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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.

The Mississippi River floods in April and May 2011 are among the largest and most damaging along the flood-prone U.S. river in the past century. Comparisons are being drawn with the major Mississippi River floods in 1927 and 1993. In April 2011, two major storm systems tracked through much of the vast Mississippi River watershed, dumping record rainfall over large areas. Already rising from springtime snowmelt, the river, and many of its tributaries, began to swell to record levels by the beginning of May. Areas along the Mississippi itself experiencing flooding include Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. U.S. President Barack Obama declared the western counties of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi federal disaster areas.

Fourteen people have been killed in Arkansas, with 340 killed across seven states in the preceding storms. Thousands of homes have been ordered evacuated, including over 1,000 in Memphis, Tennessee, and more than 2,000 in the state of Mississippi. About 13% of U.S. petroleum refinery output is expected to be disrupted by flood levels exceeding historical records in several locations, with gasoline futures up 9.2%. The flood is expected to crest in Memphis by May 10 and in southern Louisiana by May 23. The Army Corps of Engineers has stated that, even if spillways are opened, an area in Louisiana between Simmesport and Baton Rouge may be inundated with 20-30 feet of water.

The Old River Control Structure complex. View is to the east-southeast, looking downriver on the Mississippi, with the three dams across channels of the Atchafalaya River to the right of the Mississippi. Concordia Parish, Louisiana is in the foreground, on the right, and Wilkinson County, Mississippi, is in the background, across the Mississippi on the left

The Old River Control Structure in northern Louisiana may be threatened by the rising waters, and opening of the Morganza Spillway nearby is being considered to lower the river level and flow in this area and downriver. Failure of either of these structures might allow the Mississippi to divert its main channel to the Atchafalaya Basin and the Atchafalaya River, developing a new delta south of Morgan City in southern Louisiana, and greatly reducing water flow to its present channel through Baton Rouge and New Orleans to its current delta in southeastern Louisiana. Jeff Masters of the Weather Underground noted that failure of the Old River Control Structure "would be a serious blow to the U.S. economy, and the great Mississippi flood of 2011 will give [this structure] its most severe test ever."



From April 14–16, the storm system responsible for one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history also produced large amounts of rainfall across the southern and midwestern United States. Two weeks later, from April 25–28, a second, even more extensive and deadly storm system passed through the Mississippi Valley dumping more rainfall resulting in deadly flash floods. This latter storm produced over 250 tornadoes, killing at least 340 people in the deadliest tornado outbreak since 1925. Combined, the storms killed at least 383 people and caused an estimated $5 billion dollars in damage. The unprecedented extensive rainfall from these two storms, combined with springtime snow melt from the Upper Midwest, created the perfect situation for a 500-year flood along the Mississippi.

Jonathan White and Leandra Felton wade through slowly rising floodwaters with items from their home in Memphis May 7.




Temporary structures are constructed at Angola State Penitentiary in West Feliciana Parish, La., on May 9. 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 to prepare for possible flooding.




Col. Vernie Reichling, commander of the US Corps of Engineers, Memphis District, speaks during a news conference in front of the rising Mississippi River in Memphis, Tenn., on May 8.




Army Corps of Engineers' Maj. Gen. Michael Walsh (r.) steps to a microphone to answer questions alongside Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (l.) during a news conference near the Birds Point levee on May 1, in Mississippi County, Mo.




Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon points at floodwaters as he flies near the Birds Point levee in a Missouri National Guard helicopter on May 3, over Mississippi County, Mo. After the levee was intentionally breached by the Army Corps of Engineers on May 2 Nixon said state leaders would do everything 'within our power to make sure the levee is rebuilt and those fields, the most fertile fields in the heartland, are put back in production.'

sources : google, wiki & boston.com

[candymosh]

[güttsfükk]

i love the pic of the old guy fishing

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.

[candymosh]

I'd probably be fishing too. LOL. The tadpoles in the street is a pretty cool picture too.

[chefbob09]

Lol at dude fishing, only thing you can do

[**butterflylove**]

Another epic post

[ladypilgrim]

Mother Nature hates us!

[silintli]

Oh my gosh lol! I lived behind the levee in Tunica MS and had to evacuate! I'm living in town, now. I'll miss my little shack in the woods.



That's a view of where I lived. My house is the one with the brown/red roof right between two trees. The local newspaper (The Tunica Times) uploaded a set of pictures, including the above, on Facebook, and I originally tagged my house in the picture. Then they untagged me! I couldn't stop giggling. My pets and family all got out safe though, so I hardly consider myself a victim. When the water goes down, I can walk over and take some pictures of the damage for you guys if you want. They say the road should be cleared by Monday, but it will probably still be too soggy. No one died as far as I know, but about 500-600 of us are losing our homes.

[ChockFullOfChock]

Good for the farm land, bad for house prices.

[Sandbwoy]

I can't imagine how horrible it must be to have your home ruined by excessive flooding, and all the hassle of havin to move somewhere else. We had some heavy floods in the UK back in 2007 due to really really high levels of rainfall, but the floods were nowhere near as bad as this.