Some southwest Missouri communities are working to recover from the latest round of flooding. For some, the last round was only a few months ago, making this time even more tough to take. Asphault, gravel, even homes and businesses; They're all expensive to replace or fix up, after powerful flood waters take their toll.

For some Stone County communities, like Galena, it's happening for a second time in only a few months. "These folks have been, 3 months, working on this place right here. They worked very hard, and they're very nice people. They just completed it, and it got them again," says Glendell Shepard.

In neighboring Hurley, where roads are torn up once again, the city budget relies on the goodness of it's citizens. Mayor Bert Bond explains, "Most of the work is volunteer. That's how we can afford it, because the city buys the materials, and the volunteers around here put it back."

And in Reeds Spring, where flooding is no rare occurrence, this time it was much more severe. Many homes and businesses sustained damage Saturday, and more appeared Sunday morning. "Overnight, the water table apparently rose enough that water started coming in the back of the building, and when I got here after Mary's call, there was over three inches of water on the floor and more coming in all the time," says business owner Kelby Ayers. The future antique shop is not alone. A downtown Pottery shop seems to have sprung a spring too. And a long time business in the community, Pop's, is also dealing with damage- the most severe outside in the parking lot. Leann Minscer, owner of Pop's Dari Dell, says, "Asphault's expensive- petroleum, you know."

Reeds Spring Emergency Management Director, Jim Walker says, "We will be probably a week or better finding out all the damage and the cost of it." And for these small towns, there's a little to cover the damage from such a rainy day. "You kind put aside for emergencies," says Minscer. But there's not a lot, and just the downtime from the flood, hurts even more. "Businesses that have been open and generating sales tax revenue for us are going to be closed for a few days, while they clean up," say Mayor Paul Lear.

Though it's slowed them down, they're not giving up. "This may set us back a little bit, but we're determined," says Ayers. Minscer adds, "We'd just like to let them know we'll reopen as quick as possible, and we hope to see them all back here soon, and thank you for being very patient with us."

Folks in these flood damaged areas say they hope their state representatives will be able to survey the damage, and they hope that will eventually lead to some kind of disaster assistance. But so far, we've heard a lot about volunteers helping with cleanup.