NYT: Louisiana Spillway Opened to Relieve Flooding

New York Times: Louisiana-Como lidar com a força bruta das águas?
MORGANZA, La. — After declaring that “public safety is our No. 1 priority,” officials from the Army Corps of Engineers opened the Morganza spillway, sending water from the engorged Mississippi River rushing into the pastures and cropland here to forestall potentially catastrophic damage farther downstream. Veja  artigo completo no New York Times


Vocabulário pertinente: 

Spillway: vertedouro, desaguadouro.
Levee: dique

Downstream: rio abaixo

Flood: inundação,cheia, enchente