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Missouri, so a lot of people are happy thats open. this reservoir is having a hard time flowing back into the mississippi because the mississippi river itself is flooded. the town of st. girardeau is going to see a record flood. however, its protected by a floodwall. the flood stage there is 32 feet. today the river is at 86.86 feet. thats the highest its ever been. its on its way up to 50 feet there. that floodwall can handle that, 95% of the city is protected, but 5% isnt. so theres a problem ...

Closing due to dangerous amounts of water accumulating on the roads. >> what are you seeing there? >> reporter: good morning. yeah, even before we sought overnight rains that we got here, roads like this one were already flooded out, already shut down, and residents here have been on edge. relentless rain pounding parts of the plains. causing severe flash flooding in oklahoma. in wichita falls, texas, truckloads of sand continued arriving on saturday as volunteers worked round the clock to fill ...

>> relentless rain pounding parts of the plains. causing severe flash flooding in oklahoma. in wichita falls, texas, truck loads of sand continued arriving on saturday as volunteers work around the clock to fill up the bags. all in an effort to help residents in low-lying areas who are scrambling to prepare for what could turn out to be a record flood. city leaders on alert. >> well have to wait and see how this progresses. >> water line would be about from the edge there maybe about 12 inches d...

Residents in shelters right now and trying to figure out their intermediate and long-term housing needs. so we have quite an uphill battle ahead of us. we had a great community in hays county. some amazing first responders and volunteer organizations that are helping had. its hard hard because its a record flood for our area. >> 1,000 people in shelters you put it help us understand the curfew that will go into effect tonight. why is that and what will and how will it protect? >> it is really fo...

Worried. >> there has to be less than 2007 and unfortunately the whiter can be higher than 2007. mark good morning, what is it like in wichita falls on the ground there? >> reporter: hi, alex. you can see here the rising floodwaters that are moving pretty quick. we are a half mile from the downtown area. this is actually supposed to be a bike path but now its under water. theres a sign out there under water with a bench that you can hardly see now. the officials have thought that they were going...

Record flood, everybody lost something. wed lost a lot of instruments. and then tuesday, musician friend of mine who had spent many a night on our couch, we buried him in anniston, alabama. and then thursday, my cousin adam spain was killed in afghanistan. and saturday the oldest of our five kids was married to the love of her life, jenny married josh in our side yard. and it was so beautiful. and jennys mom, janice, we were all brushing our teeth together and families extended, vince turned aro...

>> reporter: open floodgates, thousands hit by floodwaters so new orleans stays dry. the alternative, city officials say, would have been worse than katrina. >> water is pouring through 15 of 125 floodgates at morganza, louisiana right now, a quarter of the gates will eventually be opened. downstream, water from the spillway is already overrunning some homes. as many as 25,000 could go under water in the next few weeks. president obama is welcoming jordan king abdallah to the white h...

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In line, major to near record flooding is going to be expected here. vicksford, mississippi, this is another city were going to watch. may 20, thats next week were looking at that record flood. more than 14 1/2 feet. a few of these records could be beaten and go all the way back to 1915. well take you downstream a little bit further and show you whos next in line. this is naches. we head down toward louisiana and well watch for those crests to move down the 23rd, all the way down into baton roug...