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Week on the flooding in the south. the worst the region has seen in decades, affects people in nine states. look at this picture of a house in mississippi. it's now an island surrounded by a levee. martin savidge reports. >> reporter: about 2200 feet that goes around three acres. and it ranges in height from about 8 feet up to maybe 11 feet. this is what is keeping essentially the flood waters coming from the mississippi, the back water at bay. when you were doing this, did people think you were crazy? >> nobody actually told me that, but by the looks in their eyes, yeah, some of them thought ...

We've been reporting all week on the flooding in the south. the worst the region has seen in decades, affects people in nine states. look at this picture of a house in mississippi. it's now an island surrounded by a levee. martin savidge reports. >> reporter: about 2200 feet that goes around three acres. and it ranges in height from about 8 feet up to maybe 11 feet. this is what is keeping essentially the flood waters coming from the mississippi, the back water at bay. when you were doing this, did people think you were crazy? >> nobody actually told me that, but by the looks in their eyes, ye...

South. the worst the region has seen in decades, affecting countless people in nine states. so many homes have been rubed already. but some have been saved with extraordinary effort. look at this picture of a house in mississippi. it's now an island surrounded by a levee. martin savidge reports. >> reporter: this big island was constructed about 2,200 feet that goes around three acres. sort of a soft-sided square, maybe. it ranges in height from about 8 feet up to maybe 11 feet. this is what is keeping essentially the flood waters coming from the mississippi, the back water at bay. when you we...

building. the media, in large part, were camped out at another location, believing that was going to be the place he would be staying. they camped out into the evening. he wanted to stay here, uptown, at his wife's apartment on the upper east side, but the apartment building said no, not wanting a 24-7 media circus, as you can imagine. dsk is facing sex crime charges, seven counts in connection with the alleged attempted raich of a hotel raid. he allegedly phoned the front desk and invited the receptionist up for a drink shortly after he checked into the hotel. she declined. in a mom...

believing that was going to be the place he would be staying. they camped out into the evening. but it later turned out that dsk was elsewhere. he wanted to stay here, uptown, at his wife's apartment on the upper east side, but the apartment building said no, not wanting a 24-7 media circus, as you can imagine. dsk is facing sex crime charges, seven counts in connection with the alleged attempted rape of a hotel maid. tonight a law enforcement source tells us that dsk allegedly phoned the front desk and invited the receptionist up for a drink shortly after he checked into the hotel. ...