Mississippi River Flooding

People watch as water diverted from the Mississippi River spills through a bay in the Morganza Spillway in Morganza, La., on Saturday. A steel, 10-ton floodgate was slowly raised Saturday for the first time in nearly four decades, unleashing a torrent of

5 People watch as water diverted from the Mississippi River spills through a bay in the Morganza Spillway in Morganza, La., on Saturday. A steel, 10-ton floodgate was slowly raised Saturday for the first time in nearly four decades, unleashing a torrent of

6 Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers open the Morganza Spillway in Morganza, Louisiana. (Reuters/Sean Gardner)

A circle irrigation system on the underwater soybean crop along River Road, north of Yazoo City, Miss. Thousands of acres of corn, wheat, soybean and cotton crops are now underwater. (AP/Rogelio Solis)

7 A circle irrigation system on the underwater soybean crop along River Road, north of Yazoo City, Miss. Thousands of acres of corn, wheat, soybean and cotton crops are now underwater. (AP/Rogelio Solis)

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

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

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Mississippi River Flooding