Vicksburg, Mississippi Flooding: Town On High Alert As Swollen River Approaches (VIDEO)

VICKSBURG, MISS. -- As the swollen crest of the Mississippi River makes its way toward Vicksburg, Miss., this week, the town is already on high alert.

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Some riverfront casinos and port facilities are already submerged, and residents in low-lying neighborhoods have already been flooded out for days.

Much of Vicksburg sits high atop a bluff. But the areas on the outskirts of town have felt the full force of the unprecedented river levels. In one neighborhood south of town, resident Austin Hynum ferried his dogs back and forth on a flatboat to his front door.

Over the course of three days last week, Hynum and his neighbors scrambled to hire contractors to jack up their trailer homes high enough to avoid the rising waters.

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