South braces for rising Mississippi River

Thursday, April 28, 2011 | 8:01 p.m. CDT; updated 9:08 p.m. CDT, Thursday, April 28, 2011

NEW ORLEANS — A surge of water not seen since the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 is forecast in coming days to test the enormous levees lining the Mississippi River on its course through the Deep South, adding another element of danger to a region already raked by deadly tornadoes and thunderstorms.

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