Flood Update

Normandy Dr. (near where we moved our friends out)

Some bridge...it will probably closed soon.

Water rushing over the penninsula.


The US Army Corps of Engineers projections for outflows from the Coralville Reservoir are now at 30,000 cubic feet per second by late Friday; 35,000 cfs on Sunday; and 40,000 cfs on Tuesday, with the water level at the spillway reaching 717 feet on June 17th. -KWWL

The Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) is making preparations to close the east- and westbound lanes of Interstate 80 in eastern Iowa. The closure is tentatively scheduled for Friday afternoon, June 13. The roadway is expected to remain closed for approximately two to three days. The closure is flooding related. -KWWL

River, reservoir continue to rise; No end in sight
This morning's rain has caused another round of flooding headaches in Iowa City and Coralville, and the worst is yet to come.Here is the latest need-to-know news:First off, flood waters continue to rise, almost unabated. The new projections released by the National Weather Service have the Iowa River cresting at 33 feet by Tuesday, it is currently at 27.1 feet and flood stage is 22 feet.

Iowa City officials approved a mandatory evacuation ordinance at a special council meeting yesterday at 6 p.m. and then put the order in effect some eight hours later for residents in the Normandy Drive area (this is where the friends we moved out lived). "Public safety officials have determined there is no longer a sufficient factor of safety for the residents in the Normandy drive area. If the sandbag levee should breach and fail, the volume and velocity of water released would present a significant risk to the lives of the residents, rescue workers and volunteers in that area,” a news release from the city said.