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Actually causing some travel disruption. as we jump ahead to tuesday we're going to see potentially cresting on may 25th roughly about half a foot above record flood stage. so we do have a levee system there but that is if it holds together. now we go to another graphic. we have to continue talk about the flooding. yes this is louisiana. don mentioned how will this have an effect on new orleans. because they opened this up we expect only minor flooding may 14th and may 16th we're actually going see the river cresting and that's roughly about ten feet above flood stage. up towards the north we'...

In fact, it actually should be 17 feet. so by opening this up, this is going to be really good news for new orleans. now, keep in mind, earlier they thought it was going to get closer, higher up and the wall is built about 20 feet and they thought it was going to be, as i said, higher, but this right now showing you potentially we could see the river cresting and staying this way for several days and that is good news. now, as we go over to this graphic right here, this is going to give you an idea of when the water is actually going to be moving down towards the south. again, that's the morga...

Cresting on may 25th, roughly about a half a foot above record flood stage. so we do have a levee system there, but that is if it holds together. now, we go to another graphic here. we have to continue talking about the flooding. yes, this is louisiana, and don mentioned how is this going to have an affect on new orleans? well, because they opened this up, we're going to expect only minor flooding may 14th and then may 16th we're actually going to see the river cresting, and that is roughly about ten feet above flood stage. and up towards the north we're talking dates roughly right around may ...

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