Midwest Floods (17 images)

Workers from American Water Company examine the damage to a section of Vance Road in Fenton, Missouri on March 25, 2008. The road runs along side of the Meramec River which has receded after reaching near record levels, driving hundreds from their homes and businesses. The road was underwater for a week. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)

The baseball fields at Eureka High School still remain underwater as flood waters from the Meramec River begin to receed in Eureka, Missouri on March 23, 2008. The Meramec River and Big River converge in Eureka, having reached near record levels. Seventeen people were killed in the midwest with homes and businesses flooded after heavy rains inundated the area earlier in the week. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)

Larry Wilken pushes his front door open to clean his empty home as he returns following flood waters from the Meramec River in Pacific, Missouri on March 23, 2008. The water is now receeding after recording nera record levels. Seventeen people were killed in the midwest with homes and businesses flooded after heavy rains inundated the area earlier in the week. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)

Volunteers throw sandbags to Dominic Vitale (C) as he sits atop a wall of sandbags in an effort to keep out the flood waters of the Meramec River in Fenton, Missouri on March 21, 2008. Sixteen people have been killed by Midwest flooding after heavy rains hit the areas earlier in the week. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)