International: Southern farmers deal with 500,000 acres of flooded land

Southern farmers deal with 500,000 acres of flooded land



Backwater has flooded more than a half million acres of land in the Mississippi Delta. Since February, the Army Corps of Engineers has kept flood gates to the Steele Bayou Structure closed to keep the Mississippi River from making the problem worst. Now as backwater sits in homes and on farms, residents are uncertain if they withstand anymore financial disruptions.

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