Swelling River News Today

Doctors had removed her skull to lou room for her brain to swell. once healed, giffords will no longer have to wear protective helmet she needed since she was shot in the head in january. the coast guard has reopened a 15 mile stretch of the mississippi river to cargo vessels. that swelling river has disrupted barge traffic and even forced some cargo to be trucked by land. interruption and slowdowns along the mississippi thorough fare could cost the american economy hundreds of millions of dol...

Back now to our top story, the massive battle underway at this hour to try to control a swelling river. the mississippi is now threatening to crest in just hours. hard to believe that when that happens it could get even worse than these pictures youre seeing, and the city under the biggest threat right now is memphis, tennessee. the river is expected to crest there later today at 48 feet. thats 14 feet over flood stage. but its still just under a record of 48.7 feet that was set back in 1937, du...