Understanding Louisiana's Susceptibility to Flooding Louisiana is a state that has always been closely tied to water. Its ...

The risk of Mississippi River flooding in the Quad-Cities this spring is below normal, according to an early forecast by the ...

As of Feb. 11, the Mississippi River in Rock Island, Illinois was measured at 4.60 feet. The historical normal stage is 5.20 ...

Other approved flood control projects will be funded along the lower Mississippi River and its tributaries, including the Ouachita River in Louisiana. Several counties in Mississippi will also ...

The worst flood in the Mississippi River up until this time opens more than 200 breaches in the river's levees, most of them in Louisiana, and keeps New Orleans at flood stage for 91 days.

Katrina makes landfall in Louisiana at 6:10 a.m., but the flooding of residential areas ... start eroding the levees fronting the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet. (The MR-GO is a man-made waterway ...

because of minor flooding and forecast minor flooding. The Sabine River forms the boundary between Texas and Louisiana. Forecasters predict the river will "continue a slow fall over the next ...

Freight ships make their way north along the lower Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, on June 7, 2024. The law authorizes a large-scale study of flooding on the Upper Mississippi ...

flood mitigation measures throughout the river system, ecological restoration, and a $6 billion floodwall in Louisiana. The Mississippi River is managed in large part by the Army Corps, so it often ...

Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is critical as the river basin sees more frequent and severe extreme ...

Other approved flood control projects will be funded along the lower Mississippi River and its tributaries, including the Ouachita River in Louisiana. Several counties in Mississippi will also ...