A person walks on a retaining wall because the Kennebec River flood waters have covered that section of sidewalk Saturday at the downtown Gardiner Landing.

The Kennebec River laps laps at the parking lot Saturday at the East Side Boat Landing in downtown Augusta.

As the Kennebec River overflows its banks behind them, volunteer Walter McKee, left, and Quarry Tap Room dishwasher Mitch Breton stretch a Quick Dam flood barrier in front of an improvised rock wall Saturday as they build a dam to keep water out of the bar/restaurant along Front Street in downtown Hallowell.

City councilor Michael Frett puts another sandbag in front of the back door of The Easy Street Lounge on Saturday along Front Street in downtown Hallowell. Frett and other volunteers set up the water barrier for the owner who was stuck at home sick.

Cobbossee Stream flows past a large puddle of flood water under the Bridge Street Bridge on Saturday in downtown Gardiner. The Arcade Lots and Gardiner Landing were both blocked off because of high water.

As the rising Kennebec River floodwaters inch closer, Hallowell police Chief Christopher Lewis calls a patrol officer to run the plates so that they can contact the owner of the last car parked Saturday along Front Street in downtown Hallowell.

Rising water from the Kennebec River creeps closer to the one last parked car Saturday on Front Street in downtown Hallowell.

A person watches Saturday as the Kennebec River flows through the north end of the Front Street parking lot in downtown Augusta.