Floodwaters from the confluence of the Androscoggin and Swift rivers inundate downtown Mexico on Tuesday morning, closing off a section of Route 2 into Rumford. Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times

Teresa Pelletier, left, and her children, Christian, second from left, Cameron and Baronica pack their car Tuesday as they evacuate their apartment on River Street in Lewiston. The city has issued a flood evacuation order for parts of Lewiston. “We will figure out what to do, but honestly, I have no idea,” Pelletier said about where she and her four children will go. The city opened a shelter at the Ramada Hotel at 490 Pleasant St. for Lewiston and Auburn residents and their pets. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Abdirahman Gebow, left, watches Tuesday as the Androscoggin River creeps closer to the apartment building on River Street in Lewiston where he lives. He and the residents at right were trying to figure out where to go after the city issued a flood evacuation order for parts of Lewiston, including River Street. The city opened a shelter for Lewiston and Auburn residents and their pets at the Ramada hotel at 490 Pleasant St. in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Walkers Mills Road, which is Route 26, into Bethel is completely flooded Tuesday after Monday’s heavy rain storm. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Cynthia Hunter takes a look Tuesday at the flooded area behind the Roak Block apartments in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

A pickup truck is stranded Tuesday on the Sunday River access road after Monday’s heavy rainstorm. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Cars snake around an abandoned vehicle Tuesday on Route 2 in Bethel after Monday’s heavy rain storm. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Walkers Mills Road into Bethel,which is Route 26, is flooded Tuesday after Monday’s heavy rainstorm. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Bruce Ritchie said his house on North River Road in Auburn was surrounded by water when he woke up at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday. “I am on my third pair of boots this morning,” said Ritchie, who lives in the house with his wife, two dogs and seven cats. “My wife said first this morning that she needed to make a cup of coffee before dealing with the mess. I told her that if she did that, she would not be getting out as the water was just pouring into the basement.” Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Bob Raymond uses a garbage can to empty water out of his basement Tuesday in Auburn. Raymond’s wife, Sarah, said three generations of her family have lived in the home on North River Road and she has not seen the Androscoggin River rise to the level that it did since the flood of 1987. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Sarah Raymond, center, and her son, Isaac, move water along as Raymond’s husband, Bob, uses a garbage can to empty water out of their basement Tuesday in Auburn. Sarah Raymond said three generations of her family have lived in the home on North River Road and she has not seen the Androscoggin River rise to the level that it did following Monday’s wind and rainstorm since the flood of 1987. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Auburn firefighters Jared McCoy, left, and Rob Dumont rescue a man from a car that was overtaken by high water Tuesday on the North River Road in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Auburn firefighters Jared McCoy, left, and Rob Dumont search Tuesday along the North River Road in Auburn for a stranded motorist. The driver of the car was found and brought to shore aboard the Auburn Fire Department’s rescue boat. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

A car is overtaken Tuesday by flood waters from the Androscoggin River along the North River Road in Auburn. Auburn firefighters used their rescue boat to bring the driver to shore. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

The Gould Academy competition center at Sunday River in Newry sits Tuesday filled with mud and ice after Monday’s devastating wind and rainstorm. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

The road leading to the Locke Mountain townhouses at Sunday River in Newry is washed out Tuesday after Monday’s storm. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Mud filled the Gould Academy competition center during Monday’s storm at Sunday River in Newry. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal