May 14: Water diverted from the Mississippi River spills through a bay in the Morganza Spillway in Morganza, La. A steel, 10-ton floodgate was slowly raised Saturday for the first time in nearly four decades, unleashing a torrent of water from the Mississippi River, away from heavily populated areas downstream. (AP)
MORGANZA, La. – Water from the inflated Mississippi River gushed through a floodgate Saturday for the first time in nearly four decades and headed toward thousands of homes and farmland in Louisiana's French-speaking countryside, threatening to slowly submerge the land under water up to 25 feet deep.
As the gate was raised, the river poured out like a waterfall, at times spraying 6 feet into the air. Fish jumped or were hurled through the white froth and within 30 minutes, 100 acres of what was dry land was under about one foot of water.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/14/louisiana-prepares-open-spillway-avert-mississippi-river-flooding-disaster/#ixzz1MOFatjD4
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