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This image provided by NASA on Saturday, May 14, 2011, and taken by an Expedition 27 crew member aboard the International Space Station on May 12, 2011, clearly shows the outlines of some heavily flooded agricultural fields on the Missouri side of the Mississippi River. The center point for this frame is just north of Caruthersville, Mo., and west of Ridgely, Tenn. North is toward the lower right corner of the image. (AP Photo/NASA)

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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (right) speaks with workers Thursday while viewing levee construction work with Maj. Gen. Bennett Landreneau, adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard, in Krotz Springs, La., during a tour of areas that may be affected by flooding if the Morganza Spillway north of Baton Rouge is opened. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS A carp tries to swim from the backwater flooding cornfields near Yazoo City, Miss., on Thursday. Fish displaced by the flooding of the Mississippi River and its tributaries are trying to return to their natural environment as people and animals head for higher ground.

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Matthias Eggert, Gatow Forest Ranger and Licensed Boar Hunter inspects the damage caused by wild boars (Sus scrofa) in the forest in Gatower Heide in the far western part of Berlin. Growing wild boar populations have become an increasing problem in urban parts of the city of Berlin. Attracted in part by people feeding them and by the food found in the garbage they have migrated far into the center of town where they damage and destroy gardens and parks in their search for food. (Harald Franzen/Special to The Washington Times)

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The family room has a wood-burning fireplace with a stone hearth and surround. Above the fireplace is a felevision that can be hidden from view.

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An Afghan boy with severe burns is treated in a U.S. Army medevac helicopter en route to a hospital Wednesday. Officials said the Taliban has started its spring offensive of terrorism.

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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.