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Of the landmarks that we're used to seeing are not here. >> reporter: the river crested at 47.85 feet in memphis early tuesday morning, while residents no longer have to worry about how high the water might get, they do have to worry about what's in it. electrical currents, chemicals, sewage and dangerous reptiles like water moccasin snakes. >> it's not water for swimming, it's not water for drinking and i wouldn't want anybody to go wading in it. >> reporter: the flood surge is now upon tunica, mississippi, where some families are in shelters. evacuated as the river swallows riverboat casinos...

We're still waiting for the river to crest at memphis. we're talking about the mississippi river and we're expecting that to happen later on this morning. as i go over and show you on our google earth, this is going to give you an idea, right now, the latest stage at 2:00 a.m., 47.85 feet. that's roughly about 14 meters and we're expecting it to climb a bit more. it's going to stay above major flood stage really all the way through next week, may 15th, at 46 feet and that's roughly about 13.5 meters. that area still dealing with bad conditions. as we go further downstream, look at that, may 19...

Sign of the river letting up. jacqui jeras, give us a picture of what's going on. >> the river is cresting. it is a long process. what does that really mean? take a look at the river gauge from the mississippi river at memphis. what this is going to show is at at about 2:00 this morning, the river was at its highest at 47.85 feet. look at how long it has been there. this started cresting at about 5:00 last night and it has been holding near that level. there are going to be little tiny peaks and valleys but stay near the crest until tomorrow morning. take a look at this. we are talking about w...

It's a worst case accident air oarks officials don't think it will happen. the last time it did happen was during hurricane katrina. wack to you. jenna: we'll keep an eye on it. kris gur teez, thank you. jon: here's what everybody is asking, is there any relief in sight. maria molina, live in the fox news extreme weather center. how about it maria. >> oh no, i don't have any good news, no one is going to like me. flooding will persist for weeks, if not like jenna said, for months. we did see the river crest in mem sis -- memphis at 47.85 feet, making it the second greatest crest ever recorde...