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You will see this and you cant see it anymore. >> this is in the horseshoe casino. they go around it. >> down here, they are bringing in dirt. the water is coming through underneath. seeping under the levee, that is correct. i dont know what the engineering term is. the los angeles, its coming up the mississippi. the only other one i know of is collapsed or something.

Now all of them destroyed a string of different home sites and camps on this side of the levee and they are washed out. >> yeah. >> 330 homes total? we saw one that just barely was out of the water. >> you look at 99% are under water. >> can you see any possibility of people coming back? these houses are destroyed. >> they are destroyed. >> the local management said up to 330, 25 had flood insurance? >> correct. >> have you seen water on these streets at all? >> it would be water to the base of ...

Re-enter the buildings. >> i will ask doug to turn his camera into the parking lot here. when people see this water they see flooding water and a bidding behind it. explain to us, this is a parking lot. this is eight, ten feet of water here? >> this is a parking lot almost to where we are standing here. its normally 2,500 parking spaces and about 7 1/2 to 8 feet deep. remarkable. never seen anything like it. nothing prepares you for it. you have to see it to believe it. >> mr. mayor, have you se...

The river doesnt actually go through. the homes are set. all this land at the levee, normally completely dry. this is dry land. you have never seen it like this. the thing about these houses, all them houses are like 8 to 10 and theyre built up in the air. they are on 8, 10, 15 feet and that water is right up the river. you are looking at 20 to 25 feet of water. >> hard to understand sometimes. much of what you are seeing, most of that water is not supposed to be there. that is supposed to be dr...

Boat. i went through today. the truth to those families is they are not going back onto those homes. >> fema and mema will make the determines when they can go back into the homes. its devastating and painful to watch the slow rise of the water. we cant start the recovery and you cant start the healing process until the water goes down. that is the part that is painful. for their safety and the safety of others, they are not allowed back in there. the last flood, there was not a forced evacuatio...

Appreciate your time at this bus tie time for you. well keep in touch and certainly wish you the best as you deal with this. lets head back to memphis, tennessee about 45 miles north. we restored our connection with david mattingly. youre in the middle of this hard-hit community. as you explain what happened in that community, help us understand any concerns on that end up there even as the waters start to recede a bit, you have to wonder about the levees. are they set up there? >> thats right. ...

Begun to see what the water is going to do. john? >> david mattingly live from memphis, tennessee. im in tunica county, mississippi. still ahead tonight, the united states believes its making some progress in its effort to get to question osama bin ladens wives and others taken into pakistani custody. also much more of our heartbreaking day in the areas hit hard by the flooding. when we come back, tunicas mayor.

That means there is going to be more pressure on all of these and it could cause further problems down the road. look behind me. we are at diamond jacks and you can see the water level and you can see the door thats about four feet of water at that door. this casino said they believe they could be closed until the middle of june. this water will be sticking around for a long time. thats a big problem. >> casey is tracking things in vicksburg for us. thanks. casy is that way, to my right and your...

Yes. something called the sand boil. sand boil right there. heres the levee right there. its a big dirt berm. its holding all the water back. its dirt. its not metal, its not concrete. it literally is soil. if water can get under the soil and burrow, then it starts to boil like a boiling pot of water, you just see the water and mud and sand boiling up on the wrong side of this levee, thats where things could go wrong, john. >> chad myers for news the weather center. that is exactly what we saw h...

... they all work together perfectly-- and you could save 25%. wow... its all in the wrists. ♪ nationwide is on your side its not very big. its about 420 square feet and it was up on eight foot stilts, but the water is heavy, 8 2/3 pounds per gallon. its got enough kinetic energy to push the house over. i had the opportunity to look through a collection of photographs. my house does not appear in the cut-off so it may be under the surface. >> do you think its under water