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good evening. floodgates were opened this weekend that will intentionally flood thousands of homes for the sake of saving bigger places like baton rouge and new orleans. it was an awful kind of choice for the government to make. then again, this is a record amount of water we re talking about here. epping flooding along the most vital river in the country. by tonight, 11 separate flood gates on the big morganza spillway will be open and flowing. it spreads out from there downstream in louisiana where 25,000 people live in its potential path. over 3 million acres of land, 13,000 structures. in all, the homeowners must now evacuate and wait. the government saved some big cities from catastrophe while launching thousands of personal tragedies across the state. we have two reports on this tonight beginning with anne thompson in melville, louisiana anne, good evening. reporter: good evening, brian. people here in melville are bracing for this manmade flood. the result of a ....
captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. flood gates were opened this weekend that will intentionally flood thousands of homes for the sake of saving bigger places like baton rouge and new orleans. it was an awful kind of choice for the government to make. then again, this is a record amount of water we re talking about here. epic flooded along the most vital river in the country. by tonight, 11 separate flood gates on the big morganza spillway will be open and flowing. it spreads out from there downstream in louisiana where 25,000 people live in its potential path. over 3 million acres of land, 13,000 structures. in all, the homeowners must now evacuate and wait. the government saved some big cities from catastrophe while launching thousands of personal tragedies across the state. we have two reports on this tonight beginning with anne thompson in melville, louisiana tonight. good evening. reporter: good evening, brian. people here in melville ar ....
nightly news begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. flood gates were opened this weekend that will intentionally flood thousands of homes for the sake of saving larger cities like baton rouge and new orleans. it was an awful kind of choice for the government to make. then again, this is a record amount of water we re talking about here. epic flooded along the most vital river in the country. by tonight, 11 separate flood gates on the big morganza spillway will be open and flowing. it spreads out from there downstream in louisiana where 25,000 people live in its potential path. over 3 million acres of land, 13,000 structures. the homeowners must now evacuate and wait. the government saved some big cities from catastrophe while launching thousands of personal tragedies across louisiana. we have two reports on this tonight beginning with anne thompson in melville, louisiana tonight. good evening. reporter: good evening, brian. here in ....