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Published June 21, 2012, 12:00 AM

Photo gallery: Moose Lake flooding


Randy Sarvella of Moose Lake walks trough flood waters after refueling water pumps at his brother's house Thursday in Moose Lake. The waters of the Moose Horn River overflowed in to parts of Moose Lake on Thursday, June 21, 2012, after record rainfall hit the area. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)

  • Randy Sarvella of Moose Lake walks trough flood waters after refueling water pumps at his brother's house Thursday in Moose Lake. The waters of the Moose Horn River overflowed in to parts of Moose Lake on Thursday, June 21, 2012, after record rainfall hit the area. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Randy Sarvella of Moose Lake walks trough flood waters after refueling water pumps at his brother's house Thursday in Moose Lake. The waters of the Moose Horn River overflowed in to parts of Moose Lake on Thursday, June 21, 2012, after record rainfall hit the area. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • A truck hauling volunteers and sandbagging supplies navigates a flooded street in Moose Lake on Thursday, June 21, 2012. The waters of the Moose Horn River overflowed in to parts of Moose Lake after record rainfall hit the area. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Aaron Hein of Sandstone throws a sandbag on a trailer in Moose Lake on Thursday, June 21, 2012. Hein is a part of the Minnesota Department of Corrections challenge incarceration program. The waters of the Moose Horn River overflowed in to parts of Moose Lake after record rainfall hit the area. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Community members fills sandbags in the parking lot of the historic train depot in Moose Lake on Thursday, June 21, 2012. Sandbags were being deployed almost as quickly as they were filled. The waters of the Moose Horn River overflowed in to parts of Moose Lake after record rainfall hit the area. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Jane Klejeski of Moose Lake pauses to take in the scene of the flooded streets near the Moose Lake High School Thursday afternoon. Klejeski was using her bike to get around town after her car became stranded by the rising flood waters. The waters of the Moose Horn river overflowed in to parts of Moose Lake, Minn. Thursday June 21, 2012 after record rainfall hit the area. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • A family canoes in the floodwaters along Lakeshore Drive in Moose Lake Thursday. The waters of the Moose Horn river overflowed in to parts of Moose Lake, Minn. Thursday June 21, 2012 after record rainfall hit the area. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • This street sign shows the depth of floodwaters along Lakeshore Drive in Moose Lake Thursday night. The waters of the Moose Horn river overflowed in to parts of Moose Lake, Minn. Thursday June 21, 2012 after record rainfall hit the area. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Flood waters reached a depth of over eight feet on Lakeshore Drive in Moose Lake Thursday. The waters of the Moose Horn river overflowed in to parts of Moose Lake, Minn. Thursday June 21, 2012 after record rainfall hit the area. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • A submerged mail box is the only sign of the driveway for this flooded home on Lakeshore Drive in Moose Lake on Thursday, June 21, 2012. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Lawn furniture rises above floodwaters along Lakeshore Drive in Moose Lake Thursday. The waters of the Moose Horn river overflowed in to parts of Moose Lake, Minn. Thursday June 21, 2012 after record rainfall hit the area. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • A home sits surrounded by flood waters on Lakeshore Drive in Moose Lake Thursday. The waters of the Moose Horn river overflowed in to parts of Moose Lake, Minn. Thursday June 21, 2012 after record rainfall hit the area. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officers use a boat to patrol flooded properties along Lakeshore Drive in Moose Lake Thursday. The waters of the Moose Horn river overflowed in to parts of Moose Lake, Minn. Thursday June 21, 2012 after record rainfall hit the area. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Asia Gobel, 12, of Moose Lake rides her bike through flood waters on Minnesota Highway 73 in Moose Lake Thursday. The waters of the Moose Horn river overflowed in to parts of Moose Lake, Minn. Thursday June 21, 2012 after record rainfall hit the area. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Doug Weisert (left center) of, Moose Lake, hands Vern Anderson, of Moose Lake, a sandbag while sandbagging in the parking lot of the Dairy Queen in Moose Lake on Thursday, June 21, 2012. The waters of the Moose Horn River overflowed in to parts of Moose Lake, Minn. Thursday June 21, 2012 after record rainfall hit the area. Several homes and business were flooded. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)