mississippi river in memphis completely under water as the water continues to rise. memphis now is one big city trying to hold off one very big flood. city parks already flooded and water creeping closer to houses by the day. people in memphis watch the rising mississippi river and wonder. how high will the water get? you know, who is most at risk? which land sits lower? the mississippi river floods of 2011 are expected to break records to the north of memphis this weekend. and then continue setting high water marks as far south as baton rouge. the river is expected to crest in memphis at 48 feet above flood stage, the highest it s been in generations. memphis hasn t seen this much water since the disastrous floods of 1937. back then city officials tell me the river rose all the way to here where i m standing, which
if there were cars in it right now, water would be up to the windows and possibly over the tops of some. what we re looking at right now in memphis is vary large city trying to hold back a very big flood. city parks already flooding and water creeping closer to houses by the day. people in memphis watched the rising mississippi river and wonder. how high will the water get, you know? who is most at risk? which land sits lower? the mississippi river floods of 2011 are expected to break records to the north of memory this weekend. and then continue setting high water marks as far south at baton rouge. the river is expected to crest in memphis at 48 feet above flood stage. the highest its been in generations. memphis hasn t seen that much water since the disastrous floods of 1937. back then, city officials tell me the river rose all the way to here, where i m standing, which
possible. david, how desperate is the separation for homeowners? are people out of their homes? have they lost their homes? reporter: the problem here in memphis hasn t been so much on the water front where the mississippi is. it s around the city where they have these other rivers. these tributaries that enter water into the mississippi. with this water so high there water has nowhere to go so it s been backing up. low lying areas in spots around the city, those areas have been seeing some flooding, get into some res tensiidential areas. predominantly some trailer parks in low lying areas hit. people forced out of their homes. 300 to 400 people are living in shelters and probably will stay there for a while, because it is probably going to be sometime in june, randi june before the mississippi goes back to where it s supposed to be. and when this does does the crisis actually end, though,