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The Associated Press
Published: Mon, April 07, 2008 - 1:24 am
Last Updated: Mon, April 07, 2008 - 1:30 am
Last Updated: Mon, April 07, 2008 - 1:30 am
still rising in Louisiana but officials expect the state's levees
will hold.
The Army Corps of Engineers is closely watching levees, amid
forecasts that the river will crest in New Orleans at 17 feet
sometime next week. The levees are designed to contain at least 20
feet of water.
The corps could decide by Tuesday whether to open a spillway
about 30 miles north of New Orleans. The spillway acts as a safety
valve to ease stress on the levees. It was last opened in 1997, the
last time river level forecasts were this high.
Tens of thousands of sandbags have been distributed along the
river.
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