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.

These are the emerging challenges Louisiana and the nation are struggling to content with on the lower Mississippi River.

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 ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers does not expect to open the Bonnet Carré Spillway as the Mississippi River is ... pressure on the levee system to prevent any potential breaches.

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 ...

They needed a more advanced levee system, and for that they turned to the federal government. In 1879 Congress created the Mississippi River Commission to oversee federal funds for flood control.

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.