June 24, 2010 Missouri Floods
Volunteers use utility vehicles and four wheelers to fight the rising flood water on a levy as as it swells from the Missouri river, threatening the communities surrounding Bean Lake Missouri, June 24, 2010. After weeks of heavy rains, Governor Jay Nixon declares a state of emergency on June 21, with the 139th Airlift Wing in St. Joseph Mo., taking command in North West Missouri for the National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Shannon Bond/Released)