Several Mississippi counties are declared federal disaster areas . Sen. Claire McCaskill calls it ` ` an epic flood '' Water from the Mississippi River floods thousands of square miles of farmland . Heavy rains have caused massive flooding from Minnesota to Louisiana .
Eleven Mississippi counties are declared federal disaster areas . Sen. Claire McCaskill calls it `` an epic flood '' Water from the Mississippi River floods hundreds of square miles of farmland . Heavy rains have caused massive flooding from Minnesota to Louisiana .