If wide-scale flooding occurs , the resulting economic damage will be felt for years , he predicted . Hope prevails that the levee system for the Mississippi River will hold . `` Landscape changes considerably '' if levees fail , expert Sam Bentley says . The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday in parts of central and southern Louisiana.
Hope prevails that the levee system for the Mississippi River will hold . `` Landscape changes considerably '' if levees fail , expert Sam Bentley says . The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday in parts of central and southern Louisiana.