A group of barges got off course on the Mississippi River Monday morning, with the front of one of the barges coming in ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers does not expect to open the Bonnet Carré Spillway as the Mississippi River is no longer ... to reduce pressure on downriver levees. "Now that we're close ...

The Corps of Engineers ran a test of the Bonnet Carre Spillway on Monday in preparation for the possibility it will have to ...

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 ...

According to officials, the project includes building a new 1.5-mile urban roadway along the top of the Mississippi River levee between Riverview Drive and 25th Avenue North. Officials said the ...

We continue to monitor a rising Mississippi ... levee protection. Sand boils near levees, restricted boat traffic, and increased levee inspections will be the main issues with these forecast river ...

During high-water events like we're currently experiencing on the Lower Mississippi, rising river levels flood the batture, the strip of land between the river and the levee. The flooding drives ...

The Mississippi ... river’s crest at just over 42.2 feet. Although the National Weather Prediction Service classifies the swell as “major flooding,” it’s well below the height of the levee ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - The Davenport Fire Department’s boathouse was floating down the Mississippi River and could be heard scraping a rail bridge. A mechanical failure of a boat caused the ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin daily levee patrols from Baton Rouge to Venice as the Mississippi River is ...

The rising Mississippi River has prompted the Army Corps of Engineers and local officials to increase precautionary measures along levees from Baton Rouge to Venice, but it remains unclear if the ...