Featured photojournalist: Mario Tama

Driftwood is left behind along railway tracks after Mississippi river floodwaters receded slightly in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Heavy rain has left the ground saturated and rivers swollen Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

A woman looks on as family members pack the contents of her home, where she has lived since 1948, during a mandatory evacuation in Krotz Springs, Louisiana Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

A crane searches for food in Vicksburg, Mississippi floodwaters Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Yazoo river floodwaters inundate crops Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Flooded young crops along the Yazoo river Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

A man tests the depth of Yazoo river floodwaters with his horse Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Young members of a family travel by boat across former farmland to inspect their property on the Yazoo river Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

An old mobile home is partially submerged in floodwaters from the rising Atchafalaya river in Simmesport, Louisiana Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

A woman and her dog travel to her home on the flooded Mississippi River in Vicksburg Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

A girl walks through floodwaters from the rising Atchafalaya river in Simmesport, Louisiana Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

A neighbourhood dog runs through floodwaters in Vicksburg, Mississippi Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

A woman uses a toy wagon to move sandbags as she constructs a barrier around her home in Stephensville, Louisiana Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

A family watch Mississippi river floodwaters near their home in Vicksburg Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Residents try to catch a glimpse as water is released by the US Army Corps of Engineers at the Morganza Spillway, Louisiana. The opening of the floodgates for the first time in nearly 40 years is intended to lower the crest of the flooding Mississippi river at Baton Rouge Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images