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memphis, tennessee, and many are in shelters. as the mississippi washes along, it s directly against what city health officials say. it s the mighty mississippi and it s not water for swimming or drinking and i wouldn t want anybody to go wading in it. reporter: the mayor assured resident as long the flood zone on monday if it gets high we re going to ask them to get out. reporter: hundreds of people are already in shelters waiting to go back home. it will be many weeks before the water is gone and the clean- up is finished. we have a lot of displaced people and it will be a while before they are either able to return to their homes or find alternate housing and so we have a long time to go with this. reporter: the army corp of engineers is confident the levees will protect the city s world famous musical landmarks, including beale street. they are also predicting there won t be any serious new flooding. the only thing is what if it happened like in new orlean

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