Fotos impactantes de las inundaciones del Misisipi
9 de Mayo de 2011 • 9:10PM

Water from the flooded Mississippi River rises close to the Pyramid in downtown Memphis, Tenn., Monday, May 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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The flood-swollen Mississippi River flows between Memphis, Tenn., top, and West Memphis, Ark., Monday, May 9, 2011. The Mississippi River rose Monday to levels not seen in Memphis since the 1930s, swamping homes in low-lying neighborhoods but posing no threat to the city´s world-famous musical landmarks, including Graceland and Beale Street. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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Hangars at General DeWitt Spain Airport are flooded by water from the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tenn., Monday, May 9, 2011. Federal officials say Memphis is seeing the worst of the Mississippi River disaster and that no new areas are expected to see any serious flooding. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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River traffic continues on the flooded Mississippi River at Memphis, Tenn., Monday, May 9, 2011. The Mississippi River rose Monday to levels not seen in Memphis since the 1930s, swamping homes in low-lying neighborhoods but posing no threat to the city´s world-famous musical landmarks, including Graceland and Beale Street. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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Floodwaters from the Mississippi River inundate casinos at Tunica, Miss., Monday, May 9, 2011. Because of heavy rain over the past few weeks and snowmelt along the upper reaches of the Mississippi, the river has broken high-water records upstream and inundated low-lying towns and farmland. The water on the Mississippi is so high that the rivers and creeks that feed into it are backed up, and that has accounted for some of the worst of the flooding so far. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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A towboat pushes barges down the flood-swollen Mississippi River at Memphis, Tenn., Monday, May 9, 2011. The Mississippi crept toward the highest level ever in the river city, flooding pockets of low-lying neighborhoods and forcing hundreds from their homes, though the water was not threatening the music heartland´s most recognizable landmarks, from Graceland to Beale Street. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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Motorists travel on the Interstate 40 bridge between Memphis, Tenn., and West Memphis, Ark., over the flood-swollen Mississippi River Monday, May 9, 2011. The Mississippi River rose toward the highest level ever in Memphis on Monday, flooding pockets of low-lying neighborhoods and forcing more than 1,000 people from their homes. As residents waited for the river to reach its peak as early as Monday night those downstream in Mississippi and Louisiana evacuated prisoners and diverted water from the river in an attempt to stave off catastrophic flooding that has a long history of hitting the area. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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A towboat pushes barges down the flood-swollen Mississippi River south of Memphis, Tenn., Monday, May 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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Clyde Thomas of the Shelby County Health Department sprays for mosquitoes in a flooded neighborhood on Monday, May 9, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. The flooded Mississippi River could crest as early as Monday night. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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A towboat pushes barges down the flood-swollen Mississippi River at Memphis, Tenn., Monday, May 9, 2011. The Mississippi River rose toward the highest level ever in Memphis, flooding pockets of low-lying neighborhoods and forcing more than 1,000 people from their homes. As residents waited for the river to reach its peak as early as Monday night those downstream in Mississippi and Louisiana evacuated prisoners and diverted water from the river in an attempt to stave off catastrophic flooding that has a long history of hitting the area. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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Trash floats by flooded homes on Monday, May 9, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. The swollen Mississippi River could crest as early as Monday night. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Flood waters from the Mississippi River encroach on Mud Island and parts of downtown Memphis, Tenn., Monday, May 9, 2011. The Mississippi crept toward the highest level ever in the river city, flooding pockets of low-lying neighborhoods and forcing hundreds from their homes, though the water was not threatening the music heartland´s most recognizable landmarks, from Graceland to Beale Street. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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The flood-swollen Mississippi River flows past Memphis, Tenn., Monday, May 9, 2011. The Mississippi crept toward the highest level ever in the river city, flooding pockets of low-lying neighborhoods and forcing hundreds from their homes, though the water was not threatening the music heartland´s most recognizable landmarks, from Graceland to Beale Street. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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M. C. Rhodes photographs a flooded street on Monday, May 9, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. The flooded Mississippi River could crest as early as Monday night. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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David Frazier of the Shelby County Health Department tests for mosquitoes in a flooded neighborhood on Monday, May 9, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. The flooded Mississippi River could crest as early as Monday night. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Floodwater surrounds buildings and cars at a junk yard Monday, May 9, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Memphis residents are waiting for the Mississippi River to reach its peak expected as early as Monday night as the river rises near its highest level ever in Memphis, flooding pockets of low-lying neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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Trash floats by flooded homes on Monday, May 9, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. The swollen Mississippi River could crest as early as Monday night. