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NewsJanuary 1, 2016
2016 Winter Flooding - Day 5
Floodwaters continue to rise, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016 bringing evacuations to McClure, Illinois and sandbagging efforts in Olive Branch, Illinois. Floodwaters rise in the Red Star District of Cape Girardeau and Dutchtown as well.
Glenn Landberg and Laura Simon
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Dale Schultz, right, rests after loading a freezer into the bed of a truck as he evacuates his home in McClure, Illinois with help from John Schultz and Clint Nale, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Dale Schultz, right, rests after loading a freezer into the bed of a truck as he evacuates his home in McClure, Illinois with help from John Schultz and Clint Nale, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Jim Redcloud loads a stove onto a trailer while helping his friend, Dale Schultz, evacuate his home in McClure, Illinois, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Jim Redcloud loads a stove onto a trailer while helping his friend, Dale Schultz, evacuate his home in McClure, Illinois, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Dale Schultz looks over his belonging after loading them into trucks as he evacuates his home in McClure, Illinois, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Dale Schultz looks over his belonging after loading them into trucks as he evacuates his home in McClure, Illinois, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge is reflected in the swollen Mississippi River, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge is reflected in the swollen Mississippi River, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge is reflected in the swollen Mississippi River, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge is reflected in the swollen Mississippi River, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Mississippi River floodwater surrounds the Dry Dock in Cape Girardeau, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Mississippi River floodwater surrounds the Dry Dock in Cape Girardeau, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Workers switch shifts by boat down at the Dry Dock in Cape Girardeau Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Workers switch shifts by boat down at the Dry Dock in Cape Girardeau Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2015.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Mississippi River floodwater surrounds the Dry Dock in Cape Girardeau, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Mississippi River floodwater surrounds the Dry Dock in Cape Girardeau, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Mississippi River floodwater surrounds the Dry Dock in Cape Girardeau, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Mississippi River floodwater surrounds the Dry Dock in Cape Girardeau, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge is reflected in the swollen Mississippi River, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge is reflected in the swollen Mississippi River, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Volunteers fill sandbags outside the Red Star Baptist Church Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Volunteers fill sandbags outside the Red Star Baptist Church Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Close to 60 inmates with the Impact Incarceration Program of the Illinois Department of Corrections work to fill sandbags at the Alexander County Highway Department office in Olive Branch, Illinois Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. The inmates averaged 800 sandbags an hour.
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Close to 60 inmates with the Impact Incarceration Program of the Illinois Department of Corrections work to fill sandbags at the Alexander County Highway Department office in Olive Branch, Illinois Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. The inmates averaged 800 sandbags an hour.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Four-year-old volunteer Zeke Sumner swings his shovel full of sand around to fill a sandbag outside the Red Star Baptist Church Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. Sumner brought his own shovel Friday because the shovels that were there Thursday were too big for him to use properly.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Four-year-old volunteer Zeke Sumner swings his shovel full of sand around to fill a sandbag outside the Red Star Baptist Church Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. Sumner brought his own shovel Friday because the shovels that were there Thursday were too big for him to use properly.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Four-year-old volunteer Zeke Sumner waits, shovel in tow, for more sand to be dropped off to fill sandbags outside the Red Star Baptist Church Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. Sumner brought his own shovel Friday because the shovels that were there Thursday were too big for him to use properly.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Four-year-old volunteer Zeke Sumner waits, shovel in tow, for more sand to be dropped off to fill sandbags outside the Red Star Baptist Church Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. Sumner brought his own shovel Friday because the shovels that were there Thursday were too big for him to use properly.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Four-year-old volunteer Zeke Sumner waits, shovel in tow, for more sand to be dropped off to fill sandbags outside the Red Star Baptist Church Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. Sumner brought his own shovel Friday because the shovels that were there Thursday were too big for him to use properly.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Four-year-old volunteer Zeke Sumner waits, shovel in tow, for more sand to be dropped off to fill sandbags outside the Red Star Baptist Church Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. Sumner brought his own shovel Friday because the shovels that were there Thursday were too big for him to use properly.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Volunteers Zoe Thompson, left, and Jason Hill, right, shovel sand into sandbags outside the Red Star Baptist Church Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Volunteers Zoe Thompson, left, and Jason Hill, right, shovel sand into sandbags outside the Red Star Baptist Church Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com People walking along the entrance to the Red Star Baptist Church are reflected in the rising floodwater from Mississippi River, Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com People walking along the entrance to the Red Star Baptist Church are reflected in the rising floodwater from Mississippi River, Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The entrance to the Red Star Baptist Church is reflected in the rising floodwater from Mississippi River, Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The entrance to the Red Star Baptist Church is reflected in the rising floodwater from Mississippi River, Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The entrance to the Red Star Baptist Church is reflected in the rising floodwater from Mississippi River, Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The entrance to the Red Star Baptist Church is reflected in the rising floodwater from Mississippi River, Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Rivers Edge in the Red Star District are reflected in the rising Mississippi River floodwater Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Rivers Edge in the Red Star District are reflected in the rising Mississippi River floodwater Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Flooded homes in the Red Star District are reflected in the rising Mississippi River floodwater Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Flooded homes in the Red Star District are reflected in the rising Mississippi River floodwater Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Sandbags line the entrance to the Red Star Food Pantry on North Main Street Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Sandbags line the entrance to the Red Star Food Pantry on North Main Street Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Close to 60 inmates with the Impact Incarceration Program of the Illinois Department of Corrections work to fill sandbags at the Alexander County Highway Department office in Olive Branch, Illinois Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. The inmates averaged 800 sandbags an hour.
