Floodwaters are washing away roads, making some communities unreachable and forcing drivers to make time-consuming detours in parts of the Midwest. Flooding has closed more than 100 roads in Missouri. And 70 miles of Interstate 29 is closed from St. Joseph to the Iowa border, complicating efforts to access the Cooper Nuclear Station along the Missouri River in Nebraska.

This satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe shows from top, Pacific Junction, Iowa on Aug. 10, 2018 before flooding and Pacific Junction during flooding on March 18, 2019. (DigitalGlobe, a Maxar company, via AP) – CLICK on the image to enlarge.

Some plant workers travel from Atchison County, Missouri, where a levee breach grew larger overnight. The county’s emergency management says so many roads are closed in the region that residents are traveling more than 100 miles out of their way to get to the plant. The flooding is due to melting snow and heavy rains that hit the region last week.