The Mississippi River basin was soaked by a parade of ... It ended up being an unnecessary step, as upstream levee breaches reduced the flow of the river by the time it reached New Orleans.

The stage is now set for a major breach of the levee here and an even larger ... and St. Bernard Parish between the outlet and the Mississippi River has completely flooded. 10.

A swelling of the Mississippi ... when the river reaches 11 ft at the New Orleans gauge. Phase 2 (High Alert) – Triggered at 15 ft, when the river is directly pressing against the levee system.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - With the Mississippi ... levee authorities. The heightened monitoring aims to quickly identify and respond to any potential weak points in the levee system caused by elevated ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A group of barges got off course on the Mississippi River Monday morning, with the front of one of the barges coming in contact with the levee. It happened near Skip ...

The St. Mary Levee Director preemptively closed a floodgate to protect Terrebonne and Lafourche from a swollen Mississippi River, which will reach flood levels for the first time since 2019.