Mississippi sheriff warns of levee break, tells residents to 'evacuate immediately'
April 10 (UPI) --A Mississippi county on Wednesday warned ... Weather Service also warned of some flooding as the Pearl River ...
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New law puts focus on Mississippi River flooding and climate extremes
Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is ...
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Latest federal Water Resources Development Act addresses climate extremes and flooding along the Mississippi River
Flood control along the Mississippi River ... levees constrain the river to protect communities and valuable farmland from flooding — and some levee districts have raised those levees higher ...
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A 300-Year Struggle
A Frenchman visiting the Mississippi River near ... By 1726, the levee remains incomplete, though a section fully 18 feet tall stands before the Place d'Armes (now Jackson Square) in the heart ...