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WEBVTT - A live looktonight from our Airport Skycam.Where the runways were shut downbecause of flooding.Dozens of flights were cancelledat the Des Moines International Airport making it a nightmare for flyersKCCI's Adam Brower joins us LIVEat the airport - Adam - a lot ofpeople will be staying herlonger than they planned? Laura/Max - that's right -tonight people from all over thecountry just wanted to get home,but after the first flightdelays this afternoon cancellations kept coming in. <"SO YOU'LL REFUND THE TICKET AND FIRST CLASS UPGRADE? YES, CORRECT.DARN IT!"> A frustratingafternoon for flyers trying toget out of the Des Moines Airport today.<"WAS HEADING BACK HOME, AND FOUND OUT I'M NOTGOING TO GET THERE."> That's thesituation for a lot of people - Airport officials say due to theheavy rain Saturday - water madeits way under the runway -causing it to bubble and rise.Dallas, Denver, Phoenix, Atlanamong the destinations either cancelled, delayed or rerouted. In this video from flyerStephanie Kappos - you can seecrews trying to fix the problem - but for the flyers, a frustrating mess<"I LOOKED UP AT THE SCREEN AND IT SAYS THPLACE WAS DELAYED AN HOUR AND A HALF AND I HAD A CONNECTING FLIGHT IN DENVER, SO I WAS KIND OF WORRIED."> Graeber isn't going home untiltomorrowJeanne Bender writes childrensbooks - she was here in Iowapromoting her new piece.<"IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE I'M TRYINGTO GET HOME AFTER FIFTEEN DAYS, IT'S EXHAUSTING, I'VE BEEN WITH CHILDREN AND IN A LOT OFSCHOOLS.Ironically - a character in her book and her own experience today are all too simila<"SHE FLIES INTO, OF ALL PLACES, THE DESMOINES AIRPORT, WHERE I'M STRANDED TONIGHT."> Despite the tension.<"THE CREWS,THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GREAT, THEY'VE BEEN HELPFUL, AS MUCH ASTHEY CAN."> Some flyers were so desperate get on a plane tonight, theybooked flights in Chicago. Many say they've been able to find flights tomorrow or Monday at the soonest. Reporting live atthe Des Moines Int'l Airport, Adam Brower, KCCI 8 News, iowa'snews leader.Taking a look at the status offlights right now. According tDes Moines InternationalAirport's website... there arestill a number flights that are cancelled. So far -- only fourflights are scheduled to take off later tonight.

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Dozens of flights were canceled, delayed or redirected at the Des Moines International Airport on Saturday, making it a nightmare for flyers. A woman whose flight was supposed to leave Saturday morning told KCCI that the captain told passengers water was bubbling up into the runway at an intersection, and that crews are trying to repair the problem.Airport officials told KCCI that the runway was closed for approximately two hours and reopened early Sunday evening. "I looked up at the screen, and it says the place was delayed an hour and a half," said Chris Graeber, of Long Beach, California. "I had a connecting flight in Denver. I was kind of worried." Now Graeber isn't going home until Sunday. "It's very frustrating because I'm trying to get home after 15 days," said Jeanne Bender, of San Diego, who was in Iowa promoting her new children's book. "It's exhausting. I've been with children and in a lot of schools." Ironically, a character in her book and her own experience Saturday are all too similar. "She flies into, of all places, the Des Moines airport, where I'm stranded tonight," Bender said. But despite the frustration, "the crews, the people have been great," said Sarah Frost, of Hartfort, Connecticut. "They've been helpful as much as they can." Former President George W. Bush was scheduled to return to Iowa and speak at a nonprofit fundraiser at the Iowa Events Center on Saturday night. The event is a dinner for the Christian group Trailhead International Builders, which raises money to build church and community centers in developing countries. His plane circled the Des Moines airport for about an hour before being told that he could not land. Though he couldn't appear in person, organizers said the president called in via Skype. Flyers were so desperate to get on a plane Saturday night they booked flights to Chicago. Many said they were able to find flights Sunday or Monday at the soonest.According to the Des Moines International Airport's website, there are still a number of flights that are canceled. So far, only four flights are scheduled to take off later Saturday night.