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Apartment buildings. theyre all dry, even though this area of town is considerably below the current level on the mississippi. however, with the river expected to crest in this area, possibly sometime tomorrow, authorities anticipate that the water level will be about this high for the next 8-10 days. so the risk is that the levy system becomes saturated so, theyre going to have crews going up and down the levy at the ready, with sandbags, in case they find any slight breaches, so they can repai...

Greenville have been coming to the levy, looking at the river which is at the highest level its been since the great flood of 1927. during that flood, the levy system was breached, causing severe flooding throughout much of the city of greenville. officials believe its going to be different this time around. right now were walking up one of the levees that protects this city from the flood waters of the mississippi river. its been strengthened over the years, and local officials believe that it ...

A giant lake behind me. that lake is growing by the second. it is moving south. several different small towns as many as 25,000 people could be affected or flooded by this water. it was a deliberate decision a tough one for officials deciding to flood out the lower planes here praptsz submerge some towns entirely before they protect the larger population centers in baton rouge and new orleans. they will be under a great deal of stress from the rise in the river to let this water lose and choose ...

Also rats and leeches, some of the animals in the water and further south in louisiana, authorities are warning residents to watch out for alligators. thats where flooding is expected next and thats where we find kris gutierrez live in st. charles parish in louisiana. >> >> reporter: we should point out all that water in memphis is heading south in our direction. remember, the mississippi river helps drain water out of 31 states, so there are a lot of on ramps, if you will, but the main off ramp...

A different situation. thats the only thing that worries me. >> 57 feet tall levies, they think they will hold. the army corps of engineers already opening flood gates in the hope of relieving some levy system. a lot of cities and counsels in between. first jonathan serrie who is live downtown in memphis where the floodwaters may reach their peak very soon. what happens now, jonathan? >> shep, more than had hundred residents of memphis in surrounding shelby county are in local shelters to. give ...

Hurricane warning they need to heed those warnings and get out of town. they shouldnt have any kind of false comply san see because of the levy system. >> back to you. >> people did not heed it. coming up its the day after. how did beck do the big at large review of his historic pow wow in washington after this. >> what they had to do. not because they wanted to. vernon, texas a town where business is personal a health mart town. where second generation pharmacist, terry spears... owns his healt...

Is>> mond oo. >> monumental heartache and damage of hurricane cat 14 gnaw challenged core engineers to come up with a plan to protect the city. >> the goal to rebuild and repair 350 miles of levees, comp stations and flood gates by next summer. >> right now we are working on about $14.6 billion worth of work to help reduce the risk to the people in the greater new orleans area. this is although its a big piece, its just one piece of it. >> new orleans area had a levy system in existence before k...

Hurricane warning they need to heed those warnings and get out of town. they shouldnt have any kind of false comply san see because of the levy system. >> back to you. >> people did not heed it. coming up its the day after. how did beck do the big at large review of his historic pow wow in washington after this.

Hurricane warning they need to heed those warnings and get out of town. they shouldnt have any kind of false comply san see because of the levy system. >> back to you. >> people did not heed it. coming up its the day after. how did beck do the big at large review of his historic pow wow in washington after this. [ lisa ] my nams lisa, and i smoked for 29 years. the one thing about smoking -- is it dominates your life, and it dominated mine. i honestly loved smoking, and i honestly didnt think i ...

Is>> mond oo. >> monumental heartache and damage of hurricane cat 14 gnaw challenged core engineers to come up with a plan to protect the city. >> the goal to rebuild and repair 350 miles of levees, comp stations and flood gates by next summer. >> right now we are working on about $14.6 billion worth of work to help reduce the risk to the people in the greater new orleans area. this is although its a big piece, its just one piece of it. >> new orleans area had a levy system in existence before k...