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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A car is partially submerged in floodwater at a junk yard Monday, May 9, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Memphis residents are waiting for the Mississippi River to reach its peak expected as early as Monday night as the river rises near its highest level ever in Memphis, flooding pockets of low-lying neighborhoods (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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Floodwater surrounds a building Monday, May 9, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Memphis residents are waiting for the Mississippi River to reach its peak expected as early as Monday night as the river rises near its highest level ever in Memphis, flooding pockets of low-lying neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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The Old River Control Structure, which allows water from the Mississippi River to enter the Morganza Spillway and Atchafalaya Basin, is seen from the air in Morganza, La., Monday, May 9, 2011. The Army Corps of Engineers has asked the Mississippi River Commission for permission to open the Morganza Spillway north of Baton Rouge to help alleviate pressure on river levees. It hasn´t been opened since 1973. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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A car is submerged in floodwater at a junk yard Monday, May 9, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Memphis residents are waiting for the Mississippi River to reach its peak expected as early as Monday night as the river rises near its highest level ever in Memphis, flooding pockets of low-lying neighborhoods (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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Floodwater is seen inside a building Monday, May 9, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Memphis residents are waiting for the Mississippi River to reach its peak expected as early as Monday night as the river rises near its highest level ever in Memphis, flooding pockets of low-lying neighborhoods (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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A car is partially submerged in floodwater at a junk yard Monday, May 9, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Memphis residents are waiting for the Mississippi River to reach its peak expected as early as Monday night as the river rises near its highest level ever in Memphis, flooding pockets of low-lying neighborhoods (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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Temporary structures are constructed at Angola State Penitentiary in West Feliciana Parish, La., Monday, May 9, 2011. A convoy of buses and vans transferred inmates with medical problems from Angola, which is bordered on three sides by the Mississippi River, while other inmates were moved to buildings on higher ground as part of an effort to prepare for possible flooding. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Temporary structures are constructed around a building at Angola State Penitentiary in West Feliciana Parish, La., Monday, May 9, 2011. A convoy of buses and vans transferred inmates with medical problems from Angola, which is bordered on three sides by the Mississippi River, while other inmates were moved to buildings on higher ground as part of an effort to prepare for possible flooding. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Temporary structures are constructed around a building at Angola State Penitentiary in West Feliciana Parish, La., Monday, May 9, 2011. A convoy of buses and vans transferred inmates with medical problems from Angola, which is bordered on three sides by the Mississippi River, while other inmates were moved to buildings on higher ground as part of an effort to prepare for possible flooding. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Inmates from Angola State Penitentiary are taken off buses at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel, La., Monday, May 9, 2011. A convoy of buses and vans transferred inmates with medical problems from Angola, which is bordered on three sides by the Mississippi River, as part of an effort to prepare for possible flooding on the prison´s grounds. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Inmates from Angola State Penitentiary exit buses at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel, La., Monday, May 9, 2011. A convoy of buses and vans transferred inmates with medical problems from Angola, which is bordered on three sides by the Mississippi River, as part of an effort to prepare for possible flooding on the prison´s grounds. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Inmates from Angola State Penitentiary are taken off buses at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel, La., Monday, May 9, 2011. A convoy of buses and vans transferred inmates with medical problems from Angola, which is bordered on three sides by the Mississippi River, as part of an effort to prepare for possible flooding on the prison´s grounds. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Workers top a levee with sand bags near the Mississippi River near Morganza, La., Monday, May 9, 2011. The Army Corps of Engineers has asked the Mississippi River Commission for permission to open the Morganza Spillway north of Baton Rouge to help alleviate pressure on river levees. The spillway diverts river water into the Atchafalaya Basin and hasn´t been opened since 1973. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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The Old River Control Structure, which allows water from the Mississippi River to enter the Morganza Spillway and Atchafalaya Basin, is seen from the air in Morganza, La., Monday, May 9, 2011. The Army Corps of Engineers has asked the Mississippi River Commission for permission to open the Morganza Spillway north of Baton Rouge to help alleviate pressure on river levees. It hasn´t been opened since 1973. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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The Old River Control Structure, which allows water from the Mississippi River to enter the Morganza Spillway and Atchafalaya Basin, is seen from the air in Morganza, La., Monday, May 9, 2011. The Army Corps of Engineers has asked the Mississippi River Commission for permission to open the Morganza Spillway north of Baton Rouge to help alleviate pressure on river levees. It hasn´t been opened since 1973. