The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, has announced plans to open the Bonnet Carré Spillway on Monday, May 9, at 8 a.m., to keep the volume of Mississippi River flows at New Orleans from exceeding 1.25 million cubic feet per second. The spillway is 28 miles above New Orleans.
The Corps has indicated that it may also need to operate the Morganza Floodway which is northwest of Baton Rouge. Operation of the Morganza Floodway would require the evacuation of people and livestock and removal of personal belongings for communities within the Atchafalaya River Basin.
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