memphis. the county is bracing for massive flooding while the mayor says they don t have much time. never in my life have i everd seen anything like this. it is unreal how much damage with this water in-housess and homes, all these people s belongings, they ll be devastated. alison: the highways are water logged and at least one intersection is shut down, probably more. jonathan serrie is live, what do you see around you, jonathan. reporter: hey, that intersection is riverside drive, this thoroughfare right here, and beal street behind me. the popular tourist attractions, blues clubs, restaurants, they ve been spared. they h-r up o are up on high ir.
reporter: richard, if you could believe it, that s 14 feet above flood stage. a level they haven t seen here for almost a century. big flood of 1937. i m standing on the legendary beale street. you may know it. it has tall blues clubs along it. they haven t seen water like this on this street for decades. just to give you some perspective, at this point where we are, the mighty mississippi is usually a half mile across. right now it is three miles across. and we are getting wake from some of the the the tug boats and stuff along the river. it is coming up here on beale street now. incredible scene. use an analogy, in one second, that water that s going in front of us right now behind us right now would fill up a football field 44 feet deep. in one second. reporter: just unbelievable. there are 3,000 homes and businesses in the flood danger zone. that s just in memphis and