When the Morganza spillway was opened on May 14, diverting an enormous volume of Mississippi River water to reduce pressure on levees downstream, the thousands of people living in the Atchafalaya River Basin were bracing for the worst.
Flood-estimate maps showed water reaching depths of up to 20 feet and pooling out into every part of the floodway within eight days.
A week and a half later,
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/hopes-rise-south-waters-do-not
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/campbell-robertson
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-york-times-new-york
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mississippi
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gulf-mexico
