HICKMAN, Ky. — Jail inmates filled sandbag after sandbag to protect one of the many Southern river cities threatened by the swelling Mississippi as it broke more 1930s flood records and crept higher Thursday.
Slow-moving disaster rolls down Mississippi River
Thursday, May 5, 2011 | 6:17 p.m. CDT
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