1||The Mississippi River crested at 57.1 feet in Vicksburg, Miss. Wednesday night, ahead of its original forecast, CNN reports, and high water levels are expected to hold for days. The river is 14 feet above flood stage in Vicksburg — more than a foot above the record set in the great flood of 1927. Here are more pictures of Mississippi flooding.
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