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Threatening people in louisiana. the pressure on those levees is building. kris gutierrez joins us from st. charles parish. >> reporter: hello martha. most people done realize, 31 states drain water into the mississippi if we use the analogy of a highway there are a lot of on-ramps 9 main exit ramp is south of louisiana in the gulf of mexico. to relieve pressure the army corps of engineers opened up the spillway behind me yesterday. between this saturday and next tuesday they are going to open another spillway. that should happen soon with that four day window again. when they do that, we coul...

Threatening people in louisiana. the pressure on those levees is building. kris gutierrez joins us from st. charles parish. >> reporter: hello martha. most people done realize, 31 states drain water into the mississippi if we use the analogy of a highway there are a lot of on-ramps 9 main exit ramp is south of louisiana in the gulf of mexico. to relieve pressure the army corps of engineers opened up the spillway behind me yesterday. between this saturday and next tuesday they are going to open another spillway. that should happen soon with that four day window again. when they do that, we coul...