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The curious gather Thursday morning under the trolley bridge at Beale and Riverside in Downtown Memphis for a glimpse of the swollen Mississippi River. Floodwaters were beginning to push into Tom Lee Park toward Riverside after flooding General DeWitt Spain Airport north of Downtown.

Photo by Jim Weber

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The curious gather Thursday morning under the trolley bridge at Beale and Riverside in Downtown Memphis for a glimpse of the swollen Mississippi River. Floodwaters were beginning to push into Tom Lee Park toward Riverside after flooding General DeWitt Spain Airport north of Downtown.