| Mississippi's and Louisiana's governors issued flood warnings Thursday and declared states of emergency. Authorities along the swollen waterway in both states are warning nearby residents to brace for the possibility of any flooding. River boat casinos in Mississippi are closing and levee managers are readying sand bags and supplies -- and the manpower to build the defenses -- to fight the rising river along hundreds of levees in both states where the river crosses en route to the Gulf of Mexico. |
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