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WEBVTT CAUSE SOME DAMAGE TO YOUR HOME. THESE ICICLES SAY WE STILL HEAV AND THEY COULD ALSO MEAN TROUBLE FOR YOUR HOME. >> WE JUST CAN'T EXPLAIN THE SITUATION, THERE'S NOT A LOT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT WHICH IS FRUSTRATING FOR PEOPLE. >> WHEN THE ICE THAW THE WATER TRICKLES DOWN THE ROOF, INTO THE GUTTER, AND REFREEZES. THE WINTER STORM SUPPOSED TO MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE METRO THIS WEEK WILL BE FULL OF MORE ICE, RAIN, ANDNOW, S A PERFECT COMBINATION FOR THE PESKY ICE DAMS TO DO SOME DAMAGE. >> ONCE THERE'S ICE IN THERE, THERE'S NOTHING YOU'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT. YOU'LL WAIT, MOTHER NATURE HAS TO TAKE OVER. >> AND THERE'S NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO TO PREPARE YOUR GETTERS FOR THE STORM. >> PROPER INSULATION IN THE ATTIC CAN HELP. REPORTER: IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENINS ALMOST EVERY HOME BUT IF YOUR GUTTERS TAKE A BIGGER HIT THIS WEEKEND, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE IT MORE SERIOUSLY. >> IF YOUR HOUSE SEEMS WORSE THAN EVERYBODY ELSE'S, THERE MAY BE MORE TO IT. REPORTER: ONCEHE T ICE DAM FREEZES YOU'RE STUCK PLAYING THE WAITING GAME. >> WE HAVE PEOPLE CALLING UP, WANTING TO KNOW WHAT TO DO. I TELL THEM

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The upcoming rain is going to fall on our homes and flow into gutters that are already filled with ice and snow. So where is all that water going to go? Sorry to say - but possibly into your attic.We told you on Tuesday about how water will freeze in your gutters and create ice dams. But now that all those gutters are clogged up, the storm expected to hit central Iowa this week may really cause some damage on your home."We just try and explain the situation, and there's just not a lot you can do about it, which is frustrating for people," said Rick Ross, president of Allstate.When the ice thaws, the water trickles down the roof into the gutter and refreezes. The winter storm that's supposed to make its way into the metro this weekend will be full of more ice, rain and snow: the perfect combination for those pesky ice dams to really do some damage."Once there's ice in there, there's nothing you're going to do about it. You're going to wait, and Mother Nature is going to have to take over," Ross said.There's not much you can do to prepare your gutters for the storm. "Proper insulation to the attic, proper ventilation to the attic can help," Ross said.It's something that happens in almost every home, but Ross says that if your gutters take a bigger hit this weekend, you might want to take it more seriously."If your house seems to always be worse than everybody else's, there might be more to it than just the weather itself," Ross said.Once the ice dam freezes, you're stuck playing the waiting game."We have people calling us wanting to know, 'What can we do?' And I just tell them the situation and just hold on and wait and hope for warmer weather," Ross said.Your gutters aren't entirely without hope. You can take minor steps to unclog them, like using a roof rake.