Stoddard County Ice Damage

Work crews from Hartselle, Ala., fix powerlines on Route 114 Thursday near Dexter. (Elizabeth Dodd)

Kim Roseberry, left, and Earl Heppe shovel snow off a water meter for when the water gets turned back on in Essex. The town of Essex has been without water for two days and is expected to get help from FEMA. (Elizabeth Dodd)

A gymnasium in Dexter was turned into a warming center for those without power housing 125 people overnight. (Elizabeth Dodd)

Juan Cuevas fills propane tanks at Chrisman L.P. Gas Thursday in Dexter. "This is the most tanks I have seen filled in the 20 years I have worked here," said employee Lyndel Revelle. (Elizabeth Dodd)

Tracy Horton of Essex prepares food from Harvest Assembly Church donated by the school to deliver to people who could not leave their homes. (Elizabeth Dodd)

Falling tree limbs destroy a pavillion in a park in Essex. (Elizabeth Dodd)

Jason Franco, 8, and Traci Longacre pass the time at a gymnasium turned into a Red Cross Shelter while waiting for power at their home in Dexter. (Elizabeth Dodd)

Firefighter Jeremy Freeman with the Dexter Fire Department fuels a generator for lights in the front of a Red Cross Shelter in Dexter. (Elizabeth Dodd)

Fallen limbs litter a front yard on Park Street in Dexter. (Elizabeth Dodd)

Thick ice brings down a powerline in Dexter, in Stoddard County where 7,000 people are without power as of Thursday. (Elizabeth Dodd)

Work crews from Hartselle, Ala., fix powerlines along Highway 114 near Dexter, in Stoddard County where about 7,000 residents were without power Thursday. (Elizabeth Dodd)

Earl Heppe of Essex has had no access to water for two days due to the power outages caused by the ice storm. Heppe and his neighbors have boiled snow on their gas stove to provide them with drinking water. (Elizabeth Dodd)

Power remained out in parts of Dexter Thursday afternoon. (Elizabeth Dodd)

Many tree limbs were down at East Park in Dexter due to ice. (Elizabeth Dodd)