These photos of the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tenn., were taken by a NASA satellite and show the river on April 21, 2010, right, and May 10, 2011, left. Muddy water has pushed over the Mississippi’s banks both east and west of the normal river channel.

First published in the May 11, 2011, 1:47 p.m. edition

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