By — Lauren Knapp Lauren Knapp Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/memphis-prepares-for-mississippis-record-crest Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Memphis Prepares for Mississippi’s Record Crest World May 9, 2011 4:10 PM EDT The Mississippi River is expected to crest at 48-feet in Memphis, Tennessee Monday night, and the river has already swelled to six times its normal width. Residents spent the weekend sandbagging and police went door-to-door asking people to evacuate their homes. At least one thousand people have abandoned their houses. Eleanor Boudreau, a reporter for WKNO in Memphis, has been following the story. She spoke with Hari Sreenivasan early Monday about how the community is responding to the deluge: Follow Hari on Twitter. Read more about the Mississippi River’s “great flood” of 1927. By — Lauren Knapp Lauren Knapp
The Mississippi River is expected to crest at 48-feet in Memphis, Tennessee Monday night, and the river has already swelled to six times its normal width. Residents spent the weekend sandbagging and police went door-to-door asking people to evacuate their homes. At least one thousand people have abandoned their houses. Eleanor Boudreau, a reporter for WKNO in Memphis, has been following the story. She spoke with Hari Sreenivasan early Monday about how the community is responding to the deluge: Follow Hari on Twitter. Read more about the Mississippi River’s “great flood” of 1927.