Evacuations ordered in Louisiana as Mississippi River spillway opens
CNN Wire Staff
May 15, 2011 1:43 p.m. EDT
First bay of Louisiana spillway opens
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
About 2,000 residents of St. Landry Parish are ordered to evacuate
Two additional floodgates are opened on the Morganza spillway
Because of the spillways, the Mississippi is cresting in New Orleans
Army Corps of Engineers plans to open one-fourth of the spillway's floodgates
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