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A delivery truck ignores best practices and crosses through flood waters on E 1500 Road, just northwest of the Lawrence Regional Airport on April 27, 2026.

photo by: Chad Lawhorn/Journal-World

Highway crews were using snow plows to push standing water off of U.S. Highway 24/59 just west of Midland Junction on April 27, 2026.

photo by: Chad Lawhorn/Journal-World

Traffic was down to one lane at 10 a.m. on April 27, 2026 near the Lawrence Regional Airport. Crews were dealing with both high water and a power line issue on the highway.

photo by: Chad Lawhorn/Journal-World

High water ponded near the entrance to the Lawrence Regional Airport on April 27, 2026.

photo by: Chad Lawhorn/Journal-World

Water rushes over the Bowersock Dam on the Kansas River on April 27, 2026.

photo by: Chad Lawhorn/Journal-World

A farm field along E 1500 Road northwest of the Lawrence Regional airport is flooded on April 27, 2026

photo by: Chad Lawhorn/Journal-World

Mud Creek, just north of the Lawrence Regional Airport, was swollen on April 27, 2026.

A farm field just east of the East Hills Business Park in eastern Lawrence as flooded on April 27, 2026.

photo by: Kim Callahan/Journal-World

The 1300 block of Kentucky Street was closed to traffic Monday morning, April 27, 2026, as crews worked to remove a fallen tree.

photo by: Kim Callahan/Journal-World

A tree is down near Pearson Hall on the University of Kansas campus on April 27, 2026.

photo by: Kim Callahan/Journal-World

A tree fell into the Homeless Resource Center at 10th and Kentucky streets on April 27, 2026.