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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

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Across The Delta, Folks 'Watch In Awe' As Rivers Rise

Memphis: Downtown buildings are seen in the distance as the swollen Mississippi River spreads out in the foreground. (Tuesday, May 10, 2011.)

May 11, 2011 The destructive power of the "slow-moving wall of water" rolling south from Illinois to Louisiana is hard to capture in words. It's something that has to be seen to be fully understood.

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