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>> KCCI 8 NEWS STARTS NOW WITH BREAKING NEWS. >> THAT BREAKING NEWS IS IN DES MOINES’S RIGHT NOW. >> HAVE SEEN TWO GOING PAST THE BARRIER TO DRIVE THROUGH THE FLOODWATERS. LAUREN DONOVAN IS LIVE AT THE SCENE. ARE YOU SEEING THAT CAR GETTING RESCUED NOW? >> IT’S PRETTY UNBELIEVABLE, IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES, REA MENTIONED IT, BUT SO MANY DRIVERS HAVE -- RHEYA MENTIONED IT, BUT SO MANY DRIVERS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE THEIR WAY OVER THE FLOODWATERS. THEY CAME OUT OF THEIR CAR, SOAKED, YOU COULD SEE THEIR PANTS WERE WET, AND A POLICE OFFICER DROVE DOWN OVER HERE, CONFRONTING THAT DRIVER. I’M NOT SURE WHERE THE DRIVER IS NOW, BUT OVER HERE WE CAN TURN THE CAMERAS AROUND AND YOU CAN SEE THE FLOODWATERS INCHING THEIR WAY UP TO FLEUR DRIVE. WE HAVE SOME VIDEO FROM ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO WHERE WE WERE SITTING IN OUR CAR, GETTING READY FOR A LIVE SHOT, AND A DRIVER BUSTED PAST US THROUGH THE FLOODWATERS. WE MADE EYE CONTACT AND HE KEPT GOING. WE WERE CERTAIN HE WOULD GET STUCK, HE DIDN’T, BUT SECURITY SAID THEY WERE TRYING TO STOP THEM FROM GOING. YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. >> SO INCREDIBLE TO SEE THAT. WE HAVE CAMERAS ROLLING ON BOTH SITUATIONS. IT’S EXACTLY WHAT NOT TO DO. DON’T TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH THIS. >> AND YOU ARE TAKING TIME