The US Army Corps of Engineers has launched construction on a 1,500-foot-wide underwater levee in the Mississippi River to prevent saltwater from pushing up the river amid record-low river levels ...

New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the ...

Work has begun on an underwater levee to block salt water ... Pipes carrying sediment crisscross the Mississippi River where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is building an underwater sill with ...

And that just opens the door for even more salt." For now, the underwater levee will remain in place until the Mississippi River has enough flow to eventually wash it away.

High water levels for the Mississippi River in New Orleans spurred increased levee inspections from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, its New Orleans District announced Monday, Feb. 24. The river ...

Derik Holtmann [email protected] A bill to make it easier for levee districts along the Upper Mississippi River to raise their flood protection mechanisms is going before Congress. The Upper ...

It is well known that in the Valley of the Mississippi River, just above the ... the work of protection, by building that magnificent system of levees which the Delta Report projects.

the city of New Orleans is at risk of flooding but would be protected by levees and floodwalls. Phase 1 was last activated Feb. 24-March 13. Flooding concerns continue along the Mississippi River ...

The mighty Mississippi River is on the rise in Louisiana, where it's projected to reach flood stage for the first time since 2019. "We've already triggered the flood fight," 5th Louisiana Levee ...

Work has begun on an underwater levee to block salt water advancing up the Mississippi River and ... third year in a row the Corps is building the sill. Low river flows allow the salt water ...