Photos: Mississippi River floodwaters move south
River Flooding
Credit: AP
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks at a news conference in Baton Rouge, La. about the potential for flooding from the swelling Mississippi River Monday, May 9, 2011. Behind him are state fire officials who recently responded to the tornado disasters in Mississippi and Alabama. The Mississippi River rose toward the highest level ever in Memphis, flooding pockets of low-lying neighborhoods and forcing more than 1,000 people from their homes. As residents waited for the river to reach its peak as early as Monday night those downstream in Mississippi and Louisiana evacuated prisoners and diverted water from the river in an attempt to stave off catastrophic flooding that has a long history of hitting the area. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
