while the hesco barriers have done their job above ground, the new concern is below ground. that's because pressure is really sewer system. "it is still a very dangerous situation. the ground is saturated. we are continuing to fight water that is seeping through the system and coming in from our storm sewers. we also want to note that while we hope everyone's first-floor elevations are dry, we will still have many people with water in their basements. " the city is urging people to stay out of the flood zone so crews can work, especially as the water goes down. cedar rapids is trying to figure of sandbags throughout the city once they're not needed anymore. and the city says its bus system won't run through friday. school is off for the rest of the week in the cedar rapids district. the district says it's because of transportation issues and safety concerns. classes will resume next monday. the calendar for this school year listed no school on monday. but now classes will be in session that day. friday, two emergency shelters remain open in cedar rapids. those include saint

on the left -- the hesco barriers are protecting this part of new bo... water does cover some of the cedar river trail -- just north of 16th avenue se -- that's a low-lying river to the czech villasge... the national czech and slovak museum & library does have an earthen levy around it. the museum and library is set back -- and is much higher up -- than 2008. there's some water from storm sewer back-up which the city says it's battling. there's the skate park, there... some water there. that's riverside park taking on water. penford right along the river looks dry. past the 8th avenue bridge... there's the mott building, just renovated and reopened -- that's down the hill from the police station. the knutson building is surrounded by water. the amphitheatre has water up to the first level of terraced lawn seating. then shifting back to the focal point with the dow island does have water along the end. the hesco barriers are covering 9.8 miles of the city- at least in this video from last night when it was still daylight -- the barriers seem to be holding

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 storm sewers and the pressure of the high water causes it to shoot behind where the flood barrier has been put in place. live in kr dave franzmann. kcrg tv 9 news. >> than the city closed a left state. it's supposed to be open to only emergency vehicles. regular cars are obviously using it. bullet it's meant to let emergency vehicles respond across the city since it's the only way to get from one side of the city to the other. the i-380 bridge is still the only one that is open throughout the city. highway 30 bridge is still open but these bridges you're looking a they're all clos

and from seepage through the hesco barriers. the city says there are more than 50 pumps up and runn continue to monitor them at all times. "23:43 we need to remember we're still in a critical situation still need to remember that the river is three feet higher than pretty much all of newbo. " the left lane of i-380 is no longer restricted to emergency vehicles. and all downtown bridges will remain closed until the city removes the hesco barriers and engineers check the flooding damage in vinton today. the city used hesco barriers to keep water out of some areas. but the city says about 30 homes and 10 businesses on the city's north side took on a lot of water. iowa homeland security says the state and counties will now begin assessing damages to those buildings. "each individual county has to meet the federal disaster threshold. and, so far it looks as if uh the damages may do that. but if a county for some reason has included in the presidential request letter. " governor branstad and other state leaders also saw the flood dama

businesses have used sandbags, tarps, and those hesco barriers. live in downtown cedar rapids, adam carros kcrg-tv9 news. alliant energy is making starting at 6:30 tonight to homes around mckinley middle school in cedar rapids. this outage is intentional alliant is making changes to a substation and the power grid so that if there is flooding these homes won't lose power. these homes around mckinley aren't in the flood zone - but the substation that powers them is. now as for power to the homes and businesses in the evacuation zone: alliant energy is not planning to cut power there unless they flood. so people are clear- alliant energy is not pre-emptively cutting power in the flood zone... only if it actually mckinley middle school will experience power outages for about an hour and a half. linn county and cedar rapids now have four sandbagging locations. there's one at the old kmart near 16th avenue and williams boulevard southwest... another at hawkeye downs. and the city has re-opened a sandbagging location at the ellis park pavilion. linn cou

this is that huge hesco barriers wall we've been mentioning. this was a massive community effort to get this thing up. it's held up nicely. we're look at 21.2 twating to get to the 22. definitely a lot of water. a couple of the things that the police department wants me to stress. don't stand on the barriers. don't take any pictures up there. it's definitely not a safe thing to do. if you're wanting to help anybody in the affected areas we need to wait until the water now we'll go up top for a look from the cedar river from above. you can see the mays island. the second avenue bridge and then off in the distance the 3rd avenue bridge. now also a look at this morning's fresh dronevideo brought to approaching. newbo is a little more complex. the businesses in the right side much the hesco barriers are dealing with what appears to be moderate to major flooding north of 16th avenue southeast is overall good news in cedar rapids covered by the hesco barriers. we are working more information on the areas close to downtown. and so it's definitely welc

