Jody (L) and his wife Tracy Meche look over rising waters in the Atchafalaya Basin as they depart a boat ramp to go crawfishing near Butte LaRose, Louisiana, May 20, 2011. Scores of U.S. heartland rivers from the Dakotas to Ohio have flooded following a snowy winter and heavy spring rains, feeding near-record crests on the lower Mississippi River. [Xinhua/Reuters Photo]