Kameren Knowles, of AC Towing, rolls up his sleeves before reaching into the cold water to hook a tow cable onto Stephanie Arnio's 2014 Hyundai Accent on Monday in a riverfront parking lot at the end of Central Street in Hallowell. Arnio, who lives in a downtown apartment nearby said residents were surprised to wake up Sunday morning and see the Kennebec River covering vehicles.

Kameren Knowles, of AC Towing, kicks the bumper of a car frozen into the flooded Kennebec River in Hallowell on Monday. Two trucks yanked several flooded vehicles to land Monday afternoon after they were submerged Sunday morning.

A jogger runs past the ice dam on the Kennebec River in Farmingdale on Monday.

Flooding continued in downtown Hallowell early on Monday after an ice jam caused the Kennebec River to rise rapidly over the weekend.

Cars submerged by flooding Kennebec River on Sunday in Hallowell.

Cars submerged by flooding Kennebec River on Sunday in Hallowell.

The car with lights on is seen submerged on Front Street in Augusta early Sunday morning. No one was in the vehicle and the street was closed.

A motorist slowly passes through an icy and flooded section of Route 139 in Benton as another motorist turns around at the scene Sunday. Roadways were plagued with ice and water from rain, melting snow and overflowing waterways from the storm on Saturday.

The parking lot on Front Street in Augusta submerged by the Kennebec River on Sunday.

Cars submerged in the Kennebec River in Hallowell on Sunday after flooding in the early morning.

Cars submerged by flooding Kennebec River on Sunday in Hallowell.

Large pieces of ice on the Kennebec River back up from the Carter Memorial Bridge to the boat landing in Waterville on Sunday a result from the rain and melting snow over last weekend. The chunks of ice look similar to spring conditions.

Cars submerged in the Kennebec River in Hallowell on Sunday after flooding in the early morning.

Jake Levesque, left, and Dylan Sirios eat lunch at the Lucky Garden restaurant as the flooding Kennebec River surrounds them Sunday in Hallowell.

Heavy rain broke open the Kennebec River in Hallowell and Augusta on Sunday, creating ice dams and flooding in low lying areas.

Heavy rain broke open the Kennebec River in Hallowell and Augusta on Sunday, creating ice dams and flooding in low lying areas.

Emily Zimmermann, of Hallowell, photographs the flooding Kennebec River on Sunday in Hallowell.

People watch the flooding Kennebec River on Sunday from the deck at the Lucky Garden restaurant in Hallowell.

The parking lot on Front Street in Augusta submerged by the Kennebec River on Sunday.