Category: MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOOD
Floodgate Opens, Diverting Mississippi River
(AP) A steel, 10-ton floodgate was slowly raised Saturday for the first time in nearly four decades, unleashing a torrent of water from the Mississippi River, away from heavily populated areas downstream. The water spit out slowly at first, then began gushing like a waterfall as it headed to swamp as much as 3,000 square [...]
