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

source: http://www.examiner.com/weather-in-jackson/historic-morganza-spillway-opening-to-divert-miss...

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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.

http://www.examiner.com/weather-in-jackson/historic-morganza-spillway-opening-to...
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