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officials are focused on this one 26-mile stretch of a dirt road to nowhere. its actually the levee. see the crew on the left hand side, its for the yazoo and mississippi river. this levee is holding it back. however, theres one foot between the level of the water and when it goes over the top. the prediction is its going to go over the top. we were talking with the secretary of state of mississippi, they expect it to happen overnight. water going over the levee is not the end of the w...

Dikes already. the ones that are left here yet down the line, they are doing real good. not having much problem. >> the river appears to be leveling off the in the fargo area. but it may not be over yet in that region or places close by. alex, they were saying it hit 39 feet. thats a huge crest. i was thinking its like four stories high. will we see more weather to help them avert it in. >> we are going to see more rain coming into these areas. we may be talking about it cresting a bit, it may b...

Opening the spill way has now along the mississippi river. we look at that river as a whole. where the river is cresting is arkansas city. thats in arkansas. this is the area we are talking act here. vicksburg, thats where martin is. you can see 14.5 feet is where its supposed to reach above flood stage on thursday. we have a long way to go and its already at the record. its beaten the record. red river landing 16.5 feet on may 22nd. we are talking seven to ten days from now. look at new orleans...