The document provides observations from an aerial view of the 2011 Mississippi River flood in the areas around Yazoo City and Vicksburg, Mississippi six days before the flood waters crested. Key details include flooded farmland and buildings submerged under flood waters that had overflowed from the Yazoo River into the area around Yazoo City. In Vicksburg, flood waters were nearing the runway of the airport and had overtaken most of the land in the area, though flood walls had so far protected downtown Vicksburg businesses.