HENNIKER, N.H. (AP) – And on the 10th day, the sun came out.

But the rivers were still high and many roads were still closed Sunday after nine days of heavy rain and flooding in New Hampshire. The wind was strong with gusts of up to 50 mph expected.

Things seemed to be getting better overall, though; most flood warnings were dropped and emergency shelters were shut down. But some people weren’t taking any chances, leaving behind taped, handwritten notes on their homes saying where they could be reached.

“All occupants are safely gone from this home,” said one note on a door at the River Meadow condominium complex in Henniker, near the Contoocook River. “To the thieves: Please pick up after yourselves,” the writer added in parentheses.

The river was nearing 14 feet in the central New Hampshire town on Sunday morning; flood stage is 12 feet. But Fire Chief Keith Gilbert said he didn’t think there would be any major flooding.

People should “continue to keep an eye out the window,” Gilbert said. “Essentially, the river is coming up, but it’s coming up at a fairly slow pace. As long as they’re up and awake and keeping an eye on it, I don’t think it’s any problem for residents to stay home.”

Besides flooding, another concern Sunday was the strong wind and potential power outages. Many trees are now sitting in mud, and a strong gust could push over an entire tree, taking down power lines. Forest protection crews were on standby.

In Hillsborough, just south of Henniker, a road leading into town was washed out.

Hillsborough firefighters kept watch over a riverside house surrounded by a moat and sandbags. The elderly couple inside had not left, despite the flooding.

At the Edgewater Farm Stand in Hillsborough, owner Debbie Jones watched her pumpkins bobbing in 2 to 3 feet of water. She had planned to close shop after Sunday, her last day of the season.

The High Tide Take Out, which offers seafood and chicken, also was flooded.

Down the road, Joyce Murphy was cheerful, even though her backyard and basement were flooded.

“We’re luckier than those people in Alstead,” she said.

Jim Van Dongen, spokesman for the state Emergency Management Office, said in addition to the Contoocook River, officials were watching the rising levels of the Pemigewasset, Saco, Connecticut and Warner rivers.

“They’re predicted to reach and go over flood stage and that will cause some flooding, but not the catastrophic kind that we saw last weekend,” he said.

In last week’s flooding, three people were killed and four were presumed dead. High winds on Sunday canceled the search for their remains, Van Dongen said. Hinsdale, Keene and Alstead had suffered the worst damage, where a driving rain sent a wall of water over Warren Lake dam. The water broke through a culvert, smashing bridges and sweeping away a dozen houses in Alstead.