Flood 2013

Flood waters cover Main Street where it intersects with Second Street Wednesday, April 24, in Cape Girardeau. The Mississippi is expected to crest by Thursday morning in the Cape Girardeau area. (Adam Vogler)

Route E is closed due to floodwaters of the Mississippi River Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

Flood waters cover the intersection of Water Street and Second Street Wednesday, April 24, in Cape Girardeau. The Mississippi is expected to crest by Thursday morning in the Cape Girardeau area. (Adam Vogler)

Floodwaters of the Mississippi River cover Route E at the southeast corner of Commerce, Mo. Tuesday, April 23, 2013. (Fred Lynch)

Tommy Kraft tries some fishing along the floodwaters of the Mississippi River Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at Commerce, Mo. The river stage there was 35.5 feet, with 40.2 feet on the gauge at Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

Flood waters cover the intersection of Main Street and Second Street Wednesday, April 24, in Cape Girardeau. The Mississippi is expected to crest by Thursday morning in the Cape Girardeau area. (Adam Vogler)

Flood waters cover Main Street where it intersects with Second Street Wednesday, April 24, in Cape Girardeau. The Mississippi is expected to crest by Thursday morning in the Cape Girardeau area. (Adam Vogler)

Flood waters cover the intersection of Main Street and Second Street Wednesday, April 24, in Cape Girardeau. The Mississippi is expected to crest by Thursday morning in the Cape Girardeau area. (Adam Vogler)

Missouri National Guard soldiers with the 1140th Engineer Battalion reinforce a concrete divider wall to prepare for potential floodwaters at the intersection of Highways 74 and 25 Wednesday, April 24, 2013 in Dutchtown. (Fred Lynch)

Missouri National Guard soldiers with the 1140th Engineer Battalion take a break from sandbagging the south side of Highway 74, east of the Highway 74-25 intersection, Wednesday, April 24, 2013 in Dutchtown. (Fred Lynch)

A towboat with barges is stopped on the Illinois side of the swollen Mississippi River Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)