Mississippi river flooding - 2011

Mississippi Flooding - 2011 The Mississippi River crested in Memphis at nearly 48 feet yesterday -- not quite surpassing its all-time record set in 1937, but still soaking low-lying areas with enough water to require a massive cleanup. The upper Mississippi basin has been experiencing near-record flooding for weeks now. Across Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, and Arkansas, heavy rains have left the ground saturated and rivers swollen. At the same time as recovery begins in Memphis, residents of Louisiana are working to prepare themselves for the massive amounts of water heading their way -- experts estimate that as many as three million acres may become submerged in the next few days. Collected below are images of the recent floods and those who are coping with this disaster

This NOAA satellite image taken May 02 shows a thick band of clouds stretching from the Great Lakes, down the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys, and into Texas. This system pulls ample moisture in from the Gulf of Mexico and triggers periods of heavy rain and thunderstorms across the region. (Weather Underground/AP)

NASA The Mississippi River in Memphis, Tenn., as seen on April 21, 2010 in the satellite image on the left, and during it's crest on May 10, 2011, at right. The river reached 47.8 feet, just under the record of 48.7 feet set in 1937. Mud Island river park can be seen in the upper right corner.

The Quad Cities River Bandits and the Peoria Chiefs play a baseball game April 20 inside Modern Woodmen Park in Davenport, Iowa. The rising flood waters of the Mississippi River surround the stadium which is protected by a flood wall. (Paul Colletti/The Dispatch/AP

Mollie Russell, Andre Statam, Zack Williams and Paige Jenkins, eighth-graders at Massac Junior High School, fill sandbags where a swollen Ohio River near the confluence with the Mississippi River has started to flood part of the town on April 27 in Metropolis, Ill. (Whitney Curtis/Getty Images

Inmates from an area prison load sandbags onto a truck May 1 in Cairo, Ill. Most of the city's remaining residents heeded a mandatory evacuation order, prompted by river water seeping up through the ground behind a levee. (Jeff Roberson/AP

An explosion lights up the night sky as the the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers blows an 11,000 foot hole in the Birds Point levee in Mississippi County, Mo. on May 2 to protect nearby Cairo, Ill. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/AP

3 In this photo made May 3, 2011, water flows west on to farmland where the Birds Point levee stood in Mississippi County, Missouri. When the Army Corps of Engineers intentionally broke the clay levee holding back the rising Mississippi River, muddy water came pouring over Missouri farmland and raised fears that the fertile soil would be rendered unusable for months if not years. But soil experts say the long-term damage may not be so bad for farming and some land could even be planted with soybeans later this summer. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Floodwater engulfs a farm after the Army Corps of Engineers blew a massive hole in a levee at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers to divert water from the town of Cairo, Illinois, on May 3, 2011 near Wyatt, Missouri. The diversion flooded about 130,000 acres of Missouri farmland and 100 homes in the state. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Highway T in Wayne County, Missouri, is closed Tuesday, May 3, 2011, as raging floodwaters from Wappapello Lake, which overtopped an emergency spillway, pour through the area and into the St. Francis River. The waters took out a nearly 400-foot long section of the roadway. (AP Photo/Daily American Republic, Paul Davis

Houses are surrounded by floodwater May 3 in Pinhook, Mo. (Jeff Roberson/AP)

Flooded fields are seen from a National Guard helicopter in northwestern Tennessee on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig

Floodwaters from the Mississippi River on May 3 swamp the area north of New Madrid, Mo. (Jeff Roberson/AP)

Water flows through an intentional breech in the Birds Point levee May 3 in Mississippi County, Mo. after engineers blew the levee up in an effort to protect nearby Cairo, Ill. from rising floodwaters. (Jeff Roberson/AP

Roy Presson embraces his daughters Catherine (left) and Amanda as they stand on the edge of State Highway HH looking out at their family farm on May 3 in Wyatt, Mo. The Presson home and 2,400 acres of land that they farmed was flooded when engineers blew a hole in a levee to save the town of Cairo, Ill. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Floodwater surrounds homes May 3 in East Prairie, Mo. (Scott Olson/Getty Images

