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Well, folks in flood-ravaged tennessee are facing another danger. snakes are now popping up, as was predicted, but they're far from the only scary creatures out there. leeches and rats traditionally also move into flooded areas where they tend to take refuge in trees rather than inside homes, thank goodness. and wildlife experts say even the snakes usually leave on their own once the water recedes, whenever that can happen. and while today's flooding is bad, it is not the worst deluge caused by the mississippi river. that happened almost a century ago when the mississippi river reached it le...

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 you're 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. that's 14 feet over flood stage. but it's still just under a record of 48.7 feet that was set back in 1937, during the most catastrophic flooding the region had ever seen. the flooding is also affecting othe...

Get us turn our attention to don south. communities along the mississippi are keeping a very close eye on the river's rise. in memphis, threatening to crest just shy of a 48.7 record that was made 74 years ago. >> clayton: our chief meteorologist rick reichmuth joins us live from there right now with more of the flooding fears. good morning to you, rick. >> good morning, it's something to think 74 years ago all the times we've talk been flogged over the years, it's never gotten worse than that and back then not so many people and built the levees to protect the homes and neighborhood and never...

$25 per hour when they broke down. best best coin. >> clayton: not a bad rocket. 61,000, what do you think, e-mail on friends@foxnews.com or twitter account. ff weekend. we'll read them in an hour or so. >> molly: i didn't see a line for psychotherapist because morris have to do a lot of therapy. >> not just for the kids, but for the husbands, also, a lot of help. >> dave: i need a lot. >> molly: what about patience and other things that moms do. got to pay them for that. >> clayton: that's pro bono work. >> molly: they do a lot of pro bono work. the here are the headlines. the situation in me...

Water finally does recede. >> that's not going to be a pretty picture. how does the forecast look by the areas that are flooding? let's get a check from the weather channel with alex wallace. good morning, alex. what can we expect? >> here it is in graphical form here. by monday, getting up to ta 48-foot range. again, very, very close to record territory. if terms of historical crests around memphis and the mississippi, 48.7. that's the highest. that was back in the '30s. if we get to 48, that would put it at number two. again, very serious situation taking place. le we aren't seeing any add...