Sonya Mason and her daughter Kelsey stand in their backyard in Leighton, La.., where the South Skunk River's floodwaters peaked short of their home, but not before destroying all of the family's crops.
Shoppers stocked up in Portage Des Sioux, Mo., before their market goes under. After evacuating his home, the mayor stopped by and told the store owner, 'Don, I'm going to leave town. You're in charge.'
Lt. Linda Hadley administers tetanus shots to a national Guard unit stationed in Hardin, Il., where she was flown in by helicopter after the Illinois River floodwaters isolated the town.
81-year-old Herb Huss is finally coaxed from his home after refusing repeated pleas from town officials to evacuate his flooded house on the banks of the Mississippi River.