Mississippi flooding to near-record levels

The Mississippi river crested at 48 feet on Monday, which is nearly a record. The property damage may prove greater than the 1927 flood, which killed hundreds, though there haven’t been any reporter losses of life yet. “The river is pretty much going to do what it’s going to do,” Memphis Daily News reporter Bill Dries says. “We think we have a pretty good handle on it, though.”

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