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The water has to go somewhere and it goes downstream and that is why the flood warnings are issued across areas along the mississippi river and all of the excess water that fell along the ohio river has to flow downstream into the mississippi river and that has been causing flooding and we saw the river crest in memphis, tennessee, earlier this week, may 10th and now the flood crest, still flowing downstream, we expect it to reach vicksburg, mississippi, coming up on the 16th, and -- in natchez, coming up the 19th of may and we are looking at major flooding out there and the morganza spill way...

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Of these homes and businesses. it man a losing battle. again, the river has not yet crested and no one is quite sure when it will be. >> heather: 25,000 people will be affected. i want to ask you, all those people standing around you, are they people that live in the area. >> reporter: any you guys local residents, checking it out and taking pictures? is your home affected at all? no. >> high and dry. >> reporter: majority of people out of harm's way, but we saw people packing up and leaving their homes today. in fact, one of the towns we were in earlier had a mandatory evacuation order just t...