Mississippi May Flood 3 Million Acres, Halt Refineries
This article is for subscribers only.
Mississippi River flooding may swamp 3 million acres, an area almost the size of Connecticut, as high waters move south and threaten Louisiana.
Water levels were forecast to hold below 48 feet (14.6 meters) for a day in Memphis before the floods move south toward Louisiana and then empty into the Gulf of Mexico past New Orleans in about two weeks. They were at 47.7 feet in Memphis at 4:45 a.m. local time, compared with the record of 48.7 set in 1937, according to the National Weather Service.