there s all sorts of sidewalks and everything under here. i couldn t begin to tell you exactly how deep it is right here, but we are about three or four inches away right now from seeing this flood crest here in memphis and once it s done here, this is all going to move south, join with more water and we re going to see higher and higher records being set further down the mississippi. how are folks dealing with this? a sense of calm, a sense of panic? we re looking at just hours away of what could potentially be very dangerous. reporter: first, let s point out there is absolutely no panic. this has been a slow-moving disaster. officials have been way out in front of this. they know exactly where the water s going to hit and who to get out of harm s way. that s going very orderly. of course, people are very upset when it turns out their neighborhood is the one that s the next to fall to this flood, but right now a lot of curiosity. people coming down to the
by the mississippi river, water levels are expected to kref at more than 4 meters above flood stage on tuesday, and that will be the highest level in more than 70 years. tennessee is not the only state either. six cities along the river banks are also under water. cnn s ivan cabrera joins us. as this flood crest goes down, you ve got a long way to go, don t you, before it actually gets out to the gulf. absolutely. the damage already in the millions. and millions of homes being impacted as well. it s wbt. we ll focus in on the business angle and wa s going to be happening. as far as the square kilometer that s going be impacted, if you watch from italy, it the same size as italy. a lot of regions are being impacted indeed, and we re going to continue to see that flood
sechewuan, roves and mud buried 50 homes there, floods in china have already claimed the lives of 800 people, with another 400 missing. it s also cost tens of billions of dollars in damage according to chinese authorities. at least two dozen rivers have risen above their warning levels. and an army of workers are being used to try to hold back the rivers from breaking their banks by building walls of sandbags but it seems to be an impossible job to keep the water back, though. chinese reports suggest some towns and cities continue to face flooding while landslides are increasingly common. and the water levels of the huge three gorges dam which is built to prevent flooding along the yansee river is at its highest level in a week, officials have stopped traffic through the dam as they prepare for a new flood crest crest, chinese authorities have warned downstream for rising water and the tropical storm has hit other countries in
missing. it s cost tense of billions of dollars in damage according to the chinese authorities. at least two dozen recoveries have risen above the levels and army workers are being used to sandbags river banks to stop the rising water and cause even more devastation. it seems to be an impossible job to keep the water back. chinese reports the cities face flooding while landslides are increasingly common and the water levels of the three gojs dam which was built to prevent flooding hit its highest legal last week. officials have stopped boat traffic but the dam as they aware for a new flood crest, the chinese authorities have warned downstream to prepare for rising water. we re in the middle of the typhoon and monsoon season and other countries such as the philippines and vietnam have been sit by storms, so we can expect more in the