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officials are focused on this one 26-mile stretch of a dirt road to nowhere. it s actually the levee. see the crew on the left hand side, it s for the yazoo and mississippi river. this levee is holding it back. however, there s one foot between the level of the water and when it goes over the top. the prediction is it s going to go over the top. we were talking with the secretary of state of mississippi, they expect it to happen overnight. water going over the levee is not the end of the world unless it triggers the collapse of the levee. they don t want to guesstimate. i put the question of how bad it would be with peter. here is what he said. if this levee were to fail, what are the consequences and who would be impacted and how far? the town is 30 to 35 miles from here. that town would be under water. numerous towns would be under water. highways under water. thousands of people have to evacuate the area. hundreds of thousands of acres would be under water. we woul ....