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plaquemine's parish south of new orleans. it's not what you want to see. water over top the levee could cause it to fail. issued a voluntary evacuation order as they rushed to get it fixed. in new orleans itself, more than a foot of rain dumped there. all four of the city's storm pumps are operational but he says the city cannot breathe easy just yet. >> i want to reiterate and put an exclamation point on this, we are not out of the woods yet. this is a very stubborn, persistent slow-moving, unpredictable and vent with wevl continue to be so until tomorrow. >> cnn's reynolds wolf is ...

Mississippi that are struggling to hold back this historic flood, none have been in greater levee than this levee at this particular time. this is the yazoo back levee holding back all the water from the yazoo river and the mississippi river. the water is 16 feet deep. that normally wouldn't have any water whatsoever. and then the levee is in between. on this side you have pretty much dry land. this is everything that's being protected by this levee, but as you point out, the water level here is about one foot away from going over the top of this levee. if it goes over the top, that's not the ...

their habitats into residential areas. officials warn that large gators won't think twice about grabbing a human. let's go to the st. landry parish of crop springs. ed, what do you know? >> reporter: well, don, we are in one of those neighborhoods that got the mandatory evacuation orders a few hours ago. as you look around here, this is a small subdivision right on the edge of the river. and authorities came through here literally going door to door, the national guard and sheriff's deputies are urging people to leave. and in this subdivision made up of 20 homes, almost everyone has ...