2011 Mississippi River Flood

Snowmelt and heavy rainfall in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota have swollen the Mississippi River to near-record levels. Flooding has occurred in Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Some rural areas have been flooded by opening spillways on the river. Doing this might help keep flood water out of big cities.

Learn more and see pictures of Mississippi floods past and present on National Geographic News.

See pictures of wild weather on National Geographic Kids.

Photograph by Patrick Semansky, AP

Comments

didi88
May 20, 2011, 9:46 pm

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Animalsunite
May 23, 2011, 4:25 pm

Wow~ That is a big deal! How did this happen so quickly!
nature4life
May 24, 2011, 12:11 pm

WOW! This happened so suddenly. I really want to help somehow.
ccismydog
May 24, 2011, 1:52 pm

This is terrible! I wish there was more kids could do. I feel so bad for all those people out there suffering because of a little thing like melted snow. Who knew it all could happen so fast?
Cherry_Coke
May 25, 2011, 5:22 pm

I feal bad for all thoughs people! I hope they can find new homes!
Cho Chang
June 1, 2011, 9:30 am

Ugh! I live in missouri! It was horrible out there! Good thing i wasn’t caught in it.
reshma1234
March 3, 2012, 5:47 am

oh, i hope everyone was safe and not many people got hurt, all those children it makes me want to cry