While the gym has been turned into a makeshift headquarters for the Red Cross and Salvation Army , the Army Corps of Engineers has created a loading depot for levee sandbags behind the school . Town of Winfield , Mississippi , hopes crumbling Pin Oak levee holds until river crests . Mississippi expected to crest Early Tuesday at about 80 miles above flood stage . Winfield High School becomes staging ground for relief efforts , temporary shelters . Floodwaters have damaged 5,000 homes in Mississippi .
Town of Winfield , Mississippi , hopes crumbling Pin Oak levee holds until river crests . Mississippi expected to crest Early Tuesday at about 80 miles above flood stage . Winfield High School becomes staging ground for relief efforts , temporary shelters . Floodwaters have damaged 5,000 homes in Mississippi .