NewsTalk 1290 News & Talk of Texoma » mississippi http://newstalk1290.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:26:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Residents Cope With Flooding Along Mississippi [PHOTOS] http://newstalk1290.com/residents-cope-with-flooding-along-mississippi-photos/ http://newstalk1290.com/residents-cope-with-flooding-along-mississippi-photos/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 18:58:04 +0000 Aaron Galloway http://newstalk1290.com/?p=2946 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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