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In New Orleans, the river on Monday was already cresting at 17 feet, week earlier & over feet lower than historicallyin the past projected by the National Weather Service. It is also feet Sale MBT Walking Shoeslower than the historic level recorded in New Orleans in 1922.The weather service said the river was also cresting Sunday in Reserve, Louisiana, because of the spillway operations. At Reserve, the river was cresting at 28.2 feet, above the historic 1929 water level of 26 feet.

Residents were relying on a levee for protection. In addition to the mainline levee along the river, beginning near Vicksburg & extending northeast for over twenty miles, a so-called backwater levee offers shelter.Already on Sunday, waters in Vicksburg, Mississippi, had reached record levels of 56.2 feet , the weather service reported. MBT Chapa SaleThis is well above the 43-foot water stage, but still short of the forecasted crest of 57.5 feet on Thursday. Levels in Natchez, further south downriver, were feet higher than the record set in 1937 on Sunday, but under feet shy of the 63-foot crest expected Saturday.

Stars speak about the flooding & response VideoThe backwater levee is designed to keep water from backing in to the Yazoo River delta & is designed lower than the mainline levee so that water can flow over it.MBT Sandals Sale"There will be lots of sleepless nights, when this thing starts overtopping," Nimrod said. "It will be a very stressful time for everyone."

Peter Nimrod, the Mississippi Levee Board's chief engineer, said Sunday MBT Sport Salethere was a "remote" chance the levees could be breached, though he expressed confidence they would hold. Even if it stays intact, the expectation is excess water will rush over them for several days.