Residents in Elizabethtown, Ill. build a wall of sandbags to hold back the rising water on May 3. (Stephen Rickerl/The Southern Illinoisan/AP

With Green River floodwater over his calves, Daniel Davis stands in the kitchen with personal belongings on sawhorses May 3 in Livermore, Ky. (John Dunham/Messenger-Inquirer/AP)

Floodwater engulfs a home after engineers blew a hole in a levee to divert water from the town of Cairo, Ill. May 3 near Wyatt, Mo. (Scott Olson/Getty Images

Water floods downtown Tiptonville, Tenn. May 3. (Erik Schelzig/AP)

Friends help remove furniture from the flooded home of Oma and Robert Gardner May 4 in Tiptonville, Tenn. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Chaperone Dave Weber and West Delaware High School Seniors Scott Egemo and Drew Funke lift flood debris below the damaged Lake Delhi dam near Delhi, Iowa, on May 4. - Becky Malewitz / AP

Cyril Forck, 90, catches a small perch fish from his backyard deck, which is usually 50 feet away from the edge of the Mississippi River, on Mud Island in Memphis, Tenn. May 4. (Lance Murphey/AP)

Mark Mazzone of the Army Corps of Engineers inspects seepage from the Mississippi River coming through the Hickman Flood Wall May 4 in Hickman, Ky. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Sally Nance walks through floodwater as she helps her neighbors remove clothes from their home May 4 in Tiptonville, Tenn. Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding in Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, Kentucky and Arkansas. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Homes on Mud Island that are usually high above the water level are met by the rising waters of the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tenn. on May 4. - Lance Murphey / AP

A herd of more than 40 deer congregate on one of the few high points in Posey County's Point Township, Indiana, on Wednesday afternoon, May 4, 2011. (AP Photo/The Evansville Courier & Press, Denny Simmons)

Mississippi wildlife law enforcement agent Hugh Johnson, walks past a recently killed White Tail buck in Greenville, Mississippi, on Thursday, May 5, 2011. Johnson said herds of deer, coyotes, some wild hogs and other wildlife are swimming to Greenville because of the flooding on the Arkansas side of the Mississippi River. And with the islands in the river flooded over, the wildlife have no choice but swim to the shore around Greenville or drown. This deer broke its neck when it tried to run through a chain-link fence. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

A farm is seen surrounded by floodwater near New Madrid, Mo., on May 5. - Jeff Roberson / AP

Workers use a boat to recover supplies from a flooded grain elevator May 4 in Caruthersville, Mo. (Scott Olson/Getty Images

Johnny Sanders (center) listens as Jimmy Barnes (second from left) and Dr. Nancy Coleman speak about their potential flooding situation as they review U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maps May 4 at a public meeting in Rolling Fork, Miss. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP)

Flooding caused by heavy rains create a whirilpool in a parking lot on Goodman Road in Horn Lake, Miss. (Stan Carroll/The Commercial Appeal/AP

Robert Gardner looks over his flooded neighborhood from the porch of his home May 6 in Tiptonville, Tenn. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Workers fill sandbags into the night in Memphis, Tenn. May 6. (Eric Thayer/Reuters

Jonathan White and Leandra Felton wade through slowly rising floodwaters with items from their home in Memphis May 7. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)

Property owners and hired workers erect temporary flood walls along the Mississippi River in Natchez, Miss. May 7. (Gerald Herbert/AP)

A windsurfer is seen on the rising Mississippi River in downtown Memphis May 7. (Mary Wisniewski/Reuters)

Lesli Lambert (left) and Tammi St. John row through their neighborhood as floodwaters slowly rise in Finley, Mo. May 7. (Eric Thayer/Reuters

Leandra Felton wades through slowly rising floodwaters with items from her home in Memphis May 7. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)

A house is engulfed by floodwater May 7, 2011 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Residents paddle a boat past houses being swallowed up by floodwater on Saturday, May 7, in Memphis, Tenn. Heavy rains have left the ground saturated, rivers swollen, and have caused widespread flooding in Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas. - Scott Olson / Getty Images

Volunteers fill sandbags to help in the fight against rising floodwater May 7, 2011 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Rose Fair holds her dog Rascal as she prepares to leave her home due to rising floodwaters at the Rosewood Estates mobile home park Saturday, May 7, 2011, in Memphis, Tennessee. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

