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• May 8: A sign at Big Lake State Park sticks out of flood waters from the Missouri River in Big Lake, Mo.
• May 8: Eric Abbott, with the Missouri Department of Conservation, operates a boat at Big Lake State Park taking people to and from their flooded homes around the lake in Big Lake, Mo.
• May 8: Flooding along the Missouri River is seen near St. Joseph, Mo.
• May 8: Volunteers place sandbags at an intersection to stop the spread of floodwaters from a broken levee in Craig, Mo.
• May 8: Floodwater from the Tarkio River begins receding in Fairfax, Mo.
• May 8: Volunteers fill sandbags to raise a Missouri River levee south of Winthrop, Mo.
• May 8: Trevor Cassity, left, and Jeremy Turpin place sandbags along a low spot in the Missouri River Levee south of Winthrop, Mo., while Curtis Larrison takes a break.
• May 8: Flooded structures along the Missouri River are shown near St. Joseph, Mo.
• May 8: Russell Ellis, center, caught a ride from Harold Shanks, left, to his home and back to his car at Route C east of Rosendale, Mo. Ellis's home hadn't been damaged by floodwaters from the 102 River on Tuesday, but the town is only accessible by boat.
• May 8: Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt, left, and State Emergency Management Director Ron Reynolds survey the flood damage in a helicopter along the Missouri River near St. Joseph.
• May 8: A swollen tributary snakes to the Missouri River in a rural area east of Kansas City, Mo.
• May 8: Volunteers from around Mid-Missouri help Chris McGee, right, place sandbags around his house Tuesday, May 8, 2007, in Rocheport, Mo.
• May 8: A truck crosses a bridge over a swollen tributary to the Missouri River Tuesday, May 8, 2007, in a rural area east of Kansas City, Mo.
• May 8: Vince Gallo of Columbia, Mo., ties benches together to keep them from floating away at Cooper's Landing on the Missouri River southwest of Columbia.
• May 8: Sandbaggers load a truck trailer along the Katy Trail in Rocheport, Mo.
• May 8: Sandbaggers ride a truck trailer loaded down with sandbags along the Katy Trail in Rocheport, Mo.
• May 8: Flood waters creep across farmland in the northwest portion of the state near St. Joseph, Mo.
• May 8: Keith Wilson, with 17-month-old son, Noah Wilson, looking on, works with others to fill sandbags along the Katy Trail during efforts to hold back floodwaters in Rocheport, Mo.
• May 8: Floodwater from the Little Tarkio Creek closed Interstate 29 between Mound City, Mo., and Craig, Mo.