These false-color images compare conditions along the Mississippi River and Atchafalaya Basin in June 2011, during heavy flooding, and three years earlier.
Acquired May 18, 2011, and May 4, 2011, these false-color images show flooded conditions along the Lower Mississippi River, including diverted water entering the Morganza Floodway on May 18.
These false-color images compare conditions along the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers around Vicksburg in June 2011, during heavy flooding, and three years earlier.
This image from the Advanced Land Imager on NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite was acquired on May 15, 2011, about 24 hours after the Morganza Spillway was partially opened by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to ease flooding along the Mississippi River.