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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Friends and family help build a sandbag wall around the home of Michael Davis (not pictured) in preparation of impending flooding from the likely diversion of Mississippi River floodwaters into the Atchafalaya Basin in Stephensville, La., on Wednesday.
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Floodwaters invade downtown Vicksburg, Miss., on Wednesday. The historic city, site of a pivotal Civil War battle, has been one of the hardest hit along the Mississippi River. All along the river's path, residents are worried about the flood's impact on homes and farmland. (Associated Press)
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Disaster survivors react as they watch a performance onstage. Sometimes only a few chuckles come from the audience made up of people who survived an earthquake, then a tsunami, and are now living in a shelter.
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Takayuki Kato, performing as Sanyutei Kyoraku, entertains during a fundraiser for survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at Culture Hall in Ichinoseki in northeastern Japan. (Associated Press)
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The Pyramid Arena sits protected by a flood wall from the swollen Mississippi River on Tuesday, May 10, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. The Mississippi crested in Memphis at nearly 48 feet on Tuesday, falling short of its all-time record but still soaking low-lying areas with enough water to require a massive cleanup. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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Inmates fill sand bags for residents in Butte LaRose, La., on Tuesday, May 10, 2011, in advance of possible flooding brought on by the planned opening of the Morganza Spillway. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers received permission to open the Old River Control Structure north of Baton Rouge, which will divert water from the Mississippi River into the spillway in order to alleviate pressure on river levees. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Cars stand submerged in overflow water from the Wolf River on McMiller Road in Memphis, Tenn. After weeks of rising to historic levels, the Mississippi River reached a crest just shy of the forecasted 48 feet at the Memphis gauge.
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A villager is helped to wear protective gloves at a gymnasium for a brief visit to their houses located near the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, for the first time since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in Kawauchi, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan, Tuesday, May 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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This handout photo provided by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), taken June 26, 2009, shows a tractor-trailer that crashed into cars on Interstate 44 near Miami. Oklahoma. (AP Photo/Oklahoma Highway Patrol, NTSB)
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A concrete truck is submerged in Memphis, Tenn., where residents are waiting for the Mississippi River to reach its peak by early Tuesday. City officials expressed confidence the levees will hold. Elvis Presley's Graceland estate is safe.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Flood waters from the Mississippi River encroach on Mud Island and parts of downtown Memphis, Tenn., on Monday. The Mississippi crept toward the highest level ever in the river city, flooding pockets of low-lying neighborhoods.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Dallas Wiens says his new face "feels natural." The Fort Worth, Texas, man received a new nose, lips, skin, muscle and nerves after his face was severely burned in an accident.
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A photo released by Tom Gordon shows damage caused by a PATH train accident at the Hoboken, N.J., station on Sunday, May 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Tom Gordon)
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**FILE** In this photo from May 10, 2010, Belgium's Wouter Weylandt celebrates on the podium after winning the third stage of the Giro d'Italia. Weylandt was killed Monday in a crash during the third stage of the Giro d'Italia. (Associated Press)
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In this May 3 photo, people wearing rubber boots walk through a flooded street at high tide after helping residents clean up debris in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The area in this part of the city sunk nearly 2 feet 7 inches following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Associated Press)
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Floodwater surrounds two pickup trucks outside a garage in Memphis, Tenn., on Sunday, May 8, 2011. Residents were 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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Emergency personnel gather near the entrance to the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) train station in Hoboken, N.J., on Sunday, May 8, 2011, after a train pulling into the station struck an abutment, causing minor injuries. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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A driver tries Thursday to drive on a submerged portion of Mississippi Highway 465 on his way to Eagle Lake, near Vicksburg, Miss., before rising flood waters stopped him. Residents along Mississippi River tributaries are evacuating ahead of the possible record flooding. (Associated Press)
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The rising waters of Lake Ferguson flood the Greenville Yacht Club on Thursday and are forcing the evacuation of its neighbor the Lighthouse Point Casino, in Greenville, Miss. (Associated Press)
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Thousands of people from Illinois to Louisiana have been forced from their homes, and anxiety is rising along with the rivers, though some of the most severe flooding has yet to hit. High water already threatens a house in Paducah, Ky., on the Ohio River.
