has. a foot and a half below the surface. going to lower this down into the water. high-tech radars track how quickly the sentiments in the water are carried downstream. send in a sound signal down into the water and what it s doing is reflecting back off the sentiments that are being transported by the water column. and then a computer on the boat. this is sending the commands down to the unit. sends the velocity readings on to the army corps of engineers. so they have the most current information as far as what s going on here in baton rouge so they can control, you know, the morganza floodway and all those decisions will be based on these measurements. and this morning, guys, there are a half dozen teams with the usgs working in the state of louisiana right now. back to you guys. thank you very much for your reporting down there. we hope the situation down there improves. now the rest of the headlines. $6 million bailout for the head of the international monetary
mississippi river. i have never seen a river this high. a team of hydrologists. historical event. reporter: takes readings of the water, racing past baton rouge. amazing the power that water has. reporter: a foot-and-a-half below the surface. we ll lower it into the water. reporter: high track radar tracks how quickly sediment is carried downstream. we send the signal down into the water and it reflects off the sediments, transported by the water. reporter: and the computer on the boat. it sends the commands down to the units. reporter:. sends the velocity readings onto the army corps of engineers. so they have the most current information, what is going on here so they can control, you know, the morganza floodway and, all of those decisions will be based on these type of mesh zuchlts. measurements. reporter: there s a half dozen teams, spread out from north of the morganza spill way,