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Federal disaster declaration helps bring flood aid to West Virginia

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Mississippi River floods

05/04/2011 2:22 pm ET Two pickup trucks are surrounded by flood water outside a garage in Memphis, Tenn., on May 8. Memphis residents were being told to flee their homes for higher ground as the mighty Mississippi River edged toward the city, threatening to bring more flooding to parts of an area already soaked.