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Works Progress Administration administrator Harry Hopkins and his party use a small wooden bridge to cross floodwaters and exit Cairo. The Halliday Hotel can be seen in the background.

Works Progress Administration administrator Harry Hopkins and members of his party leave the Halliday Hotel in Cairo.

Works Progress Administration administrator Harry Hopkins and members of his party leave the Halliday Hotel in Cairo.

Works Progress Administration administrator Harry Hopkins and several unidentified men cross the muddy street in front of the Halliday Hotel.

Works Progress Administration administrator Harry Hopkins and Governor Henry Horner pose for pictures as they stand on the Ohio Levee in Cairo.

Men work to re-enforce the bulk head next to water's edge in Cairo.

Members of the out-post guard try to keep warm on the Dredge Ditch Levee located 2 and 1/2 miles north of McClure.

A pile of lumber floats in the floodwaters in Mound City, Pulaski County, at Route 37 looking northeast.

A street view shows flooding from Route 37 looking north in Mound City.

A street view shows flooding in the southwest section of Mound City.

A man in a boat travels the flooded streets of Mound City as the camera looks south.

A view of flooding shows submerged homes in the southeast section of Mound City.

A street view shows flooding in Mound City looking north.

Floodwaters reach the roof lines of several homes in the north section of Mound City.

A rabbit seeks refuge on the roof of a flooded home in Mound City.

Flooding submerges several buildings in the southeast section of Mound City.

Floodwaters reach the roof line of a farm home located between Mound City and Mounds.

A street view shows flooding looking north on Route 51 from the outskirts of Mounds.

A street view shows the flooding on Main Street in Mound City looking south on Route 37.

A street view shows flooding looking north on Main Street in Mound City.

A street view shows flooding on Main Street in Mound City where Route 37 turns east.

A street view shows flooding leaving Mound City on Route 37 looking east.

A street view shows flooding on Route 37 on the outskirts of Mound City.

Floodwaters partially submerge a Catholic church in Mound City.

The roofs of several flooded automobiles that were in a traffic jam on Route 37 on the outskirts of Mound City when the Ohio levee broke are barely visible above the water.