May 27, 2011

East Cape Girardeau flooding

Flooding continues to cause problems in East Cape Girardeau, Ill., on Friday, May 27, 2011.

KRISTIN EBERTS ~ keberts@semissourian.com Chad Holtzclaw, left, and Bob Porter watch as Mike Smith scoops mud and water over the edge of a sandbag wall at the end of Brookwood Drive in East Cape Girardeau, Ill., on Friday, May 27, 2011. In the background, Austin Porter, 12, goes bowfishing in the floodwaters.

KRISTIN EBERTS ~ keberts@semissourian.com Sandbags protect the community center on Brookwood Drive in East Cape Girardeau, Ill., on Friday, May 27, 2011.

KRISTIN EBERTS ~ keberts@semissourian.com Austin Porter, 12, goes bowfishing in the floodwaters at the end of Brookwood Drive in East Cape Girardeau, Ill., on Friday, May 27, 2011.

KRISTIN EBERTS ~ keberts@semissourian.com Mobile homes are surrounded by flooding in East Cape Girardeau, Ill., on Friday, May 27, 2011.

KRISTIN EBERTS ~ keberts@semissourian.com Houses along Bobbie Lane are surrounded by floodwater in East Cape Girardeau, Ill., on Friday, May 27, 2011.

KRISTIN EBERTS ~ keberts@semissourian.com Pumps work to drain water to the other side of a sandbag wall on Brookwood Drive in East Cape Girardeau, Ill., on Friday, May 27, 2011.

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Flooding continues to cause problems in East Cape Girardeau, Ill., on Friday, May 27, 2011.

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