Winfield Flooding

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  • June 28: A sandbag wall, built by the Missouri National Guard, was not enough to hold back the floodwaters of the Mississippi River in Winfield, Mo. The wall was built as a last-ditch effort to save the area after the Pin Oak levee was breached Friday.
  • June 28: High-water floods several homes in Winfield, Mo., after a portion of a sandbag wall erected by the Missouri National Guard gave way.
  • June 28: A resident sits on his back porch and watches the rising water creep ever closer to his house in Winfield, Mo.
  • June 28: Floodwaters cover Main street in Winfield, Mo.
  • June 28: A tattered American flag flies in front of a house that was overcome by floodwaters in Winfield, Mo.
  • June 28: A driver tries to negotiate Mississippi River floodwaters that cover Highway 79 leading into Winfield, Mo.
  • June 28: Floodwaters cover Highway 79 leading into Winfield, Mo.
  • June 28: Kathryn Ragsdale, right, talks with Albert Dickmeyer, 85, who is living through his third major flood in the area, as they look out over the floodwaters of the Mississippi River in Winfield, Mo.
  • June 28: A tattered American flag flies in front of a house that was overcome by flooding in Winfield, Mo. A makeshift sandbag levee holding back waters from the Mississippi River failed early Saturday.
  • June 28: A driver tries to negotiate Mississippi River floodwaters that cover Highway 79 leading into Winfield, Mo.
  • June 28: Floodwaters cover Highway 79 leading into Winfield, Mo., where a makeshift sandbag barrier used to patch up a breached levee broke early Saturday.
  • June 27: Members of the Missouri National Guard erect a temporary barrier in a furious effort to save homes from rising floodwaters in Winfield, Mo.
  • June 27: Members of the Missouri National Guard erect a temporary barrierl in a furious effort to save homes from rising floodwaters in Winfield, Mo.
  • June 27: Members of the Missouri National Guard erect a temporary wall in a furious effort to save homes from rising floodwaters in Winfield, Mo.
  • June 27: A woman stands nearby as members of the Missouri National Guard erect a temporary barrierl in a furious effort to save homes from rising floodwaters in Winfield, Mo.
  • June 27: Members of the Missouri National Guard erect a temporary wall in a furious effort to save homes from rising floodwaters in Winfield, Mo.
  • June 27: Members of the Missouri National Guard erect a temporary wall in an effort to save homes from rising floodwaters in Winfield, Mo.
  • June 27: Members of the Missouri National Guard erect a temporary wall of sandbags in an effort to save homes from rising floodwaters in Winfield, Mo.
  • June 27: Members of the Missouri National Guard erect a temporary wall in an effort to save homes as floodwater creeps slowly in their direction in Winfield, Mo.
  • June 27: Residents Henry James, left, and Herb Crosby sit on top of a house as they wait for the floodwaters to arrive after a levee break in Winfield, Mo.
  • June 27: A man works to launch a boat from a car trailer on a flooded part of a road following a break in the town's levee in Winfield, Mo.
  • June 27: Members of the Winfield Fire Department launch boats on a flooded part of the road following a break in the town's levee in Winfield, Mo.

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