " the cedar river has started slowly receding, so the next step in cedar falls is recovery. a lot of people in palo have to

rapids right along the cedar river. forecasters are saying flooding here could be the second worst the city's ever seen. the national weather service now expects the cedar to crest at 25- point-3 feet early tuesday morning. that's more than nine above the level for major flooding. but it's still below the more than 31 feet in 2008. we're going back now to t-v nine's dave franzman live at the city services center in cedar rapids. dave, the mayor today said many people were caught off guard with the extent of flooding in beth, knowing what could happen if the cedar river reaches just over the 25 foot level and being able to stop it are two different things. but there's a different feel with businesses and others close to the river. the preparations have started and many aren't taking chances this time. alliant energy's downtown tower got hit hard in the flood of 2008. this time, there's no trusting to luck. contractors installed a 4- foot-tall flood wall covered with a rubberized material to hold back any water. but even e

the sun to come up so we can see how we're expecting several blocks to be impacted by this as the cedar river hit major flood stage last night in cedar rapid the.n it is expected to crest in 24 hours. kcrg-tv9 brea love joins us live. you are outside the motte building by the police station. you have been watching the river going up how does it look right now where you are? >> well, chris, still rising as it has been all morning and if you look behind me, we got a little marker out post them online later. it's moved about a foot and a half since we placed it at 4: 30 this morning and two hours,e the river went and we had an escort take us down here and he could drive down here thatat tells you this water is not slow. it is moving quickly so there's a lot of sandbags around the motte building just like there's plenty of sandbags around all of downtown, massive commuty but there is a curfew in place right now. it ends in just about 30 minutes minutes from 8: 00 p.m. to 7: 00 a.m so this is not an area you should be in. plenty of police marking those checkpoints so you won't make the ins take of

you're watching c-b-s 2 now we're taking a live look right now at the cedar river in cedar rapids - good morning - i'm kelly d'ambrosio alongside justin roberts- we're just hours away we will keep checking back with brandon marshall as the cedar river rises it's final few inches before ultimately cresting this morning. morning.for now though, we have mutliple reporters on the monitoring the water levels in cedar rapids - seeing how it's affecting the community. we will start with cbs 2 news anchor - kevin barry. barry.kevin's been out for the past several days - right next to the river. river.and that's where we meet him again this morning. kevin? kevin?that's right guys, i'm leave here in cedar rapids and now - we will check in with our next reporter - cbs 2 reporter stephanie johnson. johnson.she's also live in cedar rapids - ????? moving on - cbs 2 and fox reporter mitch fick is also live in cedar rapids. rapids.mitch can you tell us where you are exactly and what you're seeing. overnight in palo - the cedar river officially crested at ???? feet.as it is rising - it's getting close to

kcrg-tv9's mark carlson took a tour of the cedar river flooding in cedar rapids eighth avenue bridge to show us what he saw. well when you get right up to the flood walls, you can really see them at work. this is the hesco barrier that went up along 16th avenue. you can really see how things are drier on the north end of the barrier, where the majority of the new bo officials say that barrier had to go along 16th avenue because it had to be a on a hard surface. so there's 3 to 4 feet of water on the the other side of the barrier. while the crest has happened, city officials say they have to keep carefully monitoring this situation. "we're always concerned, even when we get to a crest, still the downside of that curve and making sure we follow that down to our normal flood level, and 16 feet is still a major flood, so if we're sitting at 21 feet we're still concerned. " again, the offici feet. in the czech village we saw a lot of water coming up from the sewer system. officials say that's not a huge concern, because they have really done a lot of work to keep a majority of that water