A line of four homes show the effectiveness of man-made levees south of Silver City, Mississippi, USA, on 23 May 2011. Although the Mississippi River has crested along the state of Mississippi, flood waters continue to back up the tributary Yazoo River and Yazoo Diversionary Canal from Vicksburg into the Mississippi Delta region up to Belzoni, Mississippi, flooding crop land, washing out roadways and innundating homes and farms. Thousands of residents who live along or near the river from Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana have been forced to evacuate and thousands of acres of prime farmland has been covered by the record-setting rising waters. EPA/CHRIS TODD
Sections of northbound U.S. 49W lies under flood waters south of Silver City, Mississippi, USA, on 23 May 2011. Although the Mississippi River has crested along the state of Mississippi, flood waters continue to back up the tributary Yazoo River and Yazoo Diversionary Canal from Vicksburg into the Mississippi Delta region up to Belzoni, Mississippi, flooding crop land, washing out roadways and innundating homes and farms. Thousands of residents who live along or near the river from Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana have been forced to evacuate and thousands of acres of prime farmland has been covered by the record-setting rising waters. EPA/CHRIS TODD
A boat speeds past a home protected by a man-made levee south of Silver City, Mississippi, USA, on 23 May 2011. Although the Mississippi River has crested along the state of Mississippi, flood waters continue to back up the tributary Yazoo River and Yazoo Diversionary Canal from Vicksburg into the Mississippi Delta region up to Belzoni, Mississippi, flooding crop land, washing out roadways and innundating homes and farms. Thousands of residents who live along or near the river from Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana have been forced to evacuate and thousands of acres of prime farmland has been covered by the record-setting rising waters. EPA/CHRIS TODD
An extensive man-made levee protects a home and farming operation south of Silver City, Mississippi, USA, on 23 May 2011. Although the Mississippi River has crested along the state of Mississippi, flood waters continue to back up the tributary Yazoo River and Yazoo Diversionary Canal from Vicksburg into the Mississippi Delta region up to Belzoni, Mississippi, flooding crop land, washing out roadways and innundating homes and farms. Thousands of residents who live along or near the river from Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana have been forced to evacuate and thousands of acres of prime farmland has been covered by the record-setting rising waters. EPA/CHRIS TODD
A home is sand bagged and wrapped in plastic as flood waters of the Mississippi River continue to impact humans and wildlife in the Butte La Rose, Louisiana, USA, 22 May 2011. Thousands of residents who live along or near the river from Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana have been forced to evacuate and thousands of acres of prime farmland has been covered by the record-setting rising waters. EPA/BEVIL KNAPP
A small farming operation is flooded south of Silver City, Mississippi, USA, on 23 May 2011. Although the Mississippi River has crested along the state of Mississippi, flood waters continue to back up the tributary Yazoo River and Yazoo Diversionary Canal from Vicksburg into the Mississippi Delta region up to Belzoni, Mississippi, flooding crop land, washing out roadways and innundating homes and farms. Thousands of residents who live along or near the river from Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana have been forced to evacuate and thousands of acres of prime farmland has been covered by the record-setting rising waters. EPA/CHRIS TODD
A Mississippi National Guardsman mans the entrance the the flood operations command center in Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA, on 23 May 2011. Although the Mississippi River has crested along the state of Mississippi, flood waters continue to back up the tributary Yazoo River and Yazoo Diversionary Canal from Vicksburg into the Mississippi Delta region up to Belzoni, Mississippi, flooding crop land, washing out roadways and innundating homes and farms. Thousands of residents who live along or near the river from Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana have been forced to evacuate and thousands of acres of prime farmland has been covered by the record-setting rising waters. EPA/CHRIS TODD
FLood waters of the Mississippi River continue to rise in Butte La Rose, Louisiana, USA 23 May 2011. Thousands of residents who live along or near the river from Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana have been forced to evacuate and thousands of acres of prime farmland has been covered by the record-setting rising waters. EPA/BEVIL KNAPP
FLood waters of the Mississippi River continue to rise in Butte La Rose, Louisiana, USA 23 May 2011. Thousands of residents who live along or near the river from Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana have been forced to evacuate and thousands of acres of prime farmland has been covered by the record-setting rising waters. EPA/BEVIL KNAPP
FLood waters of the Mississippi River continue to rise in Butte La Rose, Louisiana, USA, 23 May 2011. Thousands of residents who live along or near the river from Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana have been forced to evacuate and thousands of acres of prime farmland has been covered by the record-setting rising waters. EPA/BEVIL KNAPP
A man-made levee failed around this home south of Silver City, Mississippi, USA, 23 May 2011. Although the Mississippi River has crested along the state of Mississippi, flood waters continue to back up the tributary Yazoo River and Yazoo Diversionary Canal from Vicksburg into the Mississippi Delta region up to Belzoni, Mississippi, flooding crop land, washing out roadways and innundating homes and farms. Thousands of residents who live along or near the river from Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana have been forced to evacuate and thousands of acres of prime farmland has been covered by the record-setting rising waters. EPA/CHRIS TODD
Flood waters surround a grain silo operation south of Silver City, Mississippi, USA, on USA, 23 May 2011. Although the Mississippi River has crested along the state of Mississippi, flood waters continue to back up the tributary Yazoo River and Yazoo Diversionary Canal from Vicksburg into the Mississippi Delta region up to Belzoni, Mississippi, flooding crop land, washing out roadways and innundating homes and farms. Thousands of residents who live along or near the river from Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana have been forced to evacuate and thousands of acres of prime farmland has been covered by the record-setting rising waters. EPA/CHRIS TODD