beth, this hesco barrier in front of the sheriff's office belongs to linn county. and this sand will not go to waste. workers will recover it and it will be used in future road and construction projects for the county. crews are carefully removing the wire- reinforced hesco containers to reuse as many as possible in the so the plan is to return as many as possible in good shape. this flood barrier is far enough away from the river to be the first to come down. the sheriffs wants to get personnel back as soon as possible with the office here reopening to the public monday. but it's a lot more complicated to take down than put up. "everything is heavier now and harder to get at we've got two rows that butt up against each other so we can't get the lifting hooks in to pick up that front row so it will take some time, at least 3-4 days " the county spent about 100-thousand dollars to buy enough hesco barriers for the sheriff's office, the jail and the the city of cedar rapids will reuse sand that doesn't come in contact with flood waters. and the city's flood control m

the city says the wall of hesco barriers in newbo had to go up on a flat, paved surface. so the city built it down 16th avenue. that left about five buildings, including three active businesses, on the "wet" side of the protection line. kcrg t-v nine's dave franzman is live in the newbo district. dave, one business owner insists the city could have protected all of the bruce, tornado's grub and pub is maybe 20 or 25 feet away from the hesco barrier that kept the newbo district dry except for some water seepage in basements. but owner tom slaughter still insists the city could have included all occupied buildings in that safety zone. protection line now. slaughter and his family members were busy removing his own line of sandbags and plastic sheeting. he says he only got a foot or so of water in the basement and should be able to reopen almost as soon as businesses on the dry side. and he continues to insist the city could have put the line of hesco barriers on fields behind the handful of buildings here and protected everyone. " we're the only street that's unprotected fr

[ question - too far from mic ] the question has to do with the design and effectiveness of the hesco barriers city has been building in order to protect the community. >> thank you for your question. we have had engineers looking at that. while the projected forecast of the river is at 23.5, we have done all the hydraulic calculations and that is why the system is currently build to a minimum of 26 feet. it takes into account any increase in elevation due to putting the system in place. on one correction to the statement i made earlier. we have been able to postpone the closing of edwards -- edgewood road. at this time it is still open. we anticipate closing it earlier this evening. >> we will take a couple of media questions. >> my question has to do with the hesco barriers . people in the community are affected. >> the question about the alignment of the hesco barriers in the engineering and design that went into where those are placed and why. >> because that area, once we get south of that 8 avenue we have a low-lying area in the that was put in as a 2nd layer of protection along

those hesco barriers are going up on both sides of the river. the city is deploying four thousand feet of the barriers with earthen levees and berms. if you need help with flood preparations, you call the united way of east central iowa. from a landline, simply dial 2-1-1. from a cell phone, the number is preparing for the cedar river to crest at, one a-m tomorrow. yesterday residents sandbagged homes and businesses to prepare for the worst. it was a community wide effort. they city built a hesco barrier to protect the town's fire station and electrical systems. benton county emergency management coordinator scott hansen said residents should be prepared, but the barrier should hold up. 47:41 "this will be the first big test with the new systems of protecting the electric generation station in the fire station with the hesco barriers during a flood. we all remember 08 in vinton where we time we're really confident that area will stay protected." city officials plan to meet later today to discuss what's next after flood waters recede. to the nort

we put hesco barriers around this building. we put 'em around our correctional center, four feet additional on top of the island height, feet. we have 4,000 tons of sand it took to fill the hesco barriers, so that equates to about 250 truckloads."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 th

hesco barriers and earthen berms are the first line of defense for the newbo district. after the days of getting ready, the true test rapids will hold -- as the cedar river is expected to crest at 23 feet in just a few hours. kcrg tv9's brea love joins us now. 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 manhatta

for now it seems hesco barriers are working -- a live look now. let's look at some of the other big stories this morning. a 13-year-old girl is dead after being shot in cedar rapids. police stopped three suspects shortly after the shooting yesterday morning. at this point they have not released any names or criminal charges. polcie in southern california are asking people to stay calm after police shoot and kill a man who had pulled an object out of his pocket. the chief says the man was not armed. president and prime minister shimon peres. he died at the age of 93. president obama and bill and hillary clinton are all expected to attend. donald trump returns to iowa today. he'll be in council bluffs. hillary clinton will be in des moines tomorrow -- as early voting kicks off statewide. a quick note about early voting in linn county -- the auditor's office is temporarily located at the linn county community services building on 26th avenue court southwest -- since the regular office closed because of possible flooding. flooding does continue to be