A man looks at partially submerged homes as floodwaters slowly rise in Finley, Missouri, on May 7, 2011. (Reuters/Eric Thayer)

Tommy Smith, sitting in front of B&B Recycled Auto Parts, watch as floodwaters slowly rise in Memphis, Tennessee May 7, 2011. The swollen Mississippi River swallowed up farmland and threatened river towns as record amounts of water tested a network of levees and reservoirs built since deadly floods in the last century. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

People navigate through a farm on a boat as floodwaters slowly rise in Finley, Missouri May 7, 2011. Memphis-area residents were warned on Saturday that the Mississippi River was gradually starting to wrap its arms around the city and rise to record levels. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

People drive along a submerged street as floodwaters slowly rise in Finley, Missouri May 7, 2011. Memphis-area residents were warned on Saturday that the Mississippi River was gradually starting to wrap its arms around the city and rise to record levels. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

A man walks from his partially submerged home as floodwaters slowly rise in Finley, Missouri May 7, 2011. Memphis-area residents were warned on Saturday that the Mississippi River was gradually starting to wrap its arms around the city and rise to record levels. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

Lela Shaw reacts while standing on her porch as relatives move her furniture from her home that was threatened by slowly rising floodwaters in Memphis, Tennessee May 7, 2011. Memphis-area residents were warned on Saturday that the Mississippi River was gradually starting to wrap its arms around the city and rise to record levels. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

Lance Shaw (2nd R) and Clifton Berry (R) pack up a truck with furniture from the home of Lela Shaw (not shown) as floodwaters slowly rise in Memphis, Tennessee May 7, 2011. Memphis-area residents were warned on Saturday that the Mississippi River was gradually starting to wrap its arms around the city and rise to record levels. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

A church is seen as floodwaters slowly rise in Finley, Missouri May 7, 2011. Memphis-area residents were warned on Saturday that the Mississippi River was gradually starting to wrap its arms around the city and rise to record levels. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

Tadpoles swim in the slowly rising floodwaters of a street in Memphis May 8 as the region braces for the highest Mississippi River crest since 1937. (Eric Thayer/Reuters

Residents look at houses being engulfed by floodwater May 8 in Memphis. (Scott Olson/Getty Images

Two pickup trucks are seen surrounded by floodwater outside a garage Sunday, May 8, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Jeff Roberson / AP

Kayakers paddle the Mississippi River floodwaters near the base of Beale Street on Sunday, May 8, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. The river is expected to crest Tuesday. Mark Humphrey / AP

Gary Dugger walks in his flooded backyard Sunday, May 8, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Dugger was hoping to wait out the flood in his home but rising water has forced him to flee for higher ground as the mighty Mississippi River edged toward the city. Jeff Roberson / AP

People take a look at Mississippi River floodwaters on Sunday, May 8, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. The river is expected to crest Tuesday. Mark Humphrey / AP

Kimberly Nailor pauses to wipe her forehead while using sandbags to protect a home as floodwaters slowly rise in Memphis, Tennessee May 8, 2011.(Reuters/Eric Thayer)

A sign is seen at a partially submerged mobile home park as floodwaters slowly rise in Memphis, Tennessee May 8, 2011. Memphis-area residents were warned that the Mississippi River was gradually starting to wrap its arms around the city and rise to record levels. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

Danny Stigger transfers sandbags from the back of a car to protect a home as floodwaters slowly rise in Memphis, Tennessee May 8, 2011. Memphis-area residents were warned that the Mississippi River was gradually starting to wrap its arms around the city and rise to record levels. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

A man stands in front of a partially submerged house as floodwaters slowly rise in Memphis, Tennessee May 8, 2011. Emergency officials on Sunday warned another 200 homeowners in the Memphis area they are at risk of dangerous flooding as the region braces for the highest Mississippi River crest since 1937. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

A partially submerged home is seen reflected in floodwaters rising slowly in Memphis, Tennessee May 8, 2011. Emergency officials on Sunday warned another 200 homeowners in the Memphis area they are at risk of dangerous flooding as the region braces for the highest Mississippi River crest since 1937. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

