The rain came, now the flooding

Bryan Tisdale, right, a volunteer for the Warrensburg Fire Department, hands a sandbag to Ryan Stoneciphe-Fisher, center, who will then pass it to Dave Morgenstern, also with the Fire Department. The men are building a wall of sandbags Tuesday to protect a Rocheport house from the rising water of the Missouri River.   ¦  STEVE REMICH/Missourian

Many Mid-Missourians were preparing for flood waters with sandbags or by heading for higher ground Tuesday, as the Missouri River continued to rise. The National Weather Service is predicting flood levels approaching 1993 levels for many areas of the state. Photographers Steve Remich and Aaron Rosenblatt covered two communities readying for the waters.