SIMMESPORT, LA - MAY 16: Barbara Fontanille searches for a tire she wanted to recover in front of her porch on the rising Atchafalaya River on May 16, 2011 in Simmesport, Louisiana. Her family has no flood insurance and have relocated to a trailer provided by FEMA. The Morganza Spillway floodgates were opened for the first time in nearly forty years to lower the crest of the flooding Mississippi River. Heavy rains have left the ground saturated, rivers swollen, and have caused widespread flooding in Louisiana. Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Army Corps To Open Spillway In Louisiana To Ease Flooding

SIMMESPORT, LA - MAY 16: Barbara Fontanille searches for a tire she wanted to recover in front of her porch on the rising Atchafalaya River on May 16, 2011 in Simmesport, Louisiana. Her family has no flood insurance and have relocated to a trailer provided by FEMA. The Morganza Spillway floodgates were opened for the first time in nearly forty years to lower the crest of the flooding Mississippi River. Heavy rains have left the ground saturated, rivers swollen, and have caused widespread flooding in Louisiana. Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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