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Southeast Missourian

2017 Flooding - May 1

Fred Lynch, Laura Simon
Monday, May 1, 2017

Flooding in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois on Monday, May 1, 2017.

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    A towboat pushes a couple of barges down the Mississippi River on Monday, May 1, 2017 across from Thebes, Illinois. (Fred Lynch)
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    Mississippi River floodwaters are reaching into Thebes, Illinois on Monday, May 1, 2017. (Fred Lynch)
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    Mississippi River floodwaters are reaching into Thebes, Illinois on Monday, May 1, 2017. (Fred Lynch)
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    Mississippi River floodwaters cover Walnut Street on Monday, May 1, 2017 in Thebes, Illinois. (Fred Lynch)
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    Mississippi River floodwaters are reaching up Poplar Street on Monday, May 1, 2017 in Thebes, Illinois. (Fred Lynch)
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    The remains of a house float down the Current River in Van Buren, Missouri, on Sunday, April 30, 2017. (Paul Davis ~ Daily American Republic)
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    The flooded Whitewater River is seen at Bollinger Mill State Historic Site on Monday, May 1, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    The flooded Whitewater River is seen at Bollinger Mill State Historic Site on Monday, May 1, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    The flooded Whitewater River is seen at Bollinger Mill State Historic Site on Monday, May 1, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    The flooded Whitewater River is seen at Bollinger Mill State Historic Site on Monday, May 1, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    The flooded Whitewater River is seen at Bollinger Mill State Historic Site on Monday, May 1, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Aaliyah Petrie, left, and her sister Aaralynn stand next to a flooded area off of U.S. 61 in Perry County on Monday, May 1, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    A portion of U.S. 61 in Perry County was closed due to water over the road on Monday, May 1, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    A vehicle drives through water over the road on U.S. 61 in Perry County on Monday, May 1, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    A flooded neighborhood is seen off of U.S. 61 in Perry County on Monday, May 1, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Floodwater is seen in the Bois Brule Bottom in Missouri, across from Chester, Illinois on Monday, May 1, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Footprints and debris are seen on the pedestrian bridge over Crooked Creek in Marble Hill on Monday, May 1, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)