2017 Flooding - May 2

Andrew J. Whitaker and Laura Simon

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Flooding in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois as seen on Monday, May 2, 2017.

Ben Siebert, center, hands off a sandbag to be piled around the house of Kenny and Roxie Lindsay Tuesday, May 2, 2017 in near Dutchtown. (Andrew J. Whitaker ~ Southeast Missourian)
Daniel Enos carries two sandbags to be piled around the house of Kenny and Roxie Lindsay Tuesday, May 2, 2017 in near Dutchtown. (Andrew J. Whitaker ~ Southeast Missourian)
Sandbags are stacked around the house of Kenny and Roxie Lindsay Tuesday, May 2, 2017 in near Dutchtown. (Andrew J. Whitaker ~ Southeast Missourian)
Family members and friends help stack sandbags around the house of Kenny and Roxie Lindsay Tuesday, May 2, 2017 in near Dutchtown. (Andrew J. Whitaker ~ Southeast Missourian)

Family members and friends help stack sandbags around the house of Kenny and Roxie Lindsay Tuesday, May 2, 2017 in near Dutchtown. (Andrew J. Whitaker ~ Southeast Missourian)
Family members and friends help stack sandbags around the house of Kenny and Roxie Lindsay Tuesday, May 2, 2017 in near Dutchtown. (Andrew J. Whitaker ~ Southeast Missourian)
Josh Baumgart fills up a sandbag around the house of Kenny and Roxie Lindsay Tuesday, May 2, 2017 in near Dutchtown. (Andrew J. Whitaker ~ Southeast Missourian)
Family members and friends help stack sandbags around the house of Kenny and Roxie Lindsay Tuesday, May 2, 2017 in near Dutchtown. (Andrew J. Whitaker ~ Southeast Missourian)
Family members and friends help stack sandbags around the house of Kenny and Roxie Lindsay Tuesday, May 2, 2017 in near Dutchtown. (Andrew J. Whitaker ~ Southeast Missourian)

Family members and friends help stack sandbags around the house of Kenny and Roxie Lindsay Tuesday, May 2, 2017 in near Dutchtown. (Andrew J. Whitaker ~ Southeast Missourian)
Family members and friends help stack sandbags around the house of Kenny and Roxie Lindsay Tuesday, May 2, 2017 in near Dutchtown. (Andrew J. Whitaker ~ Southeast Missourian)
Family members and friends help stack sandbags around the house of Kenny and Roxie Lindsay Tuesday, May 2, 2017 in near Dutchtown. (Andrew J. Whitaker ~ Southeast Missourian)
Carlos Boyer places a sandbag onto a truck to be placed around the house of Kenny and Roxie Lindsay Tuesday, May 2, 2017 in near Dutchtown. (Andrew J. Whitaker ~ Southeast Missourian)
A vehicle drives through water along highway 74 Tuesday, May 2, 2017 in near Dutchtown. (Andrew J. Whitaker ~ Southeast Missourian)
A vehicle drives through water along highway 74 Tuesday, May 2, 2017 in near Dutchtown. (Andrew J. Whitaker ~ Southeast Missourian)
Water flows over County Road 238 Tuesday, May 2, 2017. (Andrew J. Whitaker ~ Southeast Missourian)
Dustin Anglin walks down County Road 238 with his two kids Jase Anglin, 8, and Saylor Anglin, 1, to check on the flooding from the recent rainfall they had received on Tuesday, May 2, 2017. His parents Mildred and Jeff Anglin (not pictured) who live across the flooded area in Allenville have been staying with him in the meantime. Mildred said it is nothing new when it comes to flooding in the area but you never get used to it. (Andrew J. Whitaker ~ Southeast Missourian)
Dustin Anglin walks down County Road 238 with his two kids Jase Anglin, 8, and Saylor Anglin, 1, to check on the flooding from the recent rainfall they had received on Tuesday, May 2, 2017. His parents Mildred and Jeff Anglin (not pictured) who live across the flooded area in Allenville have been staying with him in the meantime. Mildred said it is nothing new when it comes to flooding in the area but you never get used to it. (Andrew J. Whitaker ~ Southeast Missourian)
Jase Anglin, 8, hits rocks into the flooded road over County Road 238 Tuesday, May 2, 2017. (Andrew J. Whitaker ~ Southeast Missourian)
From left, Jeff Anglin, Saylor Anglin, 1, Dustin Anglin, Jase Anglin, 8, and Mildred Anglin look over County Road 238 towards Allenville where Jeff and Mildred live Tuesday, May 2, 2017. (Andrew J. Whitaker ~ Southeast Missourian)
A view of Nut junction Tuesday, May 2, 2017. (Andrew J. Whitaker ~ Southeast Missourian)
A view of Nut junction Tuesday, May 2, 2017. (Andrew J. Whitaker ~ Southeast Missourian)
A view of highway 91 Tuesday, May 2, 2017. (Andrew J. Whitaker ~ Southeast Missourian)
Cody Dowdy, left, and Zach Geiser fill sandbags outside Red Star Baptist Church on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
David Gomez places sandbags around the stairwell to the basement of his house on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in the Red Star neighborhood of Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Kiley Shelton, 5, stands next to Sherry Shelton as she holds Flash outside her home on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in the Red Star neighborhood of Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Lyla, 4, and Kiley Shelton sit on a concrete bear on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in the Red Star District of Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
A man sits on a rail of a flooded bridge on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in the Red Star District of Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Chioke Carter stands in the "O" of his "Love" sign on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in the Red Star District of Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Chioke Carter takes the tarp off his tiny house on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in the Red Star District of Cape Girardeau. Carter, who built his tiny house, was moving it to higher ground. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Chioke Carter hangs a skull on his tiny house on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in the Red Star District of Cape Girardeau. Carter, who built his tiny house, was moving it to higher ground. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Tom Smith, along with fellow members of Laborers Local 773 of Marion, helps sandbag on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Olive Branch, Illinois. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Machaela Durham helps sandbag on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Olive Branch, Illinois. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Eric Tite helps sandbag on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Olive Branch, Illinois. Tuesday was Tite's birthday. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Jerry Sheppard, along with fellow members of Laborers Local 773 of Marion, helps sandbag on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Olive Branch, Illinois. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
People sandbag around a home on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Olive Branch, Illinois. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Motorists drive over a portion of Highway 177 that has been raised higher in anticipation of flooding on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Motorists drive over a portion of Highway 177 that has been raised higher in anticipation of flooding on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Floodwater surrounds mailboxes along Highway 177 on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)
Motorists navigate around floodwater on Highway 177 on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)