Torrential rains and melting winter snow continue to saturate the US Midwest. The water has already caused massive flooding and record swelling of both the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. And according to MPB News in Mississippi, the worst is yet to come as this deadly, 500-year flood is expected to wipe out nearly a million farming acres in Mississippi alone, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland in other states like Missouri, Arkansas, and Tennessee that also touch these bursting rivers.
Several cities along the Mississippi River have already been evacuated, including areas around Memphis, Tenn. Reuters has reported that the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) has begun going door-to-door in and around Memphis urging people to evacuate
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