Flood Woes Drift Downriver

A farm is submerged by floodwaters from the Mississippi River Thursday, June 19, 2008, south of La Grange, Mo. A 280-mile stretch of the Mississippi River between Fulton, Ill., and Winfield, Mo., is expected to remain closed for at least 10 more days because of flooding. As many as 10 tows #151; each with as many as 15 barges — were believed stuck on the upper Mississippi River.

William Deweese of the Illinois Army National Guard holds down a hose that is pumping water back into the Mississippi River while other guard members work on securing the levy along the Mississippi River in Clarksville, Mo., Tuesday, June 17, 2008. While flooding around the Midwest is more serious in Iowa and parts of Wisconsin, the water is rising in Illinois and Missouri and more water is on the way.

Levee Break — AP/Quincy Herald Whig,S. Bohnstedt

The Mississippi River rushes through a break in Indian Grave Drainage District levee north of Quincy, Ill., and south of the town of Meyer, Ill., causing major flooding Wednesday, June 18, 2008.

A break in the Indian Grave levee caused by flood waters from the Mississippi River is seen north of Quincy, Ill., Wednesday, June 18, 2008.

A farm is flooded by the Mississippi River after the Indian Grave Drainage District levee break north of Quincy, Ill., and south of the town of Meyer, Ill., Wednesday, June 18, 2008.

Nine-month-old Jenna Eigsti takes a nap on a pile of freshly-filled sandbags as her mother, Starla Eigsti, background center, and other Amish Mennonites work to fill sandbags at the Oakley-Lindsay Center Wednesday, June 18, 2008, in Quincy, Ill. Volunteers from throughout the region were filling sandbags as part of an ongoing effort to raise levees in anticipation of near-record crests of the Mississippi River.

Town and Country Bank employee Trevor Beck sits on a pile of sandbags outside of the bank's facilities in downtown LaGrange, Mo. Tuesday, June 17, 2008, where the Mississippi River crested and washed through the downtown's Main Street.

Volunteers discuss where and how to organize sandbags along the levee in Canton, Mo., on Tuesday, June 17, 2008, where the Mississippi River is predicted to crest later this week.

Dennis Martin, right, and several Mennonite volunteers from Iowa help stack sandbags along the levee in Canton, Mo., Tuesday, June 17, 2008, where the Mississippi River is predicted to crest later this week.

Members of the Illinois Army National Guard from the 404th Chemical Brigade from Chicago and 2-123 Field Artillery Battalion from Milan, Ill., work with farmers and other volunteers to place sandbags on top of the Lima Lake Drainage District Levee in Meyer, Ill., Tuesday, June 17, 2008.

Mike Brewer works on securing the levee along the Mississippi River in Clarksville, Mo., Tuesday, June 17, 2008. While flooding around the Midwest is more serious in Iowa and parts of Wisconsin, the water is rising in Illinois and more water is on the way.

Members of the Missouri National Guard work on securing the levee along the Mississippi River in Clarksville, Mo., Tuesday, June 17, 2008. While flooding around the Midwest is more serious in Iowa and parts of Wisconsin, the water is rising in Illinois and more water is on the way.

Dixie Kennedy, left, Debbie Franke, center, and Connie Tasco work to fill sandbags along the swollen Mississippi River Wednesday, June 18, 2008, in La Grange, Mo.

A flooded house is seen along the Mississippi River Wednesday, June 18, 2008, in La Grange, Mo.

The Mississippi River floods the town of Meyer, Ill., after a failure in the Lima Lake Drainage District early Wednesday, June 18, 2008.