Sppt River News Today

Leaking out, because the edge of the river should be a mile that way, but as you can see, it swelled up a few homes here, and most of st. francisville, you could drive it on a normal day and we had to take a boat ride with the police chief, scott ford, to look at the area is, buried under the mississippi rivers floodwaters and we sue a bus, swallowed by water and a number of buildings, and, there were bulldozers, up on piles on sand trying to avoid floodwaters and a lot of power lines dangerousl...

City hotel maid. well have the latest. >> kelly: and deadly border clashes in northeast, at least 13 demonstrators tried to cross into israeli-controlled territory, are shot dead, well get a live report. >> heather: fox news alert, mississippi river flooding, pushing deeper and deeper into louisiana. the army corps of engineers has now opened four good to gates at the morganza spill way this, openings are diverting the surging river, reducing the flooding threat to big cities downstream. but, it...

>> kelly: its the largest masses grave ever uncovered and 17 more bodies. is there a civil war going on in mexico? >> heather: we begin with flooding crisis along the sppt river. the army corps of engineers opening two more floodgates on the louisiana spillway bringing the total to four. its to help save major cities like new orleans and baton rouge from flooding. people in small towns and farms living in the path, they are bracesing for the worst. now scrambling for higher ground. rick levy an ...

Being with us, the morganza spill way opened four floodgates, 39,000 cubic feet of water, every second, being diverted off of the swollen mississippi river. and is enough water to fill an owe olympic sides swimming pool every 20 seconds and, they are trying to keep the level of the river down so bigger cities, baton rouge and new orleans are not as badly affected thats smaller towns are, so that is an ongoing process and we still havent seen it crest yet. >> heather: thank you very much, rick, w...

Parts north of spillway. well take you live vicksburg the next big city where the river is expected to crest and residents are preparing for the massive floods. >> heather: head of international monetary fund embroiled in a sex scandal. he is charged with a criminal sex act, attempted rape. accusations made at an upscale hotel in new york city. >> reporter: it went down in the times square hotel. the maid entered his suite believing it was unoccupied and emerged from a bathroom fully naked and a...

The water has to go somewhere and it goes downstream and that is why the flood warnings are issued across areas along the mississippi river and all of the excess water that fell along the ohio river has to flow downstream into the mississippi river and that has been causing flooding and we saw the river crest in memphis, tennessee, earlier this week, may 10th and now the flood crest, still flowing downstream, we expect it to reach vicksburg, mississippi, coming up on the 16th, and -- in natchez,...

Story. >> heather: thats okay. we all know american public is frustrated with washington politicians so how is it that incumbents get re-elected time after time? and were on the ground in mississippi where residents are waiting for the river to reach the highest level yet. some of the worst fighting on the streets of jerusalem is here. well have a live report coming up. host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? host: does the buck stop here? sfx: bucks blustery...

Of these homes and businesses. it man a losing battle. again, the river has not yet crested and no one is quite sure when it will be. >> heather: 25,000 people will be affected. i want to ask you, all those people standing around you, are they people that live in the area. >> reporter: any you guys local residents, checking it out and taking pictures? is your home affected at all? no. >> high and dry. >> reporter: majority of people out of harms way, but we saw people packing up and leaving thei...