SALEM, Ill. – Several people are out of their homes after flash flooding in Salem, Illinois.

Leslie Tate and her kids were forced to evacuate as water poured into their Salem home on Friday.

“I had taken them out and then came back to get my dog and what not and barely got out the last time I left,” she said.

She was one of the last to escape after her mobile home park that sits along Town Creek was forced to evacuate in the flash flooding.

“They told me to get going and do not stop because I wouldn’t have made it out if I would’ve stopped,” Tate said.

Salem’s emergency management director, Andrew Strong, says emergency crews helped with dozens of water rescues.

“Cars on west main and just roads that never have issues were totally submerged and people were on top of them. So, it went from trying to prepare a little bit to active rescue mode all over town,” he said.

Monday, residents cleaned and loaded trailers to try and salvage anything they could. Some cars were seen with their hoods popped open to let engines dry out. Flood waters had nearly covered the vehicles as some mobile home residents reported 10 inches of water inside.

The Red Cross has opened an emergency shelter, and the city is helping people find new housing.

“We’re still doing damage assessment to make sure we’re crossing all the t’s and dotting all of the i’s so we’re getting people to the resources that they need,” Salem Mayor Nicolas Farley said.

The city has already received more than 100 damage surveys from residents and businesses. If the price tag is high enough, there could be federal assistance, which is something Tate is hoping for.

“You just cry because you know you’re at that point that you pretty much lost everything,” she said.

To go online to fill out a damage survey, click here.