8/16/11} Vicksburg} -THE FLOOD RECORD IS SURPASSED TODAY IN VICKSBURG TO 56.7 FT. RECORD HIGH BEATS LEVELS SET IN 1927. Paul Winefield, 37, the Mayor of Vicksburg Mississippi speaks to the national media about the mighty MIssissippi River flooding his city Monday May 16,2001. The river will not crest until the 19th in Vicksburg at record level above 57 ft.  PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM..
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