about a dozen members of local union 347 were racing to take down boxes and retrieve miles of chords as the raccoons raced around them. you get up close to it, and all of a sudden it buckles. reporter: it took dozens of union members and other volunteers three weekends to set up the electrical grid. they re trying to take down as much as they can. in one day. we re not going to get it all out, a few more hours and we would have been in pretty good shape but we didn t quite make it. reporter now the question how : high will the waters go? and what will be left of the elaborate light displays after it recedes? electrically, we re in pretty good shape. i don t know how displays are that s hard to say. mark: jolly holiday lights usually goes 6 weeks. this year, it only mode to dish made it three weeks. the presdient of make a wish organization that makes wishes come true for sick children, tonight at 6 we ll explain various ways you can help make up that difference. live
it is very common across much of iowa, temperatures in the 30 s early on. it little bit of fog. a generally dry day. there is one precipitation chance in the next eight days. for details on that, it is coming up. anchor: if you drive into town from the southside the flooding is going to impact your commute tomorrow morning. anchor a major roadway will be : close because of the rising raccoon river. kcci s todd magel is live along fleur drive tonight. todd: this is the road to the airport, it has been dead since 3:00 when the river started rising and the city shut it down. there is a new mandatory left-hand turn, one of the busiest roads in the city is it is something we have seen in the winter. there may be as much as 2.5 feet of water by tomorrow morning. it is projected to stay that way. todd: farther west, floodwaters from walnut creek shut it down for most of the day. forget parking in this church lot, the ducks have taken over. we don t usually see this in december b
there may be as much as 2.5 feet of water on top of fleur drive by tomorrow evening. and it s projected to stay that way until saturday to reopen maybe sunday. todd: farther west in clive , swanson boulevard is now open. flood waters from walnut creek day. closed. and forget parking in this church lot near 100th street. the ducks have taken over. december with that much rain that we ve had. todd: and even farther west adel is bracing for higher water. the raccoon river is rising so high, it is nearly touching the bridge on highway 169 just north of the square. we left my house around 9 house around 9:00 this morning. there was snow on the ground. there where a whole bunch of rivers that were overflowed there were a lot of roads that were covered with water. todd: but even with all the rain hardy iowans like hanna laabs know it could be worse. i guess count our blessings whether, weather, that it wasn t too cold for the rain to turn into ice so we re pretty lucky i t
ahead. good morning everyone and welcome back on this tuesday december 15. i m elizabeth klinge. eric: i m eric hanson. their most important thing today, no rain in the forecast, right metinka? metinka: the weather is so much better today. this morning we are expecting a little bit of patchy fog, especially across western iowa. it is quiet. no rain to drive through. 36 in des moines. sunrise coming in at 7:34 here it visibility just 7:34. visibility is not all that bad. it is good to stay kind of cool here it grabbed warmer coats. we will have a brisk wind coming in from the south east. we warm back up as we head toward the start of christmas week. eric: we ll get right to today s big stories. right now parts of the metro are still dealing with the heavy rain and flooding. it is now from mlk to bell avenue that is closed. that s a major link between downtown and the airport thousands of cars travel it every day so you will need to find a different route until the water goes d
advice for drying out. eric: and a new plan to take on terrorism. what 34 muslim nations are doing to fight back against isis. you re watching kcci eight news. elizabeth: also today, it s toys for tots tuesday. we really want to make sure every child has a happy holiday, so we re sweetening the deal today with free food and fun all day long in exchange for your donations. we ll tell you how to help out ahead. good morning everyone and welcome back on this tuesday, december 15th. i m elizabeth klinge. eric: i m eric hanson. the big news this morning is it s not raining. metinka: that s right, the weather has settled down the so and you won t have to worry about toys getting wet. we have cold temperatures so grab a warmer coat. we expect the breeze to increase maybe your travels are taking you toward council bluffs, watch for changing visibility s with fog developing. there really shouldn t be any big headaches. a chance for drizzle by the evening commute and overnight. it mi