2011 Spring Flooding: Monday, April 25

Rural Metro EMT Arika Ballenger, right, and Butler County Firefighter Blake Ottinger take care of Sandra Scott after she had to be evacuated from her home near rising floodwaters of the Black River in Poplar Bluff, Mo., Monday, April 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Daily American Republic, Paul Davis)

Rain begins to fall as Chaffee, Mo. residents sandbag around a house just off State Highway EE Monday, April 25, 2011 as rising floodwaters close in on the house. The residents of the house said they are "trying to stick it out." (Laura Simon)

County Road 220 near Chaffee, Mo. is closed as floodwaters spread towards it Monday, April 25, 2011. (Laura Simon)

Floodwaters surround a barn and edge closer to a house off of State Highway EE near Chaffee, Mo. Monday, April 25, 2011. (Laura Simon)

Ducks take advantage of the floodwaters as they spread through a farm off of State Highway EE near Chaffee, Mo. Monday, April 25, 2011. (Laura Simon)

Floodwaters edge closer to a home off of Missouri 25 near Delta, Mo. Monday, April 25, 2011. (Melissa Miller)

Submitted photo by John Sachen, Delta Fire Protection District

Heavy rains have saturated the ground causing standing water on this farm off State highway EE near Delta, Mo. Monday, April 25, 2011. (Laura Simon)

A swing set sits in floodwaters off of State Highway EE near Chaffee, Mo. Monday, April 25, 2011. (Laura Simon)

Floodwaters cover portions of State highway EE near Delta, Mo. Monday, April 25, 2011. (Melissa Miller)

A Ford pick-up truck drives through floodwaters on State Highway EE near Chaffee, Mo. Monday, April 25, 2011. (Laura Simon)

A car sits trapped by floodwaters on County Road 249 after the driver of the vehicle was rescued by the Delta Fire Department Monday morning, April 25, 2011. (Laura Simon)

Chaffee, Mo. residents sandbag around a house just off State Highway EE Monday, April 25, 2011 as rising floodwaters close in on the house. The residents of the house said they are "trying to stick it out." (Laura Simon)

Tyna Taylor and Russell Brown fill sandbags to Monday, April 25, 2011 to help protect Taylor's aunt's home from floodwater in Dutchtown. (Laura Simon)

Dutchtown residents assemble a temporary damn around their home just off Highway 74 Monday, April 25, 2011. (Laura Simon)

Floodwater covers the main runway at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport Monday, April 25, 2011. No airplanes are allowed to take-off or land while the water is covering the runway. (Laura Simon)

Dutchtown residents come together to build a temporary damn around a house just off Highway 74 Monday, April 25, 2011. (Laura Simon)

Dutchtown residents load up their belongings as they escape the rising floodwater Monday, April 25, 2011. (Laura Simon)

Robbin Easley takes a break from sandbagging around her Dutchtown home Monday, April 25, 2011 to let her potbelly pig Wilber out for a bathroom break. Easley is sticking out the flood because she has nowhere to take Wilber. (Laura Simon)

Karlee Beggs holds open a sandbag as Lane Crowden scoops a load of chat into it Monday, April 25, 2011 in Dutchtown. (Laura Simon)

Gail Nanney, left, shovels chat rock into a sandbag held by Karlee Beggs Monday, April 25, 2011 in Dutchtown. (Laura Simon)

Dutchtown residents move furniture to higher ground as floodwaters rise Monday, April 25, 2011. (Laura Simon)

Karlee Beggs, left, Courtney Beggs, second from left, Chasity Taylor and Lane Crowden take a short break from sandbagging for a little laugh Monday, April 25, 2011 in Dutchtown. (Laura Simon)

Pumps at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport work to remove floodwater from the runway Monday, April 25, 2011. (Laura Simon)

Dutchtown resident Mark Easley checks out the progress on the temporary levee surrounding his house Monday, April 25, 2011. (Laura Simon)

Mike Riley, left, and Steve Smith with MoDot assemble the "Road Closed" sign before placing it on Highway 74 Monday, April 25, 2011 just east of Dutchtown. (Laura Simon)

Floodwater on the runway at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport splashes to the bed of a pick-up truck Monday, April 25, 2011. (Laura Simon)

Cape Girardeau County road crews work to level out a low point on Highway 74 before construction of the temporary levee begins Monday, April 25, 2011 in Dutchtown. (Laura Simon)

The Black River outside Poplar Bluff, Mo., overuns a levee along County Road 607 Monday, April 25, 2011. Several inches of heavy rain threaten to flood the southern portion of the county. (AP Photo/Daily American Republic, Paul Davis)

A pickup truck and armored delivery vehicle sit stranded in floodwaters from the Black River south of Poplar Bluff, Mo., Monday, April 25, 2011, along Highway 53. (AP Photo/Daily American Republic, Paul Davis)

Butler County, Mo., Sheriff Mark Dobbs stands on a levee along the Black River, right, Monday, April 25, 2011, where floodwaters were running over into adjacent farmland southeast of Poplar Bluff. The levee broke in this location during a 2008 flood. (AP Photo/Daily American Republic, Paul Davis)

Home and businesses south of Poplar Bluff, Mo., are flooded out by rising waters from the Black River Monday, April 25, 2011. Officials fear the levee along the river may break in multiple locations. (AP Photo/Daily American Republic, Paul Davis)

Heavy rain floods Penny Avenue next to Jimmy Johns on Broadway Monday night, April 25, 2011. (Heather Collier)

Eve Andrews, left, and her son Brandon Andrews walk through floodwater to get back to their home Monday, April 25, 2011, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Thousands of southeastern Missouri residents watched helplessly Monday as water from the Black River crept toward their homes after flowing over the levee protecting their town and trapping some who had to be rescued by boat. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

A truck drives through floodwater away from a mobile home Monday, April 25, 2011, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Thousands of southeastern Missouri residents watched helplessly Monday as water from the Black River crept toward their homes after flowing over the levee protecting their town and trapping some who had to be rescued by boat. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Members of the Missouri Highway Patrol set off by boat to patrol a flooded street and check for victims of a flash flood Monday, April 25, 2011, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Thousands of southeastern Missouri residents watched helplessly Monday as water from the Black River crept toward their homes after flowing over the levee protecting their town and trapping some who had to be rescued by boat. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)