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A farm about three miles south of Easton in Leavenworth County is surrounded by water after the banks of Stranger Creek flooded Sunday.

Photo by Mike Yoder

Stranger Creek floods out of its banks around the town of Easton in Leavenworth County where some area residents were evacuated. This aerial shot is looking south over the town of Easton.

Photo by Mike Yoder

A farm about three miles south of Easton in Leavenworth County is surrounded by water after the banks of Stranger Creek flooded Sunday.

Photo by Mike Yoder

Stranger Creek floods out of its banks around the town of Easton in Leavenworth County where some area residents were evacuated. This aerial shot is looking south over the town of Easton.

Photo by Mike Yoder

Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks workers watch as water flows over U.S. Highway 24 between Perry and Grantville. More than 10 inches of rain fell overnight in the area causing creeks and low lying areas to take on water.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Rising waters creep toward a rail car 3 miles east of Grantville. Washed-out railroad bridges left the Union Pacific train stranded on Sunday.

Photo by Richard Gwin

A farm about three miles south of Easton in Leavenworth County is surrounded by water after the banks of Stranger Creek flooded Sunday.

Photo by Mike Yoder

Stranger Creek floods out of its banks around the town of Easton in Leavenworth County where some area residents were evacuated. This aerial shot is looking south over the town of Easton.

Photo by Mike Yoder

A farm about three miles south of Easton in Leavenworth County is surrounded by water after the banks of Stranger Creek flooded Sunday.

Photo by Mike Yoder

Fields in Leavenworth County between Kansas Highways 192 and 92 south of Easton and west of Leavenworth are flooded as Stranger Creek overflows its winding path. Several residents in northeast Kansas were evacuated from their homes due to the flooding.

Photo by Mike Yoder

A farm about three miles south of Easton in Leavenworth County is surrounded by water after the banks of Stranger Creek flooded Sunday.

Photo by Mike Yoder

The farms and fields along Stranger Creek in Leavenworth County are flooded after rains Saturday night and early Sunday morning. There were reports of several rescue operations.

Photo by Mike Yoder

A farm about three miles south of Easton in Leavenworth County is surrounded by water after the banks of Stranger Creek flooded Sunday.

Photo by Mike Yoder

Joyce Lambrecht walks through a crop flooded by Saturday's heavy rain. Lambrecht was visiting her parents who live about two and half miles east of Grantville.

Photo by Richard Gwin

The farms and fields along Stranger Creek in Leavenworth County are flooded after rains Saturday night and early Sunday morning. There were reports of several rescue operations and several roads like this one were flooded.

Photo by Mike Yoder

Flooding west of Perry on Sunday morning found lots of gulls flying overhead as law enforcement personal block U.S. Highway 24 near Grantville.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Vehicles and drivers can go no further on a section of flooded road in Leavenworth County.

Photo by Mike Yoder

Fire and rescue personnel gather at a flooded Leavenworth County road Sunday. The farms and fields along Stranger Creek in Leavenworth County are flooded after rains Saturday night and early Sunday morning. There were reports of several rescue operations.

Photo by Mike Yoder

A road in Leavenworth County is below water south of Easton. Fields in Leavenworth County between the Kansas Highways 192 and 92 south of Easton and west of Leavenworth are flooded as Stranger Creek overflows its winding path.

Photo by Mike Yoder

Flooding west of Perry caused a train bridge to wash out.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Water flows below the Union Pacific tracks near Grantville as high water washed out the bridge causing new cars to overturn.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Flooding west of Perry caused a train bridge to wash out. Gary Disney, a track inspector, surveys the scene Sunday three miles east of Grantville as a train car carrying new vehicles lies overturned behind him.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Rachel Creek and Rhonda Hamm use binoculars as Jeff Hamm talks with Brad Hamm, inside his truck, as they look over the valley between Perry and Grantville.

Photo by Richard Gwin

Friends and family members sort through salvageable items in the kitchen of Duane and Nancy Reed of Easton as the house is stripped to prevent further damage from flood waters Sunday afternoon.

Photo by Nick Krug

Easton resident Nancy Reed looks out over piles of her belongings Sunday afternoon as she sorts through salvageable items that were not ruined by flood water.

Photo by Nick Krug

Barb Rush, Easton, daughter of Duane and Nancy Reed, sorts through her parents' salvageable belongings before loading them in a truck to be taken away in preparation for rising flood waters Sunday afternoon in Easton.

Photo by Nick Krug

The Cemetery Road street sign lays prostrate to the flood waters of Easton on Sunday afternoon.

Photo by Nick Krug

Easton resident Thomas Hutchens, left, and David Nieman leave the residence of Hutchens's mother, Hazel Hutchens, Sunday afternoon as flood waters begin to rise in Easton. Hutchens said he was carrying firearms in case looters approached the property.

Photo by Nick Krug

Family members and friends help to remove salvageable items from the home of Tami Connel, third from right, Sunday afternoon in preparation for rising flood waters in Easton.

Photo by Nick Krug

Easton resident Robert Leuse catches a ride on the front of friend Louis Lyons's Bronco as the two travel through flooded water Sunday afternoon in Easton.

Photo by Nick Krug