MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

• Thousands already evacuated across region from Illinois to Louisiana
• The flood water is expected to break an 84-year record of 48 feet 
• Prisoners fill 120,000 sandbags as worried residents closely watch levels
• Could still be two weeks before some of the most severe flooding hits
• Aftermath could last for weeks as it may be June before areas dry out

Memphis residents of all ages and races are pitching in to fill sandbags in a desperate last-ditch attempt to ward off flood waters as the Mississippi River threatens millions of homes.

More than four million people living in 63 counties close to the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers from Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico could be affected by flooding in the coming days.

Communities all along the banks of the Mississippi have been carefully watching the river rise, like a giant bathtub filling up with water.

Record river levels, some dating as far back as the 1920s, were expected to be broken in some parts along the river. In Memphis, the river was expected to crest at 48 feet on Wednesday, just shy of the 48.7-foot record from the devastating flood of 1937.”  Read more.