Amidst one of the nation's historic floods, one of the most frenetic evacuations happened on a small island frequently ...

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 ...

There are two sides to the lower Mississippi River Delta. One is walled by levees; on the other, the river runs free for a good 30 miles.

Since the Corps deepened the lower Mississippi River ship channel from 40 ft to 45 ft in 1987, similar wedges have occurred in 1988, 1999 and 2012. ... KEYWORDS: levee Mississippi River.

Severe flooding in 2019 tested the engineering that restrains the Mississippi River. Now, as the climate changes, experts say this system may not hold.

On Friday at 3 p.m., the river was at 11.3 feet, and the National Weather Service's Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center predicts 12.2 feet by March 20, cresting for a few days before the level ...

Army Corps of Engineers' Heath Jones, left, and Plaquemines President Kirk Lepine speak at a news conference on Wednesday, Sept. 28 on a plan to address a saltwater intrusion up the Mississippi River.

A dredging company began construction on Tuesday of a 1,500-foot-wide underwater levee designed to block a wedge of Gulf of Mexico saltwater from reaching public and industrial water supply intakes ...

A man runs atop the Mississippi River levee as the river is seen at low levels Wednesday evening, October 12, 2022, in downtown Baton Rouge, La.

Mr. Schwartz, a climate reporter, has reported on Louisiana coastal issues since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. HOLDEN, Mass. — We were standing on the levee of the Mississippi River, about an hour ...

The Mississippi River is low, exposing all the steps on the moonwalk in the New Orleans French Quarter, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. Over the next month, forecasters believe it could approach record lows.