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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People gather to look at opened bays, bottom right, on the Bonnet Carre Spillway in Norco, La., Monday, May 9, 2011, which the Army Corps of Engineers partially opened to alleviate pressure on Mississippi River levees. The spillway, which the Corps built about 30 miles upriver from New Orleans in response to the great flood of 1927, last opened during the spring 2008. Monday marked the 10th time it has been opened since the structure was completed in 1931. The spillway diverts water from the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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People gather to look at opened bays on the Bonnet Carre Spillway in Norco, La., Monday, May 9, 2011. The spillway, which the Army Corps of Engineers built about 30 miles upriver from New Orleans in response to the great flood of 1927, last opened during the spring 2008. Monday marked the 10th time it has been opened since the structure was completed in 1931. The spillway diverts water from the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Temporary structures are constructed around a building at Angola State Penitentiary in West Feliciana Parish, La., Monday, May 9, 2011. A convoy of buses and vans transferred inmates with medical problems from Angola, which is bordered on three sides by the Mississippi River, while other inmates were moved to buildings on higher ground as part of an effort to prepare for possible flooding. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Temporary structures are constructed at Angola State Penitentiary in West Feliciana Parish, La., Monday, May 9, 2011. A convoy of buses and vans transferred inmates with medical problems from Angola, which is bordered on three sides by the Mississippi River, while other inmates were moved to buildings on higher ground as part of an effort to prepare for possible flooding. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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A cell block is seen alongside an inner levee protecting from the Mississippi River at Angola State Prison in West Feliciana Parish, La., Monday, May 9, 2011. A convoy of buses and vans transferred inmates with medical problems from Angola, which is bordered on three sides by the Mississippi River, and temporary quarters were being built on higher ground as part of an effort to prepare for possible flooding. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Inmates from Angola State Penitentiary are taken off buses at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel, La., Monday, May 9, 2011. A convoy of buses and vans transferred inmates with medical problems from Angola, which is bordered on three sides by the Mississippi River, as part of an effort to prepare for possible flooding on the prison´s grounds. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Inmates from Angola State Penitentiary are taken off buses at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel, La., Monday, May 9, 2011. A convoy of buses and vans transferred inmates with medical problems from Angola, which is bordered on three sides by the Mississippi River, as part of an effort to prepare for possible flooding on the prison´s grounds. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Inmates from Angola State Penitentiary exit buses at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel, La., Monday, May 9, 2011. A convoy of buses and vans transferred inmates with medical problems from Angola, which is bordered on three sides by the Mississippi River, as part of an effort to prepare for possible flooding on the prison´s grounds. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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James Wright takes a look at floodwater Monday, May 9, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Memphis residents are waiting for the Mississippi River to reach its peak expected as early as Monday night as the river rises near its highest level ever in Memphis, flooding pockets of low-lying neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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A building is seen surrounded by floodwater Monday, May 9, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Memphis residents are waiting for the Mississippi River to reach its peak expected as early as Monday night as the river rises near its highest level ever in Memphis, flooding pockets of low-lying neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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A road is covered by floodwater Monday, May 9, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Memphis residents are waiting for the Mississippi River to reach its peak expected as early as Monday night as the river rises near its highest level ever in Memphis, flooding pockets of low-lying neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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An air boat glides along the Bonnet Carre Spillway in Norco, La., Monday, May 9, 2011, which the Army Corps of Engineers partially opened to alleviate pressure on Mississippi River levees. The spillway, which the Corps built about 30 miles upriver from New Orleans in response to the great flood of 1927, last opened during the spring 2008. Monday marked the 10th time it has been opened since the structure was completed in 1931. The spillway diverts water from the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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A concrete truck is seen submerged in floodwater Monday, May 9, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Memphis residents are waiting for the Mississippi River to reach its peak expected as early as Monday night as the river rises near its highest level ever in Memphis, flooding pockets of low-lying neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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Buildings are seen surrounded by floodwater Monday, May 9, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Memphis residents are waiting for the Mississippi River to reach its peak expected as early as Monday night as the river rises near its highest level ever in Memphis, flooding pockets of low-lying neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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People gather to look at opened bays on the Bonnet Carre Spillway in Norco, La., Monday, May 9, 2011. The spillway, which the Army Corps of Engineers built about 30 miles upriver from New Orleans in response to the great flood of 1927, last opened during the spring 2008. Monday marked the 10th time it has been opened since the structure was completed in 1931. The spillway diverts water from the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Two pickup trucks are seen surrounded by floodwater outside a garage Sunday, May 8, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. More Memphis residents were being told Sunday to flee their homes for higher ground as the mighty Mississippi River edged toward the city, threatening to bring more flooding to parts of an area already soaked. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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Aurelio Flores speaks during an interview at a shelter Monday, May 9, 2011 in Memphis, Tenn. Residents can use the computer´s set up in the background to get on the Internet. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
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