The first temporary shelter for flood evacuees opened in Vicksburg today as Eagle Lake and north Vicksburg neighborhoods were nearly vacated.

Entergy planned to cut off power to affected areas where lives and the electricity utility’s infrastructure were threatened.

Farmers worked furiously to remove corn, the only crop ready for harvest, from fields along the Mississippi River.

Rental trucks for moving were almost impossible to find, with lines quickly forming for any that are returned.

Redwood Elementary School students and teachers were packing all they could to move out at the close of classes Friday.