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Ground-Level Footage of Morganza Spillway Opening [RAW VIDEO]
Did you miss witnessing history when the Morganza Spillway was opened up for the first time in decades earlier today? Don't sweat it. Here is everything you missed in one place!
The Army Corps of Engineers is releasing water from a spillway along the rising Mississippi River in Louisiana, diverting water into the countryside in hopes of avoiding a potentially bigger disaster in heavily populated areas downstream.
[via AP YouTube]
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