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Once there was this little girl who had a golden ring. >> a 900-year-old fairytale. >> the worm was supposed to protect it. >> a terrifying ending. >> but the worm grew and became a giant monster. >> has the fable come to life? >> i'm convinced there's something in that lake. >> february, 2012. iceland. it's a freezing winter morning, and this sheep farmer is looking out over lake lagarfljot. life is slow and excitement rare in this remote village. that's about to change. as the beast makes its way up

Once there was this little girl who had a golden ring. >> a 900-year-old fairytale. >> the worm was supposed to protect it. >> a terrifying ending. >> but the worm grew and became a giant monster. >> has the fabel come to life? >> i'm convinced there's something in that lake. >> february, 2012. iceland. it's a freezing winter morning, and this sheep farmer is looking out over lake lagerflut. life is slow and excitement rare in this remote village. that's about to change. as the beast makes its way up

>> that's correct. >> reporter: this is part of the wall that held it back? >> that's correct. >> reporter: we're about 100 miles north of morgan city. about 3:00 central time, 4:00 eastern, if you look about halfway down this flood structure, one of those gates, perhaps two later on today, will be opened up. and all this area that you see out here behind me will begin to fill up with water. fredricka? >> thanks so much, ed. we'll check back with you throughout the day. up river, the state of mississippi is dealing with its worst flooding in decades. floodwaters have swamped lowlying areas a...

Cold comfort to leroy mays trying to protect his house. >> we're poor people. and i'm not agreeable in opening that gate up, no. i'm not agreeing with that. >> reporter: up river in vicksburg, mississippi, highway 61, a main thorough fare, is closed. so crews can build a levee to keep the water at bay. farmer everett deer is doing the same, using dirt from his corn field to construct a 19-foot wall of mud around his house. >> i don't have flood insurance so i got to try to save it. >> reporter: in baton rouge, neon colored tiger dams are rolled out to protect louisiana's capital city. 10% of t...

>> reporter: right now, we're given a time frame, sometime between saturday, this saturday, and next tuesday, that morganza spillway will most likely be open. when it does all of that flood water will flow on the opposite side of that levy there and dump out into the gulf of mexico. the concern is in this low lie be community of stephensville and morgan city, that water will slowly backwash in this direction and flood out these communities. heather, back to you. >> reporter: thank you very much, hoping for the best down there. bill. bill: heather, in the meantime, further up river on the missi...