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Severe floods from Mississippi River submerge fields in Illinois

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Aerial footage shows severe flooding across the border of Cairo, Illinois, and Wickliffe, Kentucky, on, April 15.

The filmer said: 'Aerial of the flooding around Cairo, IL and Wickliffe, KY. The flooding has been so brutal.'

Officials at the National Weather Service said the Mississippi River water levels rose after four days of torrential downpours.

David Welch, the senior hydrologist for Lower Mississippi River, said the river could stay above 50 feet for about two weeks.

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