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Bill: also, waiting game, in memphis, record flooding, levees expected to hold, as the river crests, but, that flooding can go on for days. we'll talk to the army corps of engineers how they are managing this and they have a huge job. >> right now, we are trying to protect the flow, because when it overtops, the water will erode the levees.
>> when it comes the to economy, not so much. the latest poll shows what is on your mind and we have the details coming up. the memphis river crests at 48 feet and hundred of home are under water and rooftops are barely visible. it could take weeks for the water to recede. further south, residents are bracing for the worst. janet is in mississippi. how is it looking there? >> reporter: chris, it looks like a mess. this is a montessori school.
Flooding communities along there. officials now today will be going to individual property owners saying, this could be the time you want to pack up. you don't want to wait for this river to be in your front yard before you make a decision to move. >> david mattingly today in memphis. when the river crests next week, it's expected to be 14 feet above flood stage, and jacqui jeras, it's not just memphis and tennessee, but everything up and down the mississippi. >> this is really widespread, drew, and this is going to be ongoing all the way down the river in the weeks and even in the months ahea...
Lake winnipeg, and we have pictures coming out of the fargo area. this is thanks for the national guard. they let some of to local tv people fly along with them. some of these little towns just outside of the red river are completely cutoff, and in fargo, the river crests saturday night and early sunday morn, and it is the fourth highest crest in fargo. but down river, randi, we are looking at grand forks, and they are not going to crest until wednesday, going into thursday, and they are really bracing themselves, because it looks like it is going to be the second highest crest that they have ...
Night. and now it's at about 20.2 feet. we're at near record strange. major flood stage, but not expected to come back down below flood stage really until late wednesday into thursday. so we've got quite some time before this river really gets below the danger zone. and what i mean by danger zone is, well, usually after a river crests, we can relax, but because of this situation where you have all of that pressure on this very, very old and quite frankly not well designed or built levee back in the late 1800s you've got pressure on this until it goes below flood stage. the next three days are ...