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Mississippi, officials are saying that the river will likely rise in higher spots and even before in recorded history, higher than ever. right now officials in louisiana are facing the difficult choice of whether to open up the spillway. doing so would divert the bulging river and ease pressure on the levees that protect baton rouge, lsu, and new orleans, but it would also flood thousands of acres of farmland. >> there's a lot that's going to be destroyed. i think a lot will be saved hopefully, but we don't know until we do it. >> sad on both ends. i mean, if it opens here. the other side gets...

More flooding even though it's already flooding right now. as we advance further south you can see when we're looking at feet above flood stage we monitor vicksburg, all the wait to red riv irlanding and baton rouge and new orleans going through. so one of the problems i want to mention today, carol, it's hot and humid across muffin of the oppressive. temperatures soaring today and tomorrow. >> be careful with that as well. bonnie schneider, thank you. >> sure. a cnn story. the u.s. corps of engineers made an agonizing decision to blow up the levees to save the city of cairo, illinois. we ha...

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