Jessica Peter of Jasper, Indiana—one of 21 AmeriCorps volunteers sent to assist with flood emergency efforts—rests at the Black River Coliseum in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, on March 19.

The coliseum, which served as a Butler County Emergency Management shelter for flood victims, housed 122 people fleeing rain and flooding that have devastated the state.

President George W. Bush declared a major disaster in Missouri and ordered federal aid to areas affected by flooding, according to the Associated Press.

Record-level flooding is expected to hit several parts of Missouri on Friday and Saturday.

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