ann and ken opatz are packing up for a road trip.but they're not loading an r.v. and they're not headed to some warm oasis. these two, near 40-year- veterans of marriage, aren't spending their retirement relaxing. they're american red cross volunteers, heading to disaster zones. this time around it's flooded st. louis, missouri. "it's not like a vacation. it is extremely difficult work. we put in long hours and we do a lot of heavy lifting."they'll have work cut out for them, there. heavy rains, totaling 10 inches in three days has forced the mississippi and connected rivers to leave their banks. homes have been destroyed and at least 25 lives lost. "nat" in this adventure to help, the opatz will be driving down this former ambulance, turned emergency response vehicle. from it, they'll be feeding the hungry and likely handing out these containers full of cleaning supplies. "garbage bags, pine-sol, bleach."the couple got the idea to signup with the red cross after helping cleanup in ann's hometown of waverly after "the red cross came around when we were helping out

ken and ann opatz have been volunteering with the american red cross for years. the couple got the idea to signup with the red cross after helping cleanup in ann's hometown of waverly after flooding in '08. now, one last look at this morning's weather, justin. we're stuck in the clouds for a while, as well as occasional rounds of precipitation. some light wintry mix is possible starting mid-afternoon, mainly as light snow or perhaps a little bit of freezing rain. as the evening goes on, temperatures will warm enough to change this to light rain. areas of fog are possible late tonight. temperatures will be in the lower 30s this afternoon and tonight. for tomorrow, occasional showers are likely, especially during the afternoon, with highs in the middle 30s. friday will have mainly showers transitioning to snow late in the day with snow lingering into saturday. at this point, snow accumulation s are looking low. however, gusty winds and much colder air will come crashing in during the day saturday and especially sunday.today: chance of wintry mix high: 30-36 winds:

ann and ken opatz are packing up for a road trip.but they're not loading an r.v. and they're not headed to some warm oasis. these two, near 40-year- veterans of marriage, aren't spending their retirement relaxing. they're american red cross volunteers, heading to disaster zones. this time around it's flooded st. louis, missouri. "it's not like a vacation. it is extremely difficult work. we put in long hours and we do a lot of heavy lifting."they'll have work cut out for them, there. heavy rains, totaling 10 inches in three days has forced the mississippi and connected rivers to leave their banks. homes have been destroyed and at least 25 lives lost. "nat" in this adventure to help, the opatz will be driving down this former emergency response vehicle. from it, they'll be feeding the hungry and likely handing out these containers full of cleaning supplies. "garbage bags, pine-sol, bleach."the couple got the idea to signup with the red cross after helping cleanup in ann's hometown of waverly after flooding in '08. "the red cross came around when we were helping out

ann and ken opatz are packing up for a road trip.but they're not loading an r.v. and they're not headed to some warm oasis. these two, near 40-year- veterans of marriage, aren't spending their retirement relaxing. they're american red cross volunteers, heading to disaster zones. this time around it's flooded st. louis, missouri. "it's not like a vacation. it is extremely difficult work. we put and we do a lot of heavy lifting."they'll have work cut out for them, there. heavy rains, totaling 10 inches in three days has forced the mississippi and connected rivers to leave their banks. homes have been destroyed and at least 25 lives lost. "nat" in this adventure to help, the opatz will be driving down this former ambulance, turned emergency response vehicle. from it, they'll be feeding the hungry and likely handing out these containers full of cleaning supplies. "garbage bags, pine-sol, bleach."the couple got the idea to signup with the red cross after helping cleanup in ann's hometown of waverly after flooding in '08. "the red cross came around when we were helping

red cross volunteers ken and ann opatz will depart from cedar rapids and head to saint louis to help with flood reovery efforts. .. they're from the south and eastern iowa chapter of the red cross.... this is video of the two when they headed to illinois to help with tornado recovery... the couple says the've been trained by he red cross to be ready to at a momentsts notice... they will take an emergency response vehicle to get food and water to those who need it. already.... 25 people have died and hundreds of homes and business illinois and missouri... we've got you covered live in the newsroom... amanda gilbert... kwwl news. the couple decided to voluntter for the rededcross after they retired.... people in missouri are trying to get things back to normal after that rare winter flood. some parts of the state received up to 11 inches of in. many homes wererdamaged or destroyed. "we were fortunate-if you want "i lost all my appliances. i lost all my furniture and the only thing i saved were my clothes." people have died in missouri and illinois -- another state hit hard by ooding. t

red cross volunteers ken and ann opatz will leave cedar rapids and head to saint louis to help with flood recovery efforts. ..they volunteer for the red cross here in eastern iowa they've been deployed before this is video of the two when they headed toollinois to h hp with tornado recovery in 2013... the couple says they've been trained by the red cross to be ready to go at a moments notice... they'll take an emergency response vehicle to get food and water the red cross also asked the couple to go to texas to help with tornado and flood recovery last may. theouple told kwwl they began volunteering foo the red cross after they retired.... we've got you covered... live in the newsroom.... amanda gilbert... kwwl news. some iowans are already in missouri, helping with recovery. soldiers from the iowa national guard left last week. the missouri national guard is in charge of working with the u-s army corps of engineees to ke sure clean-uppgoes smoothly. the groups will collect and get rid of debris. federal aid is now heading to the area -- president obama has approved a request for federal

ken and ann opatz have been deployed before. this is video of the two when they headed to illinois to help with tornado recovery in 2013... they say they started volunteering for the red cross after they retired, looking for something meaningful to do. at least 25 lives have been lost in missouri and illinois, which is another state that was affected by flood waters. we now know the name of a man killed in a weekend shooting in nashua. the d-c-i identified the man as karl white. he was 56. an autopsy shows he died from a gunshot wound. the preliminary investigation shows he might have been shot by accident by someone else... but now, let's go to eileen with a look light rain and snow tracking in for wednesday. rain and snow thursday and friday will changeover to all snow friday night and saturday. amounts will depend on speed, track and we'll be back in 30 minutes, be sure to check kwwl dot com for the >>> 7:30 now on a chilly tuesday morning, the 5th of january, 2016. >> like four people in the crowd. >> these people are really