RM2E5RN4P–Water rushes over dirt roads inside the Morganza Floodway as water from the flowing floodway heads south near Krotz Springs, Louisiana May 17, 2011. Scores of U.S. heartland rivers from the Dakotas to Ohio have flooded following a snowy winter and heavy spring rains, feeding near-record crests on the lower Mississippi River. REUTERS/Sean Gardner (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
RMTYG2BW–Residents fill sandbags in Stephensville, Louisiana, May 14, 2011. St. Mary Parish was preparing for high water after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the Morganza Floodway to divert the cresting Mississippi River's waters away from downriver cities including Baton Rouge and New Orleans. UPI/A.J. Sisco.
RMD4B1MJ–Morganza Floodway after Five Days of Flow
RMHRJDE6–Morganza Floodway, ASTER Image, 2011
RMHEN068–Morganza Floodway Travel Times May 2011
RMDCE89B–USA, Louisiana, Atchafalaya Basin, Atchafalaya, Morganza Spillway (Floodway), sign by US Army Corps of Engineers.
RM2CXCR91–A deer wades through water in the Atchafalaya River after water from the open Morganza Floodway invades their habitat near Krotz Springs, Louisiana May 17, 2011. Scores of U.S. heartland rivers from the Dakotas to Ohio have flooded following a snowy winter and heavy spring rains, feeding near-record crests on the lower Mississippi River. REUTERS/Sean Gardner (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS)
RMTYG2BR–Prison inmates fill sandbags in Stephensville, Louisiana, May 14, 2011. St. Mary Parish is preparing for high water after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the Morganza Floodway to divert water from the cresting Mississippi River away from downriver cities including Baton Rouge and New Orleans. UPI/A.J. Sisco.
RMEJP1PN–Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, GEN Martin E. Dempsey takes a New Orleans-area helicopter tour of the engorged Mississippi River and its levee system. GEN Dempsey visited the Soldiers of the National Guard and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers May 21 as they work to reinforce levees, divert flood waters, and assist evacuees along the Mississippi. U.S. Army Myles Cullen For more news and information from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, visit www.mvn.usace.army.mil www.mvn.usace.army.mil .
RMHRJDE5–Morganza Spillway, ALI, 2011
RMDCE8A5–USA, Louisiana, Atchafalaya Basin, Morganza Spillway, parched land east (upriver) of spillway gates.
RMTYG2BM–Prison inmates and volunteers fill sandbags in Stephensville, Louisiana, May 14, 2011. St. Mary Parish was preparing for high water after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the Morganza Floodway to divert water from the cresting Mississippi River away from downriver cities including Baton Rouge and New Orleans. UPI/A.J. Sisco.
RMDCE8BB–USA, Louisiana, Atchafalaya Basin, Morganza Spillway tower at causeway over spillway gates, open for repair after Flood of '11.
RMTYG2BH–Prison inmates fill sandbags in Stephensville, Louisiana, May 14, 2011. St. Mary Parish was preparing for high water after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the Morganza Floodway to divert water from the cresting Mississippi River away from downriver cities including Baton Rouge and New Orleans. UPI/A.J. Sisco.
RMDCE8C1–USA, Louisiana, Atchafalaya Basin, Morganza Spillway, land east (upriver) of spillway gates, egret in front of gate.
RMTYG2BP–A prison inmate fills sandbags in Stephensville, Louisiana, May 14, 2011. St. Mary Parish was preparing for high water after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the Morganza Floodway to divert water from the cresting Mississippi River away from downriver cities including Baton Rouge and New Orleans. UPI/A.J. Sisco.
RMDCE8FK–USA, Louisiana, Atchafalaya Basin, Old River Control Auxiliary Structure. Water-level measurement sticks.
RMTYG2B8–The gambling boat Amelia Belle is moored on Bayou Boeuf in Amelia, Louisiana, May 14, 2011. The bayou is expected to overflow and flood nearby areas after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the Morganza Floodway to divert water from the cresting Mississippi River away from downriver cities including Baton Rouge and New Orleans. UPI/A.J. Sisco.
RMDCE8F6–USA, Louisiana, Atchafalaya Basin, Old River Control Auxiliary Structure. Water-level measurement sticks.
RMTYG2BJ–Bridget LeJeune, at right in pink shirt, fills sandbags with neighbors in Stephensville, Louisiana, May 14, 2011. St. Mary Parish was preparing for high water after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the Morganza Floodway to divert water from the cresting Mississippi River away from downriver cities including Baton Rouge and New Orleans. UPI/A.J. Sisco.
RMTYG2C1–Aimee Arcemont, right, shovels sand into a bag held by her neighbor, Heather Morgann, kneeling, in front of Morgann's house in Stephensville, Louisiana, May 14, 2011. St. Mary Parish was preparing for high water after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the Morganza Floodway to divert the cresting Mississippi River's waters away from downriver cities including Baton Rouge and New Orleans. UPI/A.J. Sisco.
RMTYG2BK–Prison inmates and volunteers unroll a section of 'aqua dam,' a rubber bladder that is filled with water to create a temporary dam, in Stephensville, Louisiana, May 14, 2011. Residents of St. Mary Parish were preparing for high water after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the Morganza Floodway to divert water from the cresting Mississippi River away from downriver cities including Baton Rouge and New Orleans. UPI/A.J. Sisco.
RMTYG2BN–Prison inmates and volunteers unroll a section of 'aqua dam,' a rubber bladder that is filled with water to create a temporary dam, in Stephensville, Louisiana, May 14, 2011. Residents of St. Mary Parish were preparing for high water after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the Morganza Floodway to divert water from the cresting Mississippi River away from downriver cities including Baton Rouge and New Orleans. UPI/A.J. Sisco.
RMTYG2BT–Blaine Bourgeois clowns around in a flatboat on his family's roof in Morgan City, Louisiana, trying to find humor in approaching floodwaters after the Morganza Floodways was opened May 14, 2011. Residents are preparing for high water after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the floodway to divert cresting Mississippi River water away from downriver cities including Baton Rouge and New Orleans. UPI/A.J. Sisco.
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