Devastating Before and After of Mississippi Flooding

Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 14:00 in Earth & Climate

The US Army Corp of Engineer's exploded a 2 mile hole in a levee near Memphis, Tenessee, to allow the flooding Mississippi river to flow into the New Madrid Floodway. Satellite footage from April and May 2011 show dramatic landscape differences.

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