Black River Breach

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  • An encroaching storm adding insult to injury in the flooded town April 27, 2011 in Poplar Bluff, Mo.

  • Volunteers lay sandbags on an emergency retaining wall at Lake Wappapello, Wednesday, April 27, 2011 in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Officials were expecting the water to breach the wall by Friday after the Black River flooded.

  • Poplar Bluff native Kayla Huett wades through Black River floodwaters as she explores her hometown after a levee break on April 27, 2011. This is the second time since 2008 the river has burst due to relentless thunderstorms.

  • Pastor Ronnie Webb takes a boat ride out to his church, Mt. Calvary Powerhouse, on Wednesday, April 27 2011 in Poplar Bluff, Mo. after the Black River flood. The church didn't suffer any damages from the Black River’s wide spread flooding because of Webb's suggestion of a 3-foot elevation increase of the church's foundation when it was built several years ago.

  • Lance Winberry screams and laughs with Jacob Aldridge after jumping into one of the swollen ditches in his neighborhood on April 27. Aldridge wanted his older brother to take the blame for his ruined clothes, hoping he would say he pushed him in.

  • A look outside a home on N. 2nd St. in Poplar Bluff, Mo. on April 27, 2011.

  • Logan Winberry climbs into a ditch that has swelled due to the flooding in front of his house on Wednesday April 27, 2011. Winberry and friends have been playing in the series of ditches since Monday.

  • Larry Doiran and his family work in their laundry room to recover from the flooding in Poplar Bluff, MO. The Doirans worked to save their food as the water receded out of their house on April 27, 2011.

  • A view as seen down Route 53 early in the morning of April 28, 2011. After Route U, the road was impassable by most pedestrian vehicles.