That will mean a total of 264 bays will be open in the 350-bay spillway.
CNN: Jindal: Morganza Spillway could open as early as Saturday
He said he shot the video on Saturday, after the first gate was opened on the spillway.
Of the 22 species within the Morganza Spillway, three -- the copperhead, cottonmouth and canebrake rattler -- are venomous.
On Friday evening, the Corps said it would open the spillway once river flows reach 1.5 million cubic feet per second.
Of the 22 species of snakes within the Morganza Spillway, three -- the copperhead, cottonmouth and canebrake rattler -- are venomous.
The 15-foot flood prediction in Butte La Rose is based on the Corps inundation map for when the Morganza Spillway is opened.
Morganza Spillway now open, no one is quite sure when the water will arrive, frustrating some residents trying to plan their escape.
The two are working on an economic-impact study of the restoration initiative that would create white-water rapids downstream of the city's largest spillway dam.
This area is the first with a significant population seeing the rising water after this past weekend's opening of four floodgates at the Morganza Spillway.
Opening the spillway will redirect floodwaters from the Mississippi River through the Atchafalaya River Basin, which runs between Baton Rouge and Lafayette south toward Morgan City.
Spillway gates are likely to be open for weeks, meaning it will be some time before the river falls below flood stage, allowing evacuees to return.
Louisiana state and local officials braced for the possibility of major flooding in the Atchafalaya River Basin if, or when, federal authorities open the spillway north of Baton Rouge.
CNN: Jindal: Morganza Spillway could open as early as Saturday
His parish is in part of the state expected to be flooded as authorities open sections of the Morganza Spillway to help spare other areas of Louisiana, including New Orleans.
Morganza Spillway , it's just being so sucked up and absorbed so fast by the earth that it's not flowing as fast as we should, which is a good thing.
Officials said the spillway gates are likely to be open for weeks, and it will be weeks before the river falls below flood stage, allowing those who have evacuated to return safely.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has asked for federal assistance in grappling with flooding stemming from the Morganza Spillway, where 17 bays have been opened in hopes of sparing New Orleans farther downstream.
To help New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers said Friday that it will open 52 more bays at the Bonnet Carre Spillway just north of the city, diverting water into Lake Pontchartrain.
CNN: Jindal: Morganza Spillway could open as early as Saturday
These dams, such as Xayaburi, will have no significant storage capacity and are known as run-of-river projects, where the flow through the powerhouse and spillway is virtually the same as the inflow to the reservoir.
Some of the spillway's gates will likely be open for weeks, and it'll be at least that long before the river falls safely below flood stage and those who have evacuated can safely return, said Col.
Fleming said the decision to open the spillway, along with similar decisions made in recent weeks as the floodwaters moved southward, was done to address a historic excess of water in the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
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