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A chicken takes refuge in the bed of one of the many trucks and automobiles that were left in flood waters in Mount City.

A view of flooding looking east on Route 37 from Mound City.

A street view shows flooding where Route 37 turns north through Mound City.

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

A view of the flooding shows where the Ohio levee broke in Mound City

The flooding at the south entrance of Mound City on Illinois Central Railroad submerges several buildings.

A street view shows flooding in the south section of Mound City looking north.

Gilbert Sheerer, Works Progress Administration foreman, looks through his home in Mound City after the flood. On verso: "This was general condition of each room in his home, the house was left in center of street from flood waters."

Men paddle rescue boats in flooded Tamms.

An individual sits and uses a radio inside an Air Corps truck built for instrument flying.

Livestock belonging to flood refugees keep dry in Cache.

A streetview shows flooding on 3rd Street in Tamms.

A view of flooding shows a largely submerged house on 3rd Street in Tamms, looking north.

A streetview shows flooding in the northeast section of Tamms.

Sand emerges from beneath a brick-paved road.

Sand appears from beneath a sidewalk.

A view of damage at the Cairo Ice and Coal Company Plant from the sand boil at 27th Street and Commercial Avenue which has partly submerged the building.

A view of the sand boil at 27th Street and Commercial Avenue in Cairo shows the damaged Cairo Ice and Coal Company Plant.

Four men stand at the back of the Cairo Ice and Coal Company Plant looking at part of the major sand boil at 27th Street and Commercial Avenue in Cairo.

An overhead view shows the sand boil at 23rd Street and Poplar Street in Cairo.

Two people in a boat view flooding looking south from Route 1 to the intersection with Route 34 in Harrisburg. Gaskin City can be seen in the distance.

A close up view shows flooding at O'Gara Mine Number 3, looking north.

A close up view shows flooding at O'Gara Mine Number 3.

Flood waters surround O'Gara Mine Number 3. The image was taken looking north.

A boat transports passengers through Harrisburg. The image was taken looking north on Raymond Street in Harrisburg.