Mississippi River Flooding

Casinos are inundated at Tunica, Miss.  (Danny Johnston / Associated Press)

Trash floats along a flooded street in Memphis, Tenn.  (Mark Humphrey / Associated Press)

River traffic continues on the flooded Mississippi River at Memphis, Tenn.  (Danny Johnston / Associated Press)

A house and yard, protected by a levee, are surrounded by floodwater from the White River near Clarendon, Ark.  (Danny Johnston / Associated Press)

Hangars at General DeWitt Spain Airport are flooded by water from the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tenn.  (Danny Johnston / Associated Press)

Floodwater submerges a truck in Memphis, Tenn.  (Scott Olson / Getty Images)

Water reaches into a yard in Memphis, Tenn.  (Scott Olson / Getty Images)