Mississippi River floods

Hundreds of homes in Vicksburg, Mississippi are underwater and the river is still rising. According to the Army Corps of Engineers, this flood will not cause as much damage as the great flood of 1927, but residents are wary.

The Mississippi River reached near record levels on Monday when it crested at 48 feet around 7 p.m. Experts, who have been watching as heavy rains swell the waterway’s thousands of tributaries and feeder streams, expect the level to remain high for at least the next 48 hours. Memphis residents began to evacuate their homes […]

We’re seeing the worst flooding along the Mississippi river in many decades. Pete Daniel, retired curator and historian at the Smithsonian says the lesson we should take with us from the Great Flood is that Mother Nature can be stronger than humankind.

All along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, people are packing up as the flood waters continue to rise, endangering their fields, their homes and their lives. Joining us is George Sills, a geotechnical engineer.