with water. 10,000 acres of crops have been destroyed by flood water, but the real question is whether the land will survive. once covered with salt and debris from the river. there is real fear that this could only be the first more levees, especially in the backwater delta region could rupture as well. jon, back to you. >> jon: thanks very much. steve hair tan. get a they can of where things stand now rick reichmuth in the extreme weather center. >> more on that. down toward the southern part of that that levee beach. they opened the bonne carre spillway. this is further down. relieve that pressure. the decision just made there, jon, now means they have to relieve some more of the pressure farer off toward the north. that is going to mean that the morganza spillway continues its track and we'll see some more of that water moving in and that