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The swollen Mississippi River broke an all-time record level at Natchez, Mississippi, on Wednesday -- 10 days before its expected crest in the southern city.

The level of the largest river in North America reached 58.25 feet at Natchez on Wednesday morning, according to the National Weather Service, breaking a record of 58.04 feet in 1937. The river is expected to crest at 64 feet on May 21, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Marc McAllister.

So far, levees along the river are holding, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

"We're continuing to watch and wait and monitor the situation," said Jim Pogue, a spokesman for the Corps. "Everything is performing as we had hoped."

Downstream, the Corps was preparing to open a second Louisiana spillway to ease the flooding threat to New Orleans and Baton Rouge. A spillway near New Orleans was opened on Monday for the first time since 2008.

Through Mississippi, residents were bracing for expected record crests at Vicksburg on May 19 and Natchez on May 21 and authorities,88896,68047,79601,31284,64983,57875,55365,76285,19333,28008,54080,54424,22611,71695,28607,32230,29571,32122,47899,19557,40768,76664,87679,21277,19126,85621,61296,56668,12522,89342,72985,40661,67552,47230,32158,55565,40669,20263,56724,40897,97835,60604,57346,39972,47415,14454,24754,11364,64230,50945,82558,70960,68426,76128,22268,16169,32835,48547,28203,36109,74527,93248,10046,32779,14601,81483,43107,61112,82515,53997,67279,60328,26108,53456,73826,64485,11738,98910,30221,46800,83252,84775,70647,36170,56248,40761,86306,56815,83835,11487,14444,73315,65449,73292,41762,54869,46796,35990,15008,35961,84805,13730,10404,19473,41987,34965,25442,28752,12358,45315,24006,45390,28394,23458,35993,85251,14915,49637,74731,86012,72213,39956,39793,78688,23909,60503,31652,40074,87721,38706,60835,75286,65282,44500,15363,51699,70241,67118,59038,14667,54766,13754,31965,23887,80873,65263,49767,13785,62786,47176,37734,20143,54162,84366,66344,47307,68031,39723,22053,14728,89151,47260,46498,62762,18141,58272,80368,64654,88784,35623,60361,74865,77116,18009,56998,18094,32386,86115,52456,68045,63578,88421,10830,35539,99519,16925,23357,10252,76597,35051,57644,70563,55937,64483,49112,89648,13205,21276,67189,60828,98306,86779,60612,33584,54998,12083,58761,11253,69123,24870,45705,53737,80882,78875,67222,93737,97928,56562,44796,95600,81795,73672,22090,30733,43907,10574,74852,19116,71998,22271,78581,27152,95375,16102,72676,36870,69035,71680,75482,88122,49947,75143,14925,42558,13259,45357,50650,10250,78325,43900,10486,17873,15053,15486,48674,86428,87121,65057,20790,64582,37442,58291,81920,51124,37695,35650,13065,90033,41850,56256,81913,44436,48570,84543,46055,99733,46542,31872,69915,76004,33118,43838,29954,94162,97350,74196,65027,24995,25713,75507,39281,96917,15861,45629,13720,76457,86350,87631,91294,95412,65686,73032,40646,11636,42045,44680,31130,79118,85915,90570,19918,59665,50651,54745,72714,87477,85644,89213,78158,13373,22717,67673,74685,93348,64311,57457,23042,58679,47729,92816,60303,99957,39109,54524,94905,76850,52584,95011,56103,38719,92956,53057,32150,86863,30361,26154,74921,84196,43737,24232,98190,92520,27551,30124,63450,64202,64489,25078,80895,62179,96977,53500,33625,72498,28076,98816,14808,95980,95105,88367,81960,90836,61311,76889,86069,95371,19583,54678,24671,35386,71001,13277,80329,75838,95613,61267,76441,17236,68109,57691,27655,12300,41376,36038,34341,64585,16284,64792,89149,98543,23079,90560,12305,77459,23802,76569,42723,30940,41884,11858,14876,55639,87005,94732,90440,96016,13729,91267,19056,99223,76225,97973,55333,56444,45883,45480,61244,77147,51912,82496,45887,31672,64185,58707,58104,67605,67078,23727,33923,73876,89299,52182,77827,62847,37823,70257,96383,21686,22179,41968,47087,30133,87891,88945,79673,19689,17181,68852,66389,96513,22331,50260,15108,21370,60257,31500,43793,94265,12045,58876,57889,49444,51227,22762,67489,11158,17149,93737,28288,70544,82452,82628,86612,27219,45285,36859,75431,92901,22358,36253,34345,56712,71491,26317,86104,41127,97088,91587,38042,28886