People gather to look at opened bays on the Bonnet Carre Spillway in Norco, La., Monday, May 9, 2011. The spillway, which the Army Corps of Engineers built about 30 miles upriver from New Orleans in response to the great flood of 1927, last opened during the spring 2008. Monday marked the 10th time it has been opened since the structure was completed in 1931. The spillway diverts water from the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain. Patrick Semansky / AP

Trash floats by flooded homes on Monday, May 9, 2011, in Memphis, Tennessee. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey

Water covers a gravestone May 9, 2011 in Luxora, Arkansas. Luxora sits along the Mississippi River where the water level in the river is currently higher than the level of the town causing the ground to be saturated and leaving nowhere for the water in the town to drain. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

A backhoe operator builds a seven-foot levee around the Carter, Mississippi, home of Charline Killebrew, north of Yazoo City Monday, May 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis

Temporary structures are constructed at Angola State Penitentiary in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, on Monday, May 9, 2011. A convoy of buses and vans transferred inmates with medical problems from Angola, which is bordered on three sides by the Mississippi River, while other inmates were moved to buildings on higher ground as part of an effort to prepare for possible flooding. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ride in air boats as they open up bays along the Mississippi River to the Bonnet Carre spillway in Norco, Louisiana May 9, 2011. The Mississippi River was approaching record flood levels and forcing area residents from their homes. Officials opened portions of the Bonnet Carre spillway near the refining hub of Norco, Louisiana, to send Mississippi River water to Lake Pontchartrain. REUTERS/Sean Gardner

Weston Rogers of the U.S. Coast Guard looks at homes on Mud Island as floodwaters slowly rise in Memphis, Tennessee May 9, 2011. The city of Memphis braced for the Mississippi River to peak within hours at a near record level, and downstream the U.S. government opened a spillway above New Orleans on Monday to relieve flooding pressure on the low-lying city. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

Workers use cranes to remove some of the Bonnet Carre Spillway's wooden barriers, which serve as a dam against the high water in Norco, La., Monday, May 9, 2011 in anticipation of rising floodwater. Gerald Herbert / AP

People watch members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opening up bays along the Mississippi River to the Bonnet Carre spillway in Norco, Louisiana May 9, 2011. The Mississippi River was approaching record flood levels and forcing area residents from their homes. Officials opened portions of the Bonnet Carre spillway near the refining hub of Norco, Louisiana, to send Mississippi River water to Lake Pontchartrain. REUTERS/Sean Gardner

Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers open up bays along the Mississippi River to the Bonnet Carre spillway in Norco, Louisiana May 9, 2011. The Mississippi River was approaching record flood levels and forcing area residents from their homes. Officials opened portions of the Bonnet Carre spillway near the refining hub of Norco, Louisiana, to send Mississippi River water to Lake Pontchartrain. REUTERS/Sean Gardner

A sign is seen along Riverside Drive as floodwaters rise in Memphis, Tennessee May 9, 2011. The city of Memphis braced for the Mississippi River to peak within hours at a near record level, and downstream the U.S. government opened a spillway above New Orleans on Monday to relieve flooding pressure on the low-lying city. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

structures are seen partially submerged on Mud Island as floodwaters rise in Memphis, Tennessee May 9, 2011. The city of Memphis braced for the Mississippi River to peak within hours at a near record level, and downstream the U.S. government opened a spillway above New Orleans on Monday to relieve flooding pressure on the low-lying city. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

Penny (L) and Arthur Burton walk from their home as floodwaters slowly rise in Memphis, Tennessee May 9, 2011. More residents were warned on Monday to get out of the way of the raging Mississippi River as it surged toward a near-record crest in its southern reaches, prompting authorities to try to divert some of the flood waters. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

Jennifer Chambers wades out of her yard as floodwaters slowly rise in Memphis, Tennessee May 9, 2011. More residents were warned on Monday to get out of the way of the raging Mississippi River as it surged toward a near-record crest in its southern reaches, prompting authorities to try to divert some of the flood waters. REUTERS/Eric Thayer (UNITED STATES)

Homes on Mud Island are seen as floodwaters rise in Memphis, Tennessee May 9, 2011. (Reuters/Eric Thayer)

