hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland in the mississippi delta were inundated, leaving farmers like ed jenkins with unusable land. this has probably been the worst one i ve had in my 30 years of farming. this has been the worst. this has been the worst. does it give you concern about what might happen next year or the year after that? wish i was old enough for retirement. normally when the mississippi river floods, the army corps of engineers tries to redirect compentency water through spillways. but this year the river was so swollen that the corps opened the spillway for longer than it ever had, dumping an estimated 10 trillion gallons of water into lake pontchartrain. all of that water ended up off the mississippi gulf coast, causing extraordinary harm to marine life. we had the largest number of
unusable land. this probably has been the worst one i had in 30 years of farming. reporter: 30 years of farming and this is the worst? the worst. reporter: does it give you concern what might happen next year or the year after that? i wish i was old enough for retirement. reporter: normally when the mississippi river floods, the army corps of engineers tries to protect surrounding communities by eliminating excess waters from swellways but this year it was so swollen, they opened the spillway longer than it ever had, dumping an estimated 010 billion gallons of water into lake pontchartrain, increasing the water volume seven fold. the water ended up off the mississippi gulf coast, causing extraordinary harm to wildlife. we had the largest number of dolphins die, we had about 143 dolphins and 195 sea turtles, which are the most endangered in the world. reporter: what s killing the
that they love, the places close to them go down. and realizing that their kids are not going to be able to experience that and that the quality of the lives of their kids and grandkids are going to go down and not up. and from montana, we ll take you to mississippi. flooding this spring left parts of the delta under water. and tremaine lee is in vicksburg. does it gives you certain about what might happen next year? wishing i was old enough for retirement. reporter: normally when the mississippi river floods, the arm coarmy core engineers trieso redirect the water. but this year the river was so swollen that the corps opened louisiana s spillway for longer than it ever had dumping an estimated 10 trillion gallons of water into lake pontchartrain increasing the water volume
mississippi. flooding this spring left parts of the delta under water. trymaine lee is in vicksburg. does it give you concern about what might happen next year or the year after that? wishing i was old enough for retirement. normally when the mississippi river floods, the army corps of engineers tries to redirect excess water through spillways. but this year the river was so swollen and the core opened louisiana s bonnie karcarrie spillway. it increased the lake s water volume seven followed. all of that water ended up off the mississippi gulf coast, causing extraordinary harm to marine life. we had it largest number of dolphins die than we ve had 143 dolphins and 195 sea turtles