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2,000 people in st. landry parish west of baton rouge have been told to pack up and leave. they have until 6:00 p.m. eastern time. six other parishes in the region are also expected to flood. the evacuations come after the army corps of engineers started opening flood gates on the morganza spillway. more will likely be opened in the days ahead. theyre merging spillways away from new orleans and baton rouge, but that puts nearly 4,000 people in the path of that flood. were joined from s...

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...