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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...

biggest cities in louisiana. but it means tiny communities could soon be under many feet of water. this is what it looked like in 1973. the one and only time the morganza spillway had to be opened. theres no guarantee it will even work. the mississippi river is already dangerously high in new orleans. the army corps of engineers is hoping that by diverting water through two spillways will lower the river level and spare the city. so far, the corps says opening the morganza spillway app...

Van in a remote road in nevada friday. she survived on trail mix. i think she had a little bit of beef jerky in the car, melting show. go out and collect it, let the sun melt it and drink it. chretiens car got stuck in the mud and her husband albert walked to find help. he unfortunately is still missing. >> hundreds on the run in memphis from the surging mississippi. its expected to rest near a record level tomorrow. it could be the worst flood you guys since 1937. >> bonnie schneider watching t...

Them at least shelter if need be? >> thats the first thing we look at the loss of life but then you have to look at the businesses. most every business in smithville was destroyed. so many across the state. then you have the expense to the local communities. fire departments, police departments, even our national guard that is now working. and weve stood those units up and redefined that mission. but thats an expense to the state of mississippi that weve got to factor in. on top of all of that, ...

Home behind me evacuated and you cant tell, but underwater those are sand bags obviously doing no good and the car abandoned in a car port. the residents, hundreds of residents evacuated on thursday and friday due to a fast rising passaic river about three to four blocks down the street here and that river cresting last night, up almost 12 feet. now at that river falling, receding about six inches, very slowly, but surely receding and it wont take until probably wednesday before residents are al...

Home behind me evacuated and you cant tell, but underwater those are sand bags obviously doing no good and the car abandoned in a car port. the residents, hundreds of residents evacuated on thursday and friday due to a fast rising passaic river about three to four blocks down the street here and that river cresting last night, up almost 12 feet. now at that river falling, receding about six inches, very slowly, but surely receding and it wont take until probably wednesday before residents are al...

More dire. forecasters now say that the pawtuxet river could crest at 12 feet above flood stage any moment, a foot higher than what we were hearing an hour ago, and that peoples lives are at risk. reynolds wolf is live along the river in cranston, rhode island. what a difference a foot makes when youre talking about the river cresting. right? >> reporter: oh, its mind numbing. i can tell you just yesterday parts of our crew were out here about, looking around, and desmond, the photojournalist on...

Toward omaha and a lot of rain. look at the video across north dakota where the big story is the north dakota area where over 12,000 people have evacuated. it is very scary. flooding with a river cresting over 6 higher than anything ever seen breaking records from 1880 and images leak this for people and it is scary. it will take a while for the water to go away and a lot more mother melting and moving down the missouri river. big stories across the planes but the images, the river will crest th...