(Bloomberg) -- Brace yourself, U.S. South. The Mississippi Riveris coming, and so are the Arkansas, the Red, the Ohio and theMissouri.
The water on the Mississippi River is already so high thatMissouri has closed interstate highways. Governor Jay Nixonactivated the National Guard to stave off disaster.
And the floods only stand to get worse. Warmer-than-usualweather through December has precipitation falling as rain. Someareas have seen 5 to 10 inches (12 to 24 centimeters) above normalflowing into the rivers instead of being locked up as snow and iceon solid ground until spring. Flooding on the lower Mississippi maybecome severe enough to force the opening of the Bonnet CarreSpillway protecting New Orleans, according to the Lower MississippiRiver Forecast Center.
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