Mississippi River at Flood Stage in New Orleans

Tunica, Mississippi, CNN Report’s -- With the spilling over Mississippi River bearing down on New Orleans, where the water level was by now at flood stage, the Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday it is opening more bays along a main spillway.
By the end of the day, a total of 160 bays will be unlock at the Bonnet Carre Spillway, establishment said. "The Corps will go on to monitor the Mississippi River flow, and will open supplementary bays as needed," the Corps said on its website. The spillway just north of New Orleans diverts water into Lake Pontchartrain.
The National Weather Service said that as of Thursday morning the river was at 17 feet in New Orleans, right at overflow stage. It is predictable to crest on May 23 at more than 19 feet.
"Nobody can enfold their heads around what's going to happen," said Caroline George of Baton Rouge. In a CNN iReport from her hometown, where the 19-year-old is on summer break from college, she said, "I've never seen the river anywhere near where it is now."
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