with the cedar river crested, crews are of the hesco walls put into place. people started work on the wall near the linn county sheriff's office this morning. as the river level continues to drop, more barriers, sandbags and dirt will be removed. flood waters continue to flucuate along the wapsipinicon river. it crested just south of anamosa at 22.8 feet this morning -- now it's about a foot lower. that's down from the earlier prediction of 24 feet. down river, olin is also experiencing flooding. one man can only get to his home today, governor terry branstad and lieutenant governor kim reynolds will get a first hand look at the damage along the cedar river. their first stop is in vinton will be starting right about now. from there, they'll head to palo at 1:30. and they'll wrap up their visit in cedar rapids. now, one last look at this morning's weather, justin. 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. winds from the north

overall, good news for the areas covered by the hesco barriers. we are working to gather mroe information on the areas close to downtown and into for their status. the city says its temporary 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 and further south -- were outside of the temporary flood barriers. the owner of tornado's pub & grub says his own sandbag wall 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. " they sacrificed five of the major historic buildings, locally owned businesses along there like mad modern, tornados, kickstand. what i saw was 3-4 feet of water covering the outside of the buildings " other newbo owners, while sorry for the potential district

hesco barriers and earthen berms are the first district. after the days of getting ready, the true test starts today for whether cedar rapids will hold -- as the cedar river is expected to crest at 23 feet in just a few hours. kcrg tv9's brea love joins us now close to the mott building. 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 p

the city is primarily relying on hesco barriers you see here. there's 10 miles of these barriers lining the city. city leaders say they're confident these will hold 26 feet. however water could barriers any moment. earlier today i spoke with mayor ron corbett. he tells me the city is working for a more permanent flood protection system. but that protection could cost about 500- million dollars. the city has asked voters twice to approve funding for flood protection. voters said no both times. recently, mayor corbett says federal lawmakers have approved funding... but have not state and they've provided funding mechanism unfortunately the federal government hasn't released any funds to do the construction or their piece of it so we continue to lobby our congress people and also the president and the office of budget and management office so maybe this event will d.c. to get those resources to construct permanent long term flood protection " again, hesco barriers are the main layer of protection for the city right now. the secondary layers include

that is where the hesco barriers works most effectively . they say there is a lot to protect in the newbo district. the one line of defense just to try to include some places that would be too hard to protect because of the typography or the type of land that it sits on . it will be very controversial. we know the owner of tornado's grub and pub is very against this plan. i did talk to another business owner and he said he sides with the city. he said he was okay with it.

they put up two layers of hesco barriers. this will provide an eight foot sealed heavily damaged is now removed from the paramount theatre in cedar rapids. crews wheeled the keyboard console out and moved it to a safe space. it dates back to 1928 when its music accompanied silent films. paramount workers also cleared out the theater's basement area and items from under the stage. cedar rapids is not alone in live at cedar rapids city hall with more about some of the volunteer efforts getting ready for this flood.. forrest, people are turning out to help their friends, strangers, anyone who might be impacted in the coming days. what have you seen today? i have seen some inspiring things. a few weeks ago we were talking about crime in town, now we're talking about how people are coming together to help. and owner, whose house is right on the edge of where water is expected to be-- 6 ave southwest. she says she's feeling terrified, panicked and ill prepared. however, rather than playing wait and see, lundry is moving what she ca

number of volunteers who pitched in helped with sandbagging and putting hescos together..it's pretty phenominal and it's reduced the damage oh 8. take it from peggy river rising again this week.. here..now it's clean up time.."taking it day by day" ..for the barriers too. governor branstad says he's requesting some help for people like peggy. there's individual assistance avaliable and we would expect once the assesment has been done that we will be requesting a vinton though, positive..saying he's impressed on how the community came together in a time of need. i'm really proud of iowans and the way they responded ai and in benton county. some good news today- highway town has re-opened...but some roads still have pooling on them, so keep an eye out for that. we've got you covered, lauren moss kwwl news. as the clean up process begins, the town of vinton needs volunteers. if you are interested in helping, call 2-1-1 farmers in the area seeing quite flooding. all farmers with flooded fields can do now is wait for the water to go down to see if their crops can be salvaged. one farmer i