M. C. Rhodes photographs a flooded street on Monday, May 9, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. The flooded Mississippi River could crest as early as Monday night. Mark Humphrey / AP

Floodwater is seen inside a building Monday, May 9, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Jeff Roberson / AP

Hangars at General DeWitt Spain Airport are flooded by water from the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tenn., Monday, May 9, 2011. Danny Johnston / AP

Floodwaters from the Mississippi River inundate casinos at Tunica, Miss., Monday, May 9, 2011. Danny Johnston / AP

River traffic continues on the flooded Mississippi River at Memphis, Tenn., Monday, May 9, 2011. Danny Johnston / AP

The flood-swollen Mississippi River flows past Memphis, Tenn., Monday, May 9, 2011. Danny Johnston / AP

A towboat pushes barges down the flood-swollen Mississippi River at Memphis, Tenn., Monday, May 9, 2011. Danny Johnston / AP

A car is partially submerged in floodwater at a junk yard Monday, May 9, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Jeff Roberson / AP

Jermaine Jarrett surveys a flooded street in his neighborhood in Memphis, Tenn., on May 9. - Scott Olson / Getty Images

Floodwater surrounds a building Monday, May 9, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Jeff Roberson / AP

Workers top a levee with sand bags near the Mississippi River near Morganza, La., Monday, May 9, 2011. Patrick Semansky / AP

A cell block is seen alongside an inner levee protecting from the Mississippi River at Angola State Prison in West Feliciana Parish, La., Monday, May 9, 2011. A convoy of buses and vans transferred inmates with medical problems from Angola, which is bordered on three sides by the Mississippi River. Patrick Semansky / AP

A concrete truck is seen submerged in floodwater Monday, May 9, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Jeff Roberson / AP

Rising Mississippi River waters, held back by a levee, slowly creep toward Nottoway Plantation in White Castle, La.. Monday, May 9, 2011. Richard Alan Hannon / The Advocate

A barge makes its way up the swollen Mississippi River as downtown Memphis , Tenn., is seen in the background Tuesday, May 10, 2011. The Mississippi River crested in Memphis at nearly 48 feet on Tuesday, falling short of its all-time record but still soaking low-lying areas with enough water to require a massive cleanup. Jeff Roberson / AP

Downtown buildings are seen in the distance as Interstate 40 passes over the swollen Mississippi River Tuesday, May 10, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Jeff Roberson / AP

The Pyramid Arena sits protected by a flood wall from the swollen Mississippi River Tuesday, May 10, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Jeff Roberson / AP

A flooded residential area is seen in this aerial photograph Tuesday, May 10, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. The Mississippi River crested in Memphis at nearly 48 feet on Tuesday, falling short of its all-time record but still soaking low-lying areas with enough water to require a massive cleanup. Jeff Roberson / AP

A flooded residential area is seen in this aerial photograph Tuesday, May 10, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Jeff Roberson / AP

Homes on Mud Island sit in floodwater Tuesday, May 10, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Jeff Roberson / AP

Water from the swollen Mississippi River surrounds the Historic Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company Depot in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on May 10, 2011. More residents were warned on Monday to get out of the way of the raging Mississippi River as it surged toward a near-record crest in its southern reaches, prompting authorities to try to divert some of the flood waters. (Reuters/Sean Gardner)

A scoreboard for an athletic field is seen surrounded by floodwater Tuesday, May 10, 2011, in Memphis, Tennessee. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

A snake swims as floodwaters slowly rise in Holly Grove, Arkansas May 10, 2011. (Reuters/Eric Thayer)

Sherry Rose measures the water level in her home as floodwaters slowly rise in Holly Grove, Arkansas, on May 10, 2011. (Reuters/Eric Thayer

Melvina Jones carries a mirror through floodwaters as the swelling Mississippi River begins to surround her sister's home in Vicksburg, Miss. on Tuesday, May 10. - Sean Gardner / Reuters

This industrial facility was flooded by the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tenn., on May 10. The river earlier that day crested in Memphis just short of its 1937 record. - Dan Anderson / EPA

Water swamps a casino flooded by the Mississippi River in Tunica, Miss., on May 10 - Dan Anderson / EPA

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