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Flood Scenes

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Some images from the most recent round of flooding to hit the area.

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    Mark Easley tosses a sandbag onto a pile as he and others work on building levee around several homes in Dutchtown on Wednesday, June 18, 2008. (Aaron Eisenhauer)
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    The city park in Thebes, Ill. was surrounded by floodwaters of the Mississippi River Thursday. (Fred Lynch)
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    James Reitzel harvests the wheat from his fields prematurely to avoid losing it in the rising flood waters on Wednesday, June 18, 2008. (Aaron Eisenhauer)
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    James Reitzal harvests his wheat before the fields are taken over by flood waters. (Aaron Eisenhauer)
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    Bill Davis looked over flooded acreage where his soybeans should be planted just south of McClure, Ill. on Sunday. (Fred Lynch)
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    Flood waters rise on a field off Highway 74 between Cape Girardeau and Dutchtown. (Aaron Eisenhauer)
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    A cyclist raises his feet as he rides through flood waters that are creeping up on North Main Street. (Aaron Eisenhauer)
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    Dave Herzog walks through the flooded river as he and other researchers from the Department of Conservation load a research boat onto the trailer. (Aaron Eisenhauer)
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    Flood waters strand several cars on Water Street in downtown Cape on Thursday night June 26, 2008. (Aaron Eisenhauer)
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    Crews go to work at the Merriwether Street Pumping Station as water fills the streets surrounding it on Thursday night. (Aaron Eisenhauer)
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    Flood waters backed up over highway 177 north of Cape Girardeau Thursday, June 26, 2008. (Kit Doyle)
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    Sandbags sit in Dutchtown. (Aaron Eisenhauer)
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    Water stands on the floor of the captains quarters dining room at Port Cape. (Aaron Eisenhauer)
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    A patron of Port Cape is reflected in the window as he and several others view the flooding on Water Street from the entryway of the Water Street Lounge. (Aaron Eisenhauer)
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    Towboat traffic moved down the Mississippi River across from the Themis Street floodgate Tuesday in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
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    Many crops have been lost this season due to flooding, like corn here along Highway 74. (Kit Doyle)
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    Trey Carter filled sandbags Thursday, June 19, 2008, with scouts from Troop 224 at the intersection of highways 74 and 25 in Dutchtown. (Kit Doyle)
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    Flooded fields near Dutchtown on Wednesday, July 2, 2008. (Kit Doyle)
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    Stagnant flood waters and dead corn along Highway 74 near Interstate 55 Wednesday evening, July 2, 2008. (Kit Doyle)
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    STEVE ROBERTSON ~ Submitted photo Floodwaters spread out on both sides of Interstate 55 just north of the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport on Thursday.
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    The swollen Mississippi River passed downtown Cape Girardeau Wednesday, June 18, 2008. (Kit Doyle)
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    The swollen Mississippi River, facing south, from atop the closed Broadway flood gate in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Kit Doyle)
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    The swollen Mississippi River passed under the Emerson Bridge in downtown Cape Girardeau Wednesday, June 18, 2008. (Kit Doyle)
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    The swollen Mississippi River, facing north, from atop the closed Broadway flood gate in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Kit Doyle)