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Or the arkansas wide rivers and yet, youre seeing a dramatic impact, why? >> well, you know, our flooding problem started about three weeks ago, actually when our local rivers flooded and we have a lot on the other side of the river and when it went above flood stage they werent able to get into town to buy the farm supplies they needed and then, fortunately for us, we went four days with only a dozen people coming in the store. >> mike: what would be normal? >> like 200 people. and we are talki...

In blue this is the mississippi river. by opening this up this loud for actually some of that water to actually -- we can say be relieved and being pushed over towards the west and south. the problem is that is going flood a good chart of the basin river area. to give you and idea how deep the water will be, were talk about the flooding problem. green, ten to 15 feet. in orange, right along the river were talking 20 to 25 and look right here this is actually showing you the area of the mississip...

photos michael jackson wanted to have destroyed. good evening everyone. im don lemon. the news starts right now. the legendary mississippi river is rewriting history tonight. for the first time in nearly 40 years the morganza spillways a opened today to divert the swollen river into the atchafalaya basin. its a pressure valve to relieve the threat of flooding in beige and new orleans, but it means tiny communities could be under many feet of water and force thousands of people from t...

before all that plastic surgery. well show you the photos that michael jackson wanted to have destroyed. good evening everyone im don lemon. the news starts right now. the legendary mississippi river is rewriting history tonight for the first time in nearly 40 years the morganza spillway was opened today to divert the swollen river into the atchafalaya basin. in they communities in the basin could be under many feet of water and force many people from their homes. this is what it loo...

photos michael jackson wanted to have destroyed. good evening everyone. im don lemon. the news starts right now. the legendary mississippi river is rewriting history tonight. for the first time in nearly 40 years the morganza spillways a opened today to divert the swollen river into the atchafalaya basin. its a pressure valve to relieve the threat of flooding in beige and new orleans, but it means tiny communities could be under many feet of water and force thousands of people from t...

There has been some rain down there. most across alabama. all the tornadoes a couple weeks ago. more rain and bad weather here over the last day. clearing behind this and with everything cool and dry over the next couple of days flooding. but the flooding problem will continue. >> catch-22. worry about new orleans flooding and on the other hand have you 30,000 people that could be affected by the spillway being open. >> that is the exact scenario. protect a lesser amount of people by opening it ...

Were watching cresting in memphis tonight. were watching it flow down the states on alert, mississippi next. and then louisiana. lets check in with one of the governors having to deal with this flooding problem. governor haley barbour. what is your biggest fear tonight? >> well, of course the integrity of the levee system is the critical thing. were going to have levels of the mississippi river higher than 1927, the great flood of 1927. and of course what happened in that year was that the main ...

The southeast. arkansas was pummeled with the flooding and tornadoes four or five days ago. unfortunately, the same spots could have up to seven inchs of rain. were already talking about record-breaking flooding and this could exacerbate the problem and make the choice more difficult do they blow up to levees to relieve pressure or deal with evacuating kay row? -- cairo? the areas south are likely cresting at all-time record highs and the flooding problem across the south will continue in the me...

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Louisiana is telling the people of louisiana to prepare for a category one. we dont think it will be a category one, but he just wants everyone to be on alert, its already causing problems with the oil, they have had to pick up the booms, theyre moving some of the boats, so it is causing issue. the waves could get as high as 12 feet. but the good news with this system is its moving very fast. though its organized, if it was moving slower, maybe five or six miles an hour, we could have had a majo...