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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is testing the Bonnet Carre Spillway on Monday as groups in South Mississippi plead for ...
It's hard to imagine where New Orleans would be today without the spillway. But despite all the good it has done, many in South Louisiana have a complicated relationship with the long-standing ...
The seeds of America's most destructive flood were planted the previous summer, but it shifted into higher gear this week in ...
City of Vicksburg, Warren County, state and federal officials held a joint press conference Monday regarding impending ...
Severe flooding in Mississippi’s Yazoo Backwater Area has increased local ... Once home to 24 million acres of wetlands fed ...
According to the National Water Prediction Service, the Mississippi River and some tributaries are expected to reach flood levels in coming days in Mississippi. Here's what to expect near ...
Still, 70 million years ago the Mississippi was nowhere near as large as it would become. Blum has detailed how the waterway grew as it added tributaries: the Platte, Arkansas and Tennessee rivers ...
Trump's call to abolish FEMA as Mississippi sees more frequent, extreme flooding, prompts group to name river the nation's most endangered waterway.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in flood fight mode, which allows them to provide equipment and assistance to local authorities, said Drew Smith of the Corps’ Mississippi Valley Division. Multiple ...