hopefully the hesco barriers will make th in order to you know really deal what is happening. let's take a look at what is happening. here's the cedar river as it goes through. if it is at 23 feet. that means water coming through here. third street. what do we know about that cedar rapids just east of the cedar river. we have the paramount. other areas that built back after the flood of 2008. if this 23 foot holds that means those areas could flood but we want to tell you this is sort of a worst-case scenario because of the hesco barriers because of the sandbags. that does not take into account all of those temporary barriers that have gone into place. one big change in cedar rapids edgewood road bridge. this is a big move in the city. kcrg tv 9 jordy kulk is live. i'm right on edgewood road. this road is just completely shut off. early today we were on the edgewood bridge and we saw the might add. now i'm right now next to the educational leadership center. and like you said edgewood road is closed from ellis to penn state. ellis boulevard is close as well. again i'm out here

the hesco barriers blocking bridge entrances over the cedar river are starting to come down today. but with that comes driving restrictions. the end to flood zone restrictions will come in stages. this morning, edgewood road crossing the cedar river is open. the downtown but regular motorists will have to wait for the all- clear saturday morning. "the barricades and checkpoints will still be in place so police will still be standing at those checkpoints asking people to show id so the bridges in the downtown area will not open to the downtown public until 7:00 a.m. on saturday" city officials say while the avenue bridges will open soon, there will still be construction activity going on. the means drivers will need to be aware when they start many of the boat-houses on ellis road saw some significant damage. many of the houses felt the force of the cedar river that came rushing through. at least one of the boathouses sank. it happened early yesterday when the floatation devices below it broke away and started floating down the river. there is some concern that at least two other ho

in hesco we trust. the flooding, piling up sandbags and building flood barriers. and a number of local sports teams have volunteered their time and muscle toward the cause. t-v nine's scott saville has the story. they use teamwork on the field and the court and that experience came in handy today helping sandbag. the wash football team and the mount mercy men's and women's basketball bags to help their community.we got somebody to hold the bag somebody you know dumping the sand its like somebody for a shot like that so it's teamwork we are always doing different stuff so it is right in our neighborhood serving and giving back to people.you have teamwork on the court you've got and so it's all teamwork. this is just like right in our neighborhood. we like serving and giving back to people. it's just a community is working as a team. these a helped out this weekend. i saw posts on social media from every sport that donated their time to help fight the flood. and it's just really important to stick together. obviously there's a lot of competition in the schools. we a

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 down by placing concrete, sandbags and clay on the manholes. again, even though things are looking good... victories just yet. in cedar rapids, mark carlson, kcrg

overall, good news for the areas covered by the hesco barriers. we are working to gather mroe information on the areas close to downtown and into time check on the northwest side for their status. " it's very tough for a small, urban area like cedar rapids to in the past year, both blum and loebsack have sent joint letters to the corps, the house appropriations committee and the obama administration -- asking for the cedar rapids flood protection funds to be released. congress budget. " it's very tough for a small, urban area like cedar rapids to compete with the larger cities in the united states. so we are asking them to prioritize this project and go outside of their guidelines because this is the second flood in eight years in cedar rapids." " the army corps of engineers released a statement saying that limited federal resources dictate that projects be prioritized so available funds are focused on the highest performing projects first. continues, let us know if you see news. give us a call on our newsline 9. that number is 319-365-9999. you c

faster than expected - and so are the miles of hesco >>> right now, the cedar river is falling faster than expected and so are the miles of has go barriers put up to save the city. continuing coverage of flood 2016 is coming up.>>> developing tonight, reaction and frustration after a young teen shoots and kills another teen. >>> the cries for gun owners keep weapons out of the hands of kids. we are learning more tonight about the shooting death of a 13-year-old cedar rapids girl. street -- >>> police tell cbs twos her name was ireshia parks and right now, a 13-year-old boys charged with involuntary manslaughter. cbs two news anchor jenee' ryan is life. police say this death was 100% preventable. >> reporter: yes, karen, cedar jerman says this memorial set up behind me where family is gathering once again tonight with candles to honor 13-year- old ireshia parks. the says -- he says those balloons and candles and teddy bears and those tears being cried over there would not be happening and ireshia parks would still be here if one thing could happen. if we could keep guns out of the hand

today the city started putting up hesco barriers in some areas along the river. the plan is to deploy four thousand feet of those barriers along with earthen levees and berms. the city is hoping that will protect the city up to a crest of 26 feet. businesses and residents in the newbo district, czech village, the time check downtown have also started taking precautions. the city engineer says cedar rapids learned a lot from the 2008 flood and feels much more prepared. "when the crest forecast 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 meant the flood could affect 389 commercial properties, and slightly more than 13-hundred residents properties. of course, that area has expanded a bit with the higher crest prediction. there are now four locations where people in cedar rapids can go to either help or pick up sandbags. two are open overnight. t