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Close to 60 inmates with the Impact Incarceration Program of the Illinois Department of Corrections work to fill sandbags at the Alexander County Highway Department office in Olive Branch, Illinois Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. The inmates averaged 800 sandbags an hour.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com People work to keep water out from the Red Star Food Pantry on North Main Street Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com People work to keep water out from the Red Star Food Pantry on North Main Street Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The sunset is reflected in the floodwater near the Red Star Food Pantry on North Main Street as a motorist makes his way home, Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The sunset is reflected in the floodwater near the Red Star Food Pantry on North Main Street as a motorist makes his way home, Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The sunset is reflected in the floodwater near the Red Star Food Pantry on North Main Street Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The sunset is reflected in the floodwater near the Red Star Food Pantry on North Main Street Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com People stop on Big Bend Road to get a glimpse and photos of the floodwater over the bridge near Olive Street, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. That portion of Big Bend Road closed to traffic on Friday as floodwater crept over the bridge.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com People stop on Big Bend Road to get a glimpse and photos of the floodwater over the bridge near Olive Street, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. That portion of Big Bend Road closed to traffic on Friday as floodwater crept over the bridge.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Flooded homes in the Red Star District are reflected in the rising Mississippi River floodwater Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Flooded homes in the Red Star District are reflected in the rising Mississippi River floodwater Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Flooded homes in the Red Star District are reflected in the rising Mississippi River floodwater Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Flooded homes in the Red Star District are reflected in the rising Mississippi River floodwater Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com People stop on Big Bend Road to get a glimpse and photos of the floodwater over the bridge near Olive Street, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. That portion of Big Bend Road closed to traffic on Friday as floodwater crept over the bridge.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com People stop on Big Bend Road to get a glimpse and photos of the floodwater over the bridge near Olive Street, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. That portion of Big Bend Road closed to traffic on Friday as floodwater crept over the bridge.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Flooded homes in the Red Star District are reflected in the rising Mississippi River floodwater Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Flooded homes in the Red Star District are reflected in the rising Mississippi River floodwater Friday evening, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com People stop on Big Bend Road to get a glimpse and photos of the floodwater over the bridge near Olive Street, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. That portion of Big Bend Road closed to traffic on Friday as floodwater crept over the bridge.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com People stop on Big Bend Road to get a glimpse and photos of the floodwater over the bridge near Olive Street, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. That portion of Big Bend Road closed to traffic on Friday as floodwater crept over the bridge.
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GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Close to 60 inmates with the Impact Incarceration Program of the Illinois Department of Corrections work to fill sandbags at the Alexander County Highway Department office in Olive Branch, Illinois Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. The inmates averaged 800 sandbags an hour.
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Close to 60 inmates with the Impact Incarceration Program of the Illinois Department of Corrections work to fill sandbags at the Alexander County Highway Department office in Olive Branch, Illinois Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. The inmates averaged 800 sandbags an hour.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Homes in the Red Star District are reflected in the floodwater behind 83-year-old John "Jiggs" Dietiker as he walks along Big Bend Road to his home, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. Dietiker moved to Cape Girardeau on New Year's Day 76 years ago, and has lived in the same home at the corner of Big Bend and Olive streets for 57 years. While he was serving in Japan and Korea from 1950-52, his mother would send him newspaper clippings from the flooding in Cape Girardeau. Dietiker and his wife, Minnie Mae were married for 60 years and nine months, and she would have been 82-years-old on Monday, Jan. 4. Dietiker took out a newspaper add with a really nice photo of her on it in Monday's paper to wish her a happy birthday. "I miss her a lot" he said.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Homes in the Red Star District are reflected in the floodwater behind 83-year-old John "Jiggs" Dietiker as he walks along Big Bend Road to his home, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. Dietiker moved to Cape Girardeau on New Year's Day 76 years ago, and has lived in the same home at the corner of Big Bend and Olive streets for 57 years. While he was serving in Japan and Korea from 1950-52, his mother would send him newspaper clippings from the flooding in Cape Girardeau. Dietiker and his wife, Minnie Mae were married for 60 years and nine months, and she would have been 82-years-old on Monday, Jan. 4. Dietiker took out a newspaper add with a really nice photo of her on it in Monday's paper to wish her a happy birthday. "I miss her a lot" he said.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Close to 60 inmates with the Impact Incarceration Program of the Illinois Department of Corrections work to fill sandbags at the Alexander County Highway Department office in Olive Branch, Illinois Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. The inmates averaged 800 sandbags an hour.
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Close to 60 inmates with the Impact Incarceration Program of the Illinois Department of Corrections work to fill sandbags at the Alexander County Highway Department office in Olive Branch, Illinois Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. The inmates averaged 800 sandbags an hour.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Floodwaters continue to rise in Olive Branch, Illinois Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Floodwaters continue to rise in Olive Branch, Illinois Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater spreads across Dutchtown and the surrounding area as seen Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Floodwaters continue to rise in Olive Branch, Illinois Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Floodwaters continue to rise in Olive Branch, Illinois Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Floodwaters continue to rise in Olive Branch, Illinois Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Floodwaters continue to rise in Olive Branch, Illinois Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Jim Redcloud loads a stove onto a trailer while helping his friend, Dale Schultz, evacuate his home in McClure, Illinois, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Jim Redcloud loads a stove onto a trailer while helping his friend, Dale Schultz, evacuate his home in McClure, Illinois, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
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Floodwaters continue to rise, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016 bringing evacuations to McClure, Illinois and sandbagging efforts in Olive Branch, Illinois. Floodwaters rise in the Red Star District of Cape Girardeau and Dutchtown as well.

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