March 19, 2008

Fighting the floods

Volunteers, locals and members of government agencies all worked to strengthen levees in Dutchtown and Scott County Wednesday, and Delta and other towns were evacuated. Scenes from the fight against the flood.

BOB MILLER ~ bmiller@semissourian.com Hubble Creek floodwaters topped a ditch levee at Dutchtown Wednesday morning.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Jimmy Shipley Jr. pulled a floating piece of wood from his front yard Wednesday afternoon, March 19, 2008, on Highway 146 east of Ware, Il. Shipley spent last night in his truck in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Floodwaters covered Helen Street in Chaffee Wednesday afternoon where two vehicles were stranded near the intersection with Highway 77.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Floodwaters surrounded Allenville beyond the bridge over the Diversion Channel Wednesday afternoon.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com This photo looking into Allenville was taken from the bridge over the Diversion Channel Wednesday afternoon.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com Volunteers occupy County Road 261 in Scott County, filling sand bags to reinforce a levee on Wednesday.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com Farmers and volunteers scramble with sandbags to reinforce a levee between Chaffee and Oran on Wednesday in Scott County.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com An escavator reinforces a levee, moving dirt from its base to the top, between Chaffee and Oran on Wednesday in Scott County.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com A land owner evacuates one of her horses from a barn on Highway 25 near Delta as floodwaters continue to rise on Wednesday.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com Vehicles move north on Highway 25 during an evacuation of Dutchtown as floodwaters creep into the town on Wednesday.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com A mobile home is surrounded by water on Highway 25 outside Delta on Wednesday.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com After working Wednesday, March 19, 2008, Jimmy Shipley Jr. returned to his home, in background, on Highway 146 east of Ware, Il., to check on his dogs and property. Shipley pointed out items of his that the flood waters had carried into neighboring fields.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Jimmy Shipley Jr., right, pointed out a neighbor's flood problem to his father Jimmy Shipley as the two checked on Shipley Jr.'s Highway 146 home, rear, east of Ware, Il., Wednesday afternoon, March 19, 2008.

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Volunteers, locals and members of government agencies all worked to strengthen levees in Dutchtown and Scott County Wednesday, and Delta and other towns were evacuated. Scenes from the fight against the flood.

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