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Contribute to that also. baton rouge is not expected to crest until january 19th. new orleans will be a little bit earlier. here is the thing. notice new orleans is the lowest of the colors. its only action stage, not flood stage. the reason for that they have the bonnet carre spillway that takes place between baton rouge and new orleans. as the water comes down through baton routh they can use the spillway to take excess water and put it into lake pontchartrain and areas like new orleans dont g...

Other location. greenville in vicksburg, it will be at least ten if not 14 days before we end up getting our crest. the concern here is any more rain that we get in the next 10 to 1514 days will only make these crests even higher than they already are. down near the very bottom. before it gets into the gulf of mexico, we have baton rouge and new orleans, a problem is theyre a city that does not deal well with flooding. here you see new orleans, however, is an action stage. the reason for that is...

Describing the nuclear agreement that took effect this week. and that the words used by the white house arent even in the terms of the deal. >> what iran has agreed is not to enrich, we did not agree to dismantle anything. what we agreed to was not enrich over 5%. but were not dismantling centrifuges. were not dismantling anything. >> you might recall iran agreed back in november to a temporary deal to freeze part of its nuclear program. now, in exchange six world powers would ease some of the s...

3-foot swells so it should be just fine for them but were talking about a risky endeavor. one risky endeavor is the situation with the cumberland river in tennessee. good news, 41.1 feet but expected to drop within 12 hours, well below flood stage and action stage which means the water in the river is going to drop. the cleanup is were looking at about $1 billion cleanup. unbelievable. something that should be working favorably for nashville is the forecast. breezy conditions on friday. possibly...