Mississippi river crests as most detrimental is finished for Memphis

The American southeast is being battered by the Mississippi river, which has been enlarged and flooding for several weeks. Memphis, Tenn., has been inundated with heavy flooding, but the river has crested near the Music City, signifying the most severe is over. Flooding should begin to subside, however other areas farther down the river are still at great risk.

Tennessee landmarks just fine

There are finished 1,000 homeless people now. Still, nothing in Tennessee that was considered a landmark was hurt. BBC states that Music City’s Beale Street district wasn’t hurt by floodwaters at all. Elvis Presley’s home in his life until he passed away in 1977, Graceland, was not touched once by the Mississippi. Even if people had to “charge hell with a water pistol,” they would keep Graceland safe. This is what a Shelby County Emergency Management Agency official explained. Flash floods in the Memphis area are a significant concern, reports CBS. About 1,300 homes were evacuated because of this fear. Normal water will take a while to get. It may be a while before every little thing goes back to normal.

Flooding after storms are finished

After the snowfall near record on the East Coast of the U.S., the Mississippi river has gotten very high. Memphis’ floodwaters were just 10 inches lower than the 1937 record hitting 48 feet. Memphis’ worst danger is nearing an end. Still, other Mississippi river cities need to be cautious. There have been problems with the flood in the rest of the Mississippi river system and river delta. Still, precautions are still being taken. MSNBC reports the Army Corps of Engineers opened the Bonnet Carre Spillway recently to help relieve New Orleans’ levees pressure. There are already floodwaters flowing through the delta. Still, there are measures being taken in preparation.

Terrible flooding

A flood in 1927 killed hundreds of individuals and cost millions to fix. The Christian Science Monitor reports the flood levels aren’t that bad. There is more than 2,000 miles of levees that were constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in response to the 1927 floods. The water always has to go somewhere though. That means that the Mississippi water has to flood somewhere else when the spillways are opened. Floods in Arkansas farmland is anticipated while the water gets closer to the Gulf of Mexico. In fact, 900,000 acres of farmland are anticipated to flood.

Information from

BBC

bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13337548

MSNBC

msnbc.msn.com/id/42973616/ns/us_news-environment/

CBS

cbsnews.com/stories/2011/05/09/travel/main20061138.shtml

Christian Science Monitor

csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0509/Mississippi-River-nears-crest-in-Memphis-but-concern-shifts-south