Mississippi River Towns Struggle In Face Of Major Floods
Author: alice Date: 14 November, Category: Fact, Visits 2697
Workers use a boat to recover supplies from a flooded grain elevator May 4, 2011 in Caruthersville, Missouri. Heavy rains have left the ground saturated, rivers swollen, and has caused widespread flooding in Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky and Arkansas. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
A tractor is submerged in flood water at a grain elevator May 4, 2011 in Caruthersville, Missouri. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Jay Warlick walks through a flooded neighborhood May 4, 2011 in Tiptonville, Tennessee. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
A barricade blocks a flooded road May 4, 2011 near Tiptonville, Tennessee. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)