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they're going to have to sacrifice some homes and businesses in order to save many, many more. the army corps expected to open louisiana's huge morganza spillway when the river flow hits 1.5 million cubic feet per second. what does that mean? all you need to know is that rate continues to go up and getting closer and closer to that point. the spillway was last opened in 1973, but we are expecting it today and maybe in the next few hours. now, doing that, what does that do? it takes the pressure off levees in baton rouge and new orleans and it will also flood seven louisiana parishes ...

Will hapb when that happens, the water will push through the gate and you can see over here the dry land that is out on this way, 100 miles and curve around like this through the river basin and 100 miles down towards morgan city and that's where we caught up with the mayor of morgan city. tim matt who has spent the last few weeks getting his city ready for the incoming flood waters. >> well, it is the heart of the city and it's primarily protected, of course, by that wall right there and it would take a failure of that wall, i think, before this would really be at risk. what we're really conc...