KIXS FM 108 » flooding http://kixs.com The Country Leader Wed, 22 May 2013 14:03:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Residents Cope With Flooding Along Mississippi [PHOTOS] http://kixs.com/residents-cope-with-flooding-along-mississippi-photos/ http://kixs.com/residents-cope-with-flooding-along-mississippi-photos/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 11:30:50 +0000 Amory Gritta http://kixs.com/?p=4235 As residents along the Mississippi River continued to cope with flooding on Thursday, the river, already at record levels, was set to crest in Vicksburg, Miss. on Thursday morning.

The river was at 57.2 feet in Vicksburg on Wednesday morning, a level well above the previous record of 56.2 feet set on May 4, 1927, according to the National Weather Service. The river was expected to reach 57.5 feet on Thursday morning, about 14.5 feet over flooding stage.

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