MORGANZA, La. — 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.
UPDATE: Louisiana floodgate opens, divert Mississippi River
Saturday, May 14, 2011 | 4:34 p.m. CDT
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