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're told all of the inmates were evacuated from there. you can see it is surrounded by water. as you work your way up that street there is a business over there. they are taking on some water. as much water is kept out of the build. so this is a look at v mark carlson kcrg tv 9 news. >> back to cedar rapids. as it's not expected to crest until some time tomorrow. it's been doing this in a swift manner all throughout the morning. kcrg tv 9 bria love has been monitoring the cedar river as it goes through downtown cedar what are you seeing. >> we're having some sound issues with bria love who is right outside the mott building. >> it's at 19.9 feet. w tomorrow morning. and it's going to come up and linger

downtown, crews are filling hesco barriers to stop flooding. volunteers and city workers have been busy filling around the downtown. those hesco barriers are going up on both sides of the river. the city is deploying four thousand feet of the barriers with earthen levees and berms. 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 n

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 is next to 1 of the temporary flood barriers south of 8th avenue se. cleanup from this flood will delay the project. "it may push us back a few weeks as we have to dry out the sinclair site so they can dig and half of the project is underground...we will dig down about 15 feet to get a clay liner under the levee. " moving dirt next week next to the old sinclair meatpacking plant -- south of newbo.. that

the city used hesco barriers to keep water out of some areas. but the city says about 30 vinton's north side took on a lot of water. iowa homeland security says the state and counties will now begin assessing damages to those buildings. "each individual county has to meet the federal disaster threshold. and, so far it looks as if uh the damages may do that. but if a county for some reason has not met that uh threshold, they wouldn't be included in the presidential request letter. " governor branstad and other state leaders also saw the flood damage in palo and there is state assistance available for some flood victims thanks to the governor's disaster proclamation. it covers 13 counties in all. uninsured or under-insured people can get up to $5,000. but there are restrictions. for example, a family of 3 can have an income of no more than $40,000. applications are due to the state by november 7th. people in linn and benton counties can summit their applications to hacap. after a heated debate on monday night, the presidential both hillary clinton

the city says the temporary flood measures of those hesco barriers have been holding up well. the mayor saying today they need "round two, the city won. the scores now city one, river one. we didn't skunk the river this time. we didn't win unanimously. we won, but there's still bridges and roads in cedar rapids will reopen as soon as possible. the flooding continues to affect many people across eastern iowa you're looking live from the top rapids. this is being live- streamed through periscope. governor branstad, the national guard, and homeland security flood disaster zones. take a look at this video out of vinton from earlier this week. you can see the work people did to try and protect their houses, but the water still got in storm track 7's lauren moss speaking with the governor today- she joins us now with more, lauren governor branstad staying optimistic saying he is very was.. thankfully the damage is no where near what it was in oh 8. still many homes are dealing with flooding..the governor getting a good look this afternoon. benton county emergency managment says abou

the city set up hesco barriers on 16th avenue southeast, leaving most of newbo dry to the west, while tornado's and a few other buildings flooded to the east. owner tom slaughter and his family stayed inside tornado's during the flood. sandbags protected the building, water. slaughter says he wound up with only about a foot of water in the basement. he thinks he can clean that up on his own without filing a flood insurance claim. "we may lost the water heater. besides that we didn't suffer any damage we stayed every night since last friday, we have not left. " slaughter is still unhappy about the city's decision to leave his business and others on the wet the city says it had to put the hesco barriers on solid pavement, and the street was the only option. more than a year after a four year old girl died, police in waterloo have arrested her mother. kristi buss, who is 31 years old, faces a charge of child endangerment resulting in death. officers found her daughter, gracie buss, unresponsive at her apartment on downing court in may of 2015. she died a few days later. an autopsy found

