Mississippi River MODIS Today Images

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False color images from MODIS Today show the expansion of the Mississippi River into the flood plains.  Or as some have called it before, 'the python swallowing the pig'. 

Compare April 5, 2011 with May 4, 2011 to get a feel for how much the river has grown in the last month.

Current USGS River Gage levels, Mississippi Swells with Spring Rains

Here are the current USGS river gage levels, the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers are converging with 1 million cubic feet per second per river.  http://www.belowthesurface.org/researchtools.php

 

They have blown up the levees in one region near Cairo, to protect the city.

 

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