BY THE NUMBERS: THE MORGANZA SPILLWAY
3,000 Square miles expected to be inundated by opening the spillway.
25,000 People who could be affected.
1973 The last time the spillway was opened.
125,000
Cubic feet per second of water expected to flow through the spillway's gates.
3 Number of days it's expected to take for the water to reach the Gulf of Mexico.
Source: Associated Press, Bloomberg News
