Although we’re only at the beginning of March, springlike flooding has been plaguing communities in the Deep South for weeks now.
The misery has resulted from heavy rains that just won’t let up.
Images From Space Reveal the Dramatic Extent of Flooding in the Mississippi Valley
Two months of heavy rains — part of a pattern that spawned Tennessee’s deadly tornadoes — have caused misery across the South.
Flooding along the Mississippi River and surrounding water bodies is evident in this false-color image acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite on Feb. 27, 2020. (Credit: NASA Earth Observatory, modified by Tom Yulsman)
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