BARNHART, MISSOURI - MAY 31: Ryan Sizemore paddles down Highway 61 with his dog Rico as he hauls sandbags to his home to hold back rising floodwater from the Mississippi River on May 31, 2019 in Barnhart, Missouri. The middle-section of the country has been experiencing major flooding since mid-March especially along the Missouri, Arkansas, and Mississippi Rivers. Towns along the Mississippi River have been experiencing the longest stretch of major flooding from the river in nearly a century. 