levels.that still could take several days - but crews have already removed some hesco barriers - near the linn county jail and on second street downtown.more than 40- thousand feet of those temporary barriers were set up to protect low lying areas along the river. right now, the biggest question for many impacted by flood 2016 - when can people start going back to their homes and businesses? businesses?ci narrowed the evacuation zone - and of the six-thousand people evacuated- about 25-hundred are now being allowed to return.you can find a map of the new boundaries on cbs 2 iowa dot com. all bridges that cross the cedar river downtown are still closed this morning.we're told they will reopen when all of those hesco barriers across the city are taken down and the bridges have been inspected. inspected.some people are going ahead and removing the thousands of sandbags placed all over the city.right now - asking residents to ?keep the bags at their property. the city and a private contractor will come and pick up the sandbags at no charge.if you don't want to wait for the pick up - you'r

this week-- as flood waters--built up inside these newbo buisnesses---on one side of a hesco barrier wall-- something city manager jeff pomeranz says--they had no choice in. "the only way to have a chance of saving an entire area and entire neighborhood was to place those barriers where we did." keeping the majority of the newbo area dry-- like right here at expecting significant water- instead minimal water--nats is pumping out of their basement. "i thought we'd have 4 feet of water in here, i thought we'd be down for 6,8 months, we had just three weeks--he says the wall--gave them hope. "i actually had hope i was like do--he says--it's an answered prayer. bullet." and to his neighbors on the other side-- "it's too bad but the city will support them." something he has seen--as the city's people--have supported them all. "people were down here, people i didn't even know, i time city leaders stop in for coffee-- "i'll see them and they're gonna get my thanks." evacuation zone--will be open to buisnesses and people for flood recovery-- but saturday morning at seven-- the evacuation zon

on the other side of the hesco barriers -- businesses are dry... "i'm absolutely amazed and i'm, good friends on the other side of this wall are deeply impacted." among some of those businesses impacted. the city says they couldn't put the barriers on the other side because the ground is uneven. they're now focused on what's underground. the city says there's tremendous pressure on the sewer system. workers are keeping a close eye on pipes. in other parts of eastern iowa -- the clarksville because of the shell rock river -- which flooded. piles of drywall and other debris piled at the end of drive-ways. take a step inside one of these homes and it becomes clear just how much was taken by the floods. one man moved back to clarksville more than a year ago and had finished an entire basement remodel just weeks ago. this is all that is left of that remodel. "will you refinish the basement?" "i don't think so." and he isn't alone --- 150 other homeowners faced with the same decision. fema will be in clarksville later this week to take a look at the leav

swimming in the field one of the hardest hit areas for flooding in cedar rapids--was the newbo area--but hesco barriers protected the majority of it-- take a look at brewhemia today-- this location had only been open for three weeks before the flood--the owner says he expected four fe but the hesco barrier wall that was put up-- saved his building. "when we saw those flood walls i actually had hope, i was like we are going to survive this." "it was a god-send it was a prayer answered, dodged a bullet." he says it's too bad for the few buisnesses on the other side of people will support them. this is video of downtown cedar rapids just days ago... some businesses not so lucky with the flooding many homes and businesses there and many of you are asking what you can do to help. kwwl and the american red cross are sharing this information for you to help your friends and neighbors here in eastern iowa. here's what you need to do - word" to 9-0-999. that money will be added to your phone bill. belongings are being sold here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar. chief meteorologist

slaughter says the city left him on the island to fend for himself, and the city says those big hesco barriers, again, wouldn't have been as effective in the area around tornados. he used mie wood and sandbags hoping the water doesn't destroy his livelihood. >> we're pretty shocked. my wife, me, my sons. man. this is family. we all work here, all of us. we don't hire it out. we work here. this is what we do. 16 years, we've been doing it. scompl says it's going to be a long journey to recovery, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. once things dry out, there will be a party at tornado's to support the owners. >>> cbs 2's kevin barry first showed us that footage around those houses and businesses yesterday. >> we head back out to him now downtown to see. i believe he's in kevin, what do you see? >> we are pretty close to tornado's now, but we are on the dry side of the wall here, and we're taking a look at that big emergency event that the city had at about 4:00 or 3:00 yesterday morning where some of those manhole covers that are down there. you can tell where the manhole cover

