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Neighborhoods, as far as can you see. >> and in tucked away places, all across the bayou, there is some very important spots to watch. this is one of them. >> this is a sand boil. >> sand boil? >> where the mississippi river is running underneath through the dirt and ground and then bubbling up on the outside. >> shepard: this is a mile from the river. these boils are everywhere. being watched by volunteers. if they start spewing, especially with sand, the levee is buckling. >> it could undermin...

Backwater levee where we are standing right now may go 8 to 10 feet under water. we hope that dont happen. >> officials dont expect that to happen. they are going to keep a very close eye on these backwater levees even after the river crests. some 7 to 10 days after when they expect the floodwaters to remain very high in this area. >> casinos all up and down this river. what about the ones in tunica, mississippi. some are them are reopening sooner than expected. >> they are u indeed. the river h...

No one seems to know for sure if that cemetery is in danger because the floodwaters are still days away. can you see it rising very slowly here. officials believe it will reach the flood wall here in amelia by this weekend. could crest by sometime next week, shepard. no one knows exactly how high it will go. >> shepard: thats part of the big struggle here that nobody has ever seen any flooding this bad. never, since we have been recording history in the united states. rick leventhal, amealia, lo...

This had ever happened. >> and along with the farms in that area, the floods are also destroying wildlife. our steve harrigan is live. in louisiana in more with that hey, steve. >> shepard, we are out on the swamp today which in some cases ha risen 1 feet. thats creating a lot of problems for animals, even birds that have to find a new home. rabbit floating on a log is described as distressed animal in louisiana. released photos of distressed animals fleeing water from the morganza spillway nort...

Break the case. plus, the great flood of 2011. now triggering waves of economic disaster. >> this was going to be a year in agriculture really do well. >> shepard: those hopes are now washing away. >> how much damage and destruction is going to be done to our farms? >> shepard: tonight, how all of us could pay the price for the disaster in dixie. and good evening from natchez, the oldest permanent settlement in all of the state of mississippi. a spot some call the birthplace of this state. now n...

Others were jury as though demonstrations turned via. tried to storm nato outpost in the north of the counsel four women died in the air tacks every. you will those killed were armed and had tried to fire on nato troops. more pictures now from outerspace giving us a new look at the incredible scope of the floods along the mighty mississippi river. astronaut on board the international space station took these photos yesterday. this one shows the rivers rising watters. the effects of these floods ...

Anywhere down to the southern side of it, because of opening up the spillway, as well as the morganza, hit the levels you are going to stay at because everything below that is funneling off. there your crest to the north of vicksburg. still have all the way to get down there. that morganza spillway. all of that excess is coming down here into the basin. thats exactly where steve harrigan was just talking about. this entire area of flooding. water floods down the river, flows down the river and s...

Mark kelly blast off with the shuttle endeavour. docked at the international space station this morning. shuttle crew greeted him with smiles and hugs. the shuttles last scheduled mission bringing the most expensive pay load ever to that station. its a 2 wld device designed to help us all learn more about how the universe was formed. the vice presidents plane landed and then disaster was almost there. new report details how close two planes came to a violent collision. continuing coverage of the...

New york. rick, thank you. all you need to do is talk with one person whose whom is under water to get a sense how devastating these floods are you look at it on tv. 100 miles this way and 100 miles that way it all looks the same. it doesnt if its your stuff inside that house to. get an idea of the massive scope of this disaster, you really need to see it from above. today we took another chopper ride a few hours ago to do just that we landed in one of hundreds of sand boils along the river. tak...

Community? >> shepard: they have saved this community, period. >> shepard: period. inmates in jails from new orleans to natchez and vicksburg upriver to greenville and tuneca. farther north to memphis and beyond. the inmates, the sheriff tells us, have saved the levees and millions in property. can you check out our web site for all the latest on this historic flood of 2011. head over to foxnews.com/weather. there you will find updates and videos from our correspondents all across the river. fox...