Flooding

Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance announces sandbag drop off locations and programs for commercial properties.

What do you do with flood debris? How about sandbags that didn't even touch flood water? City leaders are trying to pass along answers.

As eastern Iowans reach the recovery phase, FEMA provides plenty of important information.

The Cedar River's crest has passed. The water is going down in Cedar Rapids. Now, it's time to release some of the pent-up emotion. That's exactly what happened during Mayor Corbett's speech at a morning press conference.

You filled 300,000+ sandbags, fed volunteers, built temporary levees, created 10 miles of Hesco flood barriers, AND you were there for each other. You saved a city.

The Cedar River crested in Cedar Rapids Tuesday at 21.97 feet, its second highest level in history. However, for those touched by floodwaters, this flood is only beginning.

The temporary flood protection system is holding strong and concerns now are more for underground systems, as the grounds have become saturated.

As Cedar Rapids and other cities on the Cedar River battle to keep floodwaters at bay just to the north, the Wapsipinicon River, is also raging.

Our studios are two blocks from the Cedar River in downtown Cedar Rapids and to say there's few of us working in the area would be a massive understatement.

The crest of the Cedar through Cedar Rapids has been lowered!