crews began removing hesco barriers from the downtown bridges and hope to open all bridges with the exception of that 16th avenue. the bridges will be open to everyone saturday morning. >> edwards road is also back open tonight. the city reopened it this afternoon after crews were able to inspect the road and bridge. there are closures in place. we have a complete list on cbs2iowa.com . >> one other no public transportation is set to resume operations tomorrow. >> although downtown cedar rapids avoided the floodwater this time around, recovery will take time. some to celebrate. >> dora miller is live at white star alehouse downtown. >> reporter: after last week with the sandbagging and the stress we all need a little break. businesses in downtown cedar rapids are trying to make that happen. they know it will be a long road to recovery. they say they can make it with "right now, we're just basically doing a nice deep clean of the kitchen, the bar." it might seem like a dream it means they have a lot of they have a lot of work to do. >> right now we are doing a deep clean of the kitchen and bar

they created this hesco barrier to protect the town's fire station and electrical systems. "we all remember '08 in vinton when we lost our electricity, so this time we're really confident though that area will stay protected, stay dry, and the electricity will stay on in vinton during the whole event." "this is the bridge that goes reached just to about this leave, now they're not expected to get that high this year, but hansen says it's important to still be prepared." "we're not expecting anything major to happen that we're not ready for, but its mother nature, anything could happen." sunday all vinton city officials will meet to plan for recovery. in vinton, brea love, kcrg-tv nine news. people can pick them up on west fourth street across from the north benton ambulance garage. and as the water rises, benton county emergency management says part of highway 150 approaching town may close. it's the area north of vinton and at the cedar river bridge. iowa state coach matt campbell was hoping for his first win as a cyclone today. and iowa's big ten opener was a nail-biter a

the hesco barriers blocking bridge entrances over the cedar river are starting to come down today. but with that comes driving restrictions. the end to flood zone restrictions will come in stages. this morning, edgewood road crossing the cedar river bridges should be cleared today. but regular motorists will have to wait for the all- clear saturday morning. "the barricades and checkpoints will still be in place so police will still be standing at those checkpoints asking people to show id so the bridges in the downtown area will not open to the downtown public until 7:00 a.m. on saturday" city officials say while the avenue bridges will open soon, there will still be construction activity going on. the means drivers will using the bridges again. a lot of people are eager to get back into the ellis boat harbor after this week's flooding. many of the boat-houses along ellis road stayed afloat with minimal damage, but not everyone was so lucky. kcrg-tv9's mark carlson reports. 17:32 they were all kind of jammed together yesterday, and the neighbors on the hill heard a big boom about 5

the city used hesco barriers to keep water out of some areas. but the city says about 30 homes and 10 businesses on the vinton's north side took on a lot of water. iowa homeland security says the state and counties will now begin assessing damages to those buildings. "each individual county has to meet the e as if uh the damages may do that. but if a county for some reason has not met that uh threshold, they wouldn't be included in the presidential request letter. " governor branstad and other state leaders also saw the flood damage in palo and cedar rapids. there is state assistance available for some flood victims thanks to the governor's disaster proclamation. it covers 13 people can get up to $5,000. but there are restrictions. for example, a family of 3 can have an income of no more than $40,000. applications are due to the state by november 7th. people in linn and benton counties can summit their applications to hacap. democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton is returning to iowa today. today, the former secretary of state will ca

the city has almost 8.9 miles of hesco barriers and sandbags. the area of waterloo sent sandbags down yesterday. i have been chatting with the mayor in marion. they have helped with sandbags. evidence dale -- evandsale also bringing sandbags. there is an old saying, the go. luckily we have technology. >> i think we can take this time to tell people -- even though we talked about why cedar rapids has not built a floodwall. someone this morning asked on our facebook page why this hasn't happened. if you want to know what happened to the cedar rapids flood protection, we have a answer that for you. we spoke with the mayor and you can find those answers on our website cbs2iowa.com. >> are we going to break here? let's take a break. you can watch this live drone footage on our facebook page on both cbs2 and fox28. we will come back and give you an update from kevin barry and more live drone video and a this is something we will check all morning long, traffic along interstate 380 is expected again to see more traffic. this is the most have found this

