Larry Baumer, left, stands behind a waist-high protective wall of sand bags as Jerry Bruns delivers gas to a customer in his canoe after the St. Marys River flooded the area in front of T. J.'s Grocerette, July 8, 2003, in Willshire, Ohio.
The intersection of Water and Wabash Streets in Delphi, Ind., remain flooded along Deer Creek, July 8, 2003. The levee on Deer Creek broke over the weekend, sending flood waters into a neighborhood in Delphi and forcing residents to evacuate.
A neighborhood of Delphi, Ind., flooded by Deer Creek, is shown in this aerial photo taken July 8, 2003.
Flood water rises over the road at the McColly Covered Bridge in Bloomfield Township in Logan County, Ohio, July 9, 2003.
Keith Fleming, left, and Sandy Carpenter attempt to push a car out of flood waters that surrounded their neighborhood in Morgantown, W.Va., July 8, 2003, after an early morning storm caused widespread flooding in the Morgantown area. More than 100 Monongalia County residents were forced from their homes Tuesday morning as heavy rains pelted north-central West Virginia.
Joe Osterholt, left, of the Celine Fire Department, pushes the Hunnicutt family to safety after they were rescued from their flooded home, July 7, 2003, near Rockford, Ohio. In the boat are Rachael Hunnicutt, center, Joseph Hunnicutt, their dog named Buddy, and their cat named Kitty. The Hunnicutts, including their father, Tim, had to be rescued after the water rose too quickly for them to drive out on their own.
Mike Elston lifts his grandmother, Sharon Langley, from her wheelchair into the car after she was forced to leave her mobile home because of approaching flood water in Rensselaer, Ind., July 9, 2003. Langley and many others in the homes at Riverside Terrace Mobile Home Park were vacating because of the swollen Iroquois River.
Farm fields flooded by the St. Mary's River are shown in this aerial photo taken July 9, 2003, in Decatur, Ind. It has been raining in many Midwest states since July 4.
A resident of Delphi, Ind., removes floating firewood from the garden outside her home, Tuesday, July 8, 2003. The levee along the Deer Creek broke over the weekend, sending flood waters into a neighborhood in Delphi and forcing residents to evacuate.
Butch Lewis, a delivery man for Alexandria Flowers & Candles, carries flowers through floodwaters from the Pipe Creek that surrounded the store in Alexandria, Ind., July 9, 2003. Water from the creek overran the levee early in the morning.
Grain silos and farm buildings sit in a flooded area near Lafayette, Ind., July 7, 2003. Rivers were above flood level across much of northern and central Indiana following weekend storms that killed at least three people.
Doug Gossman of Huntsville measures the water as it flows over the Indian Lake spillway at Russells Point, Ohio, July 9, 2003, the fifth straight day that severe storms soaked the Midwest. Logan County Sheriff Michael Henry said the swollen Indian Lake was just three feet below the bridge carrying state Route 366 over the lake.
Dustin Kanney stands atop a lawn tractor, July 9, 2003, in Rensselaer, Ind., as waters from the Iroquois River flood the Riverside Terrace Mobile Home Park.
Jay Anderson sits on his boat while he takes a break from combating the floodwaters from the Wabash River that surround his neighbor's home in Americus, Ind., July 8, 2003. More rain was forecast in the area, which is expected to bring the river to levels not seen in decades.
Carla Schweitzer sits on her porch as the floodwaters from Pipe Creek surround her home in Alexandria, Ind., July 8, 2003. Water from the creek overran the levee. Though neighbors evacuated, Schweiter felt her home was high enough to be safe from floodwaters.
Volunteer sandbaggers take an afternoon meal break in Bluffton, Ind., July 8, 2003. The floodwaters of the Wabash River can be seen in the parking lot behind them.
Residents of Bluffton, Ind., watch as floodwaters from Wabash River wash into their home, July 9, 2003. Rivers, streams and creeks from Fort Wayne to Lafayette and farther south were overflowing their banks Wednesday at levels not seen in decades as a sixth day of thunderstorms moved across the state.
A tractor-trailer lays on its side, partially submerged along U.S. 33, July 9, 2003, after trying to pass when the road had been closed between Willshire, Ohio, and Rockford, Ohio.
Dorothy Hoffman, left, and Sheri Mankey wade through floodwaters from the St. Mary's River after checking on a relative's home in Decatur, Ind., July 7, 2003. Rivers were above flood level across much of northern and central Indiana after a long weekend of storms that killed at least three people.
Alissa Belna, 11, left, and Timmy Lavergne, 6, fill sandbags with other town volunteers as they try to keep the flooding St. Mary's River from from reaching buildings in Rockford, Ohio, July 8, 2003.