March 2008 Flooding

A group of nine deer stand at the edge of the flood waters near Dutchtown on Wednesday morning, March 19, 2008, finding their habitat significantly altered. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

Floodwaters covered Helen Street in Chaffee Wednesday afternoon where two vehicles were stranded near the intersection with Highway 77. (Fred Lynch)

Vehicles plowed through several feet of water along Mt. Auburn Rd. in Cape Girardeau near Kingshighway Tuesday morning, March 18, 2008. (Kit Doyle)

The swollen Mississippi River, facing south, from atop the closed Broadway flood gate in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Kit Doyle)

Farmers and volunteers scramble with sandbags to reinforce a levee between Chaffee and Oran on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 in Scott County. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

Seven-year-old Adrianna Medley played in a boat Friday, March 21, 2008, that was used to help ecacuate Medley and her family earlier in the week in Allenville, where flood waters were up to four feet deep in some areas. (Kit Doyle)

LaCroix Creek overflowed its banks, reaching the edge of the Osage Center parking lot on Tuesday, March 18, 2008. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

Water fowl had no difficulty accessing the lake in Capaha Park Tuesday afternoon, March 18, 2008. (Kit Doyle)

Fedex driver Jay McMullin helps 78-year-old Odell Bunch into the delivery truck after Bunch's Ford Ranger was swept off of Hwy 34 by flood waters on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 west of Jackson. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

John Bechtold, a Missouri Department of Transportation Traffic Specialist, talks on a cell phone after a truck was washed off of Hwy 34 west of Jackson on Tuesday, March 18, 2008. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

After returning to Allenville Friday, March 21, 2008, Trevor Fluegge, 8, explored the standing water behind his home. Allenville residents say that the flooding was worse than was seen in 1982, 1993, 1995, or 2002. (Kit Doyle)

An escavator reinforces a levee, moving dirt from its base to the top, between Chaffee and Oran on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 in Scott County. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

Hubble Creek overflowed its banks and swept through Jackson City Park on Tuesday afternoon, March 18, 2008. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

Normally low enough to drive through with a vehicle, Hubble Creek rushed through Jackson City Park Tuesday afternoon, March 18, 2008. (Kit Doyle)

A truck blazes through the standing water on Broadway near the intersection with Caruthers on Tuesday, March 18, 2008. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

This photo looking into Allenville was taken from the bridge over the Diversion Channel Wednesday afternoon. (Fred Lynch)

A mobile home is surrounded by water on Hwy 25 outside Delta on Wednesday, March 19, 2008. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

Hubble Creek rumbled through Jackson City Park Tuesday afternoon, March 18, 2008. (Kit Doyle)

A home is completely surrounded by water in the low land at Dutchtown on Thursday, March 20, 2008. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

A truck makes its way down water-covered Route EE outside Delta on Tuesday, March 18, 2008. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

Some goats, dogs, chickens, turkeys, pigs and a horse were lost to flooding in Allenville. The state said that the remains must be burned. (Kit Doyle)

Scott Hayden's van sets stalled after he passed through flood water on Route EE outside Delta on Tuesday, March 18, 2008. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

Gerald Sebastian saw his granddaughter, Kaylee Williams, 2, Friday, March 21, 2008, for the first time since she and the rest of the family was evacuated Wednesday from their Allenville home. Sebastian, who stayed in Allenville through the flooding, tore out the home's ruined carpets , left, earlier Friday. The Sebastians had about six inches in their home. (Kit Doyle)

JOHN SACHEN ~ Delta Fire Protection District Delta firefighters Captain Mark Perry, and his sons, firefighters Eric and Jim Perry rescued a woman and her three young children from the 400 block of Kidd St. in Delta Tuesday afternoon, March 18, 2008, after the family was trapped due to flood waters.

Volunteers occupy County Road 261 in Scott County, filling sand bags to reinforce a levee on Wednesday, March 19, 2008. (Aaron Eisenhauer)