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. 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. "when the crest forecast 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 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 expanded a bit with the higher crest prediction. cedar rapids is suspending bus service through tuesday because of the predicted flooding. at that time, the city will reassess when to start running

the newbo district in southeast cedar rapids is also preparing.today hesco barriers were brought out as another step to combat the high waters. they are a new way to help with flooding since the flood eight years ago. also in the newbo area- the geonetric building is getting ready. starting at -- employees and volunteers started moving furniture from the ground level to the second floor.early afternoon -- almost everything was cleared out.students from xavier -- kennedy and other surrounding schools helped store everything upstairs. store owners in czech village are trying to get everything students from xavier, kennedy and other schools help store everything upstairs. >>> storeowners and czech village are trying to get everything they can out of the businesses before the flood waters arrive. many volunteers were helping load inventory into -- into own cars, equipment and even a forklift to help out. worker sand bag around the building to protect them. >>> cbs two news will continue to bring the information during our flood coverage. cedar rapids leaders will update quiet conditions

hesco barriers and earthen berms and levies installed by contractors. some road closures are starting to take effect due to minor flooding. the city is taking measures to close low-lying roads to prepare for potential flooding. current closures include otis road and ellis road west of edgewood. effecte avenue se will be closed from 2nd street se to 5th street se for flood prevention measures. motorists "in '08 it was much less in advance. i am happy to say only antectodatly seen many more people are starting to take that inititiative and move now instead of waiting. as i said yesterday, if the evacuation comes, please heed that as soon as possible and don't wait til the last minute. " in cedar rapids, czech village, newbo, time check and the dowo core codlbe hit rd the river does crest at 24 newbo, time check and the downtown core could all be hit hard if the river does crest at 24 feet tuesday. some downtown, newbo and czech village businesses are already making preparations of their own. yesterday, workers at the lion bridge brewing company in czech v

all bridges that cross the cedar river downtown are closed.we're told they will reopen when hesco barriers across the city are taken down and the bridges have been inspe. inspected.some people are going ahead and removing the thousands of sandbags placed all over the city.right now - though - city leaders are asking residents to ?keep the bags at their property. the city and a private contractor will come and pick up the sandbags at no charge.if you don't want to wait for the pick up - you're asked to take the bags to the linn county

in vinton -- --crews have now installed hesco barricades to hold back the rising cedar river. vinton's mayor tells cbs 2 news this is the fourth time they've had to deploy the barriers.but he warns they haven't been used to hold back the amount of water that's expected this weekend.he says they're concerned, but he's confident the community will come together when they need each other most. "it's always great to see but it's something that we all times are we stick together and fix things so we do the best that we can and in small town iowa, it's just a normal t" thing."they will continue stomping sand for the barricades today. in greene, heavy rains caused major flooding along the shell rock river.butler county emergency management opened a shelter for those forced out of their homes.several homes and businesses have already been damaged by flooding. one of the two gas stations in town - is hoping to avoid the flood waters. "my store was the only lucky that i say up high enough but the whole town was under water. (covered by ws's of flooded streets) i'm hoping that it's not g

hesco are large bins filled sand on both sides of the river. they act as portable floodwalls. the city used 40 feet. if they hold, they should keep out, because of design, up to 26 feet of water. some of those restaurants and shops on the other side of thehe wall decided to put up their own protection. they built a five-foot wall over the past few days. the business owner has sandbags in front of the building as well as behind the wall and the owner tells us he plans on running a generator outside. his restaurant took on so muchlo damage during the flood of 2008 and he plans to stay here to stop the floodwaters from ruining his restaurant. >> it's disappointing because i put a lot of time and money and effort into this building and trying to this neighborhood can grow and to be left out, it feels like it wasn't for any good. >> this is the best placement for it. you have a long stretch of concrete and in order to really form that waterproof barrier, i can't put it on-- you can't put it on soil. >> the owner argues the land behind thehe business is flat and am barrier would hav

take a look at these hesco barriers right here. you can see how tall they stand.... theres about 10 miles of these up all over the city. public works tells me they are still doing their job... holding water back... those barriers will stay up today... cedar rapids says although the water crested at around 22 feet yesterday... it will take several days to return to normal. we've got you covered live in the newsroom... amanda gilbert...kwwl news. this morning... workers were out in newbo pumping water out of the sewer system and basements in nearby businesses. let's go to storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel now for your our calm weather will continue for another day...and at least into the weekend. however, there is a weather maker to our east, which will stay there but as it spins over the great lakes, we could see a stray shower today - most will stay dry. highs will be cool again, in the low 60s (about 10 degrees below our average at this time of year, thanks to cloud cover). breezy winds could make it feel today we hope to learn what charges may be filed afte