Over the weekend, the Army Corps of Engineers began opening gates in the Morganza Spillway ? a structure that hadn't been opened in nearly 40 years. The spillway allows the Corps to divert water from the Mississippi River and reduce stress on levees protecting Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/05/16/136348960/st-landry-parish-orders-mandatory-evacuations?ft=1&f=3
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