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animals are being flushed out of their habitats into residential areas. officials warn that large gators wont think twice about grabbing a human. lets go to the st. landry parish of crop springs. ed, what do you know? >> reporter: well, don, we are in one of those neighborhoods that got the mandatory evacuation orders a few hours ago. as you look around here, this is a small subdivision right on the edge of the river. and authorities came through here literally going door to door, the ...

their habitats into residential areas. officials warn that large gators wont think twice about grabbing a human. lets go to the st. landry parish of crop springs. ed, what do you know? >> reporter: well, don, we are in one of those neighborhoods that got the mandatory evacuation orders a few hours ago. as you look around here, this is a small subdivision right on the edge of the river. and authorities came through here literally going door to door, the national guard and sheriffs deput...

Are holding up. we are trying to be there for them. we are trying to, how they say keep your chin up out of the water, to support them. we are doing the best we can. they are holding up as much as they can. >> robin, bridgette, are you going to stay? >> stay where? >> are you going to continue to live there when this is over? >> well, if we can go back, we may. we are not sure yet. it just depends on how bad it gets. you know, you dont know if it will be 15 feet of water or if it will be 30. >> ...

Morganza spillway that could start to change. so obviously we have a fluid situation here over the next couple of weeks. and the situation will be precario precarious, but crop springs is one of the early significant spots along the river downstream from the morganza spillway. and one of the first areas that well start to see the major effects of the flooding as it continues to move down to morgan city. don? >> reporter: thank you very much, ed. we want to go now to some residents. bridgette rob...