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Historic Morganza spillway opening to divert Mississippi River flooding (Video)

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Army Corps of Engineers took the rare step and slowly opened a massive floodgate on the Mississippi River in Louisiana Saturday afternoon in an attempt to divert surging floodwaters from heavily populated areas in New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

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