This, of course, is what's happening with Krotz Springs, Melville and other communities nearby.

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That includes the town of Krotz Springs, about 20 miles southwest of Morganza.

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Landry Parish issued a mandatory evacuation that affected about 2, 000 people -- including about 750 people living in 240 homes in Krotz Springs.

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Brett Ansley, a Krotz Springs native, is also trying to come to grips with the Corps' decision that has turned his life upside down.

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His great-grandmother was in Krotz Springs for the great flood of 1927, which inundated 165 million acres, killed 246 people and left another 600, 000 homeless throughout the Mississippi River system, according to a National Weather Service report.

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Don Menard, the parish's president, said Sunday afternoon that water levels in Krotz Springs appear lower than expected -- though he said he thought they'd rise considerably after midnight, and especially if and when more floodgates are opened.

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