The Mississippi Floods

                                Farm land s near the Yazoo River

People watch as water is diverted from the Mississippi River   spills through a bay in the Morganza   spillway in Morganza , Louisisna .                    

A message is posted to residents of Baton Rouge by homeowners in Butte  Larose , Louisiana , most residents of the small town are packing their possessions or moving their entire homes... the town is expected to be severelyflooded after the Army Corps Engineers opened the Morganza spillway to divert floodwater down the Atchaflaya River ... away from  the cities of New Orleans and Baton Rouge , Louisiana.

Jessice , left, and kristin make sand bags in prepartion for impending flood waters into the Atchafalaya Basin , in Stephenville , Louisiana .

A ship traveling up the river dwafts St. Louis Cathedral in the French  Quarter as the Mississippi River reaches flood stage height in New Orleans , Louisiana.

The Port of Shreveport - Bossier will have to rely more on it's rail lines now that the Red River's access to the Mississippi River has been cut off because of flooding.

The Mississippi River  flood waters surround the driveway of Fitzgearlds Tunica , a casino and hotel in Robinsonville , Mississippi.

Updates as they become available.