Louisiana Floodgates Open for 1st Time in 38 Years

Water from the inflated Mississippi River gushed through a floodgate today for the first time in nearly four decades and headed toward thousands of homes and farmland in the Cajun countryside, threatening to slowly submerge the land under water up to 25 feet deep. As the gate was raised, the…

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Louisiana Floodgates Open for 1st Time in 38 Years

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