Floodwater surrounds a farm near Craig, Missouri, on Friday, March 22. Farmers and ranchers have been especially hard hit as heavy flooding devastated parts of the Plains and Upper Midwest.

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In photos: Floods devastate Midwest

Updated 1:11 PM ET, Sat March 23, 2019

Floodwater surrounds a farm near Craig, Missouri, on Friday, March 22. Farmers and ranchers have been especially hard hit as heavy flooding devastated parts of the Plains and Upper Midwest.

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Deadly flooding in Nebraska and Iowa over the past week is slowly receding in some areas, but rivers likely will be flooded for days.

Across parts of the Midwest, hundreds of livestock are drowned or stranded; valuable unsold, stored grain is ruined in submerged storage bins; and fields are like lakes, casting doubt on whether they can be planted this year.

Larry Whetsel recovers possessions from his flooded home on Thursday, March 21, in the northwestern Missouri town of Craig.

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Water surrounds a house March 21 in Craig, a town suffering from heavy flooding.

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Helmut Shea Kaukver III watches from a boat alongside Tim Rockford in Bellwood, Nebraska, on Monday, March 18. Their neighborhood was only accessible by boat due to flooding.

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Dave Mincer sits along a flooded street with a friend's dog in Hamburg, Iowa, on Wednesday, March 20.

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