The worst floods that hit the center of the United States in more than 80 years of soaking homes, farmland and roads, due to overflow of the largest river in the U.S., the Mississippi River, six times the normal capacity.
While on patrol officers to examine the creek bank in Memphis Tennessee, who besieged the water, after the spring floods, a citizen - Daryl Hissong - and three-year-old son were among thousands of peoplewho were forced to to flee their homes by the water muddy.
Mississippi River Flooding Photo :
They pack up on Sunday and until Monday morning the water had reached a height of five feet inside his home in Millington, Tennessee, a suburb of Memphis, according to AFP. Dikes and natural reef has protected most of Memphis from severe flooding, but those living in Mud Island region struggled to stay dry.
Floods have drowned many houses along the edges and on Monday reported to break down the barrier of sandbags placed around one kondomonium across the street, said AFP.
Mississippi River Flooding Video :
Mississippi normally half mile from Memphis, but now the distance to be three miles in many places. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been to deploy as many as 150 personnel to inspect the dike in the city day and night to determine if there was a problem.
Many parts of Mississippi reported closed for shipping and U.S. Coast Guard opened the door to a flood control outside New Orleans to assist cities in the lowlands that flood water while moving toward the Gulf of Mexico.