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Photojournalist records aftermath of devastation
As the tornado hit Joplin, Missouri, photojournalist Jaime Green was on her way to shoot a wedding in a neighboring town. Instead of covering the wedding, Green found herself taking pictures of the aftermath of the F4 tornado. She tells her story to CNN's American Morning.
St. Martin Parish, Louisiana braces for flooding
Towns in the south are preparing for the arrival of floodwaters, two days after the opening of the Morganza spillway.
Guy Cormier, President of St. Martin Parish, LA, talks to Christine Romans about how the flooding is affecting local residetns.
The Mississippi's flooding could cause billions of dollars worth of damages
Mike Womack, Director of the Mississippi Emergency Management, talks to CNN's Ali Velshi about the flooding of the Mississippi River and explains how much damage is expected as a result.
Mississippi River still rising and heading further South
The Mississippi River is rising higher each day and the Army Corps of Engineers are exhausting every measure to keep the flooding under control. CNN’s Christine Romans talked to Senior Vice President for Conservation Andrew Fahlund about the country’s reliance on levees, what needs to change and what the next steps should be to contain the Mississippi river.
FEMA to send emergency texts to your cell during crisis
FEMA, the FCC and Mayor Bloomberg will be announcing the Personal Lookout Alerting Network (PLAN), a new technology that will turn mobile devices into personal emergency alert systems. Consumers can receive timely emergency alerts directly on their devices. Craig Fugate is announcing this new plan along with Mayor Bloomberg and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski
today and he speaks with American Morning.
Memphis braces for record floods
Memphis, Tennessee (CNN) - Waging war on a flood of historic proportions that has already affected thousands in eight Midwestern and Southern states, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flooded a spillway north of New Orleans in an effort to calm the rising Mississippi River.
A crowd gathered near the gates of the Bonnet Carré Spillway to watch cranes slide open the gates to 28 of the spillway's 350 bays built beginning in 1929 after a devastating flood two years earlier.
Upstream in Memphis, Tennessee, residents and authorities anxiously waited for Mississippi to crest at a near-record 14 feet above flood stage. Read More
CNN"s Ali Velshi speaks to Mayor A C Wharton, Jr., Mayor of Memphis about the current conditions in his state.
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