Rainfall amounts are down in the watershed of the Ohio River, which contributes half of the Mississippi’s flow reaching New Orleans. Another factor is dredging, according to Stephen Murphy ...

Credit: AP/Gerald Herbert At Vicksburg, Mississippi, north of New Orleans, the river flowed at a rate about 50% slower and at a stage height about 95% lower than normal during late September and ...

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

In 2023, saltwater in the Mississippi River advanced dangerously close to New Orleans, threatening the city's water supply and sending the city into a state of emergency. The National Oceanic and ...

The system was born out of the devastation left behind by Hurricane Besty, and then destroyed and redone following Hurricane ...

Zoom in: The river is currently expected to crest in New Orleans on April 25 at 16.5 feet, the Corps says. The crest is expected to last about a day at the Carrollton Gage and then begin to fall.

UNITED STATES STEAMER R.R. CUYLER, OFF MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Friday ... There was great rejoicing in New-Orleans, over the supposed defeat of our fleet in the late action.

Outside of historians, academics and the generational memories of Black New Orleanians, relatively few people understand the ...