Louisiana’s Cajun country braces for historic flooding

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Northwest Turtle Bay Marsh Creation, Louisiana. Photo source: ©© United States Fish and Wildlife Services (USFWS)

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A Louisiana floodgate was opened for the first time in 38 years, releasing water from the swollen Mississippi River. Opening the Morganza spillway will ease pressure on levees downstream and help prevent flooding in Baton Rouge and New Orleans…

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