Flooding in New Madrid County

A car splashes through water as it flows over Highway U near NewĘ Madrid early Monday. (Jill Bock, Staff)

Family members pause to take a photo of the high water as they check on the damage to a home, where the occupants were evacuated early Monday morning due to the rising waters from the rain. (Jill Bock, Staff)

Family members pause to take a photo of the high water as they check on the damage to a home, where the occupants were evacuated early Monday morning due to the rising waters from the rain. (Jill Bock, Staff)

A boat sits near the front door at a house in Lilbourn. Early Monday morning, families had to evacuate their homes in the subdivision, just off Highway U, as the water rose. (Jill Bock, Staff)

As the water begins to subside, residents returned to their homes just off Highway U at Lilbourn to check on the damage caused by the flood water. (Jill Bock, Staff)

A resident begins removing furniture from his home at Lilbourn. (Jill Bock, Staff)

Crews pump water from a subdivision, just off Highway U at Lilbourn, which was flooded into the nearby drainage ditch. (Jill Bock, Staff)