Intensification of brown color in surface waters has been observed over several decades in many areas. We examined a 64-yr daily record (1947–2010) of visual water color, a measure of chromophoric ...

Backwater flooding happens when the Mississippi River is higher (about 43’ at Vicksburg) than the Yazoo River and blocks its ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. — When Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana as a Category 4 storm on Sunday, it temporarily reversed the flow of the Mississippi River. Ricky Boyette, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of ...

The infrastructure along the Mississippi River has long protected the New Orleans area from catastrophic flooding. But a list ...

GARYVILLE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has long relied on a vast levee system to rein in the Mississippi River and protect surrounding communities from flooding. But cutting off the natural flow of the river ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers does not expect to open the Bonnet Carré Spillway as the Mississippi River is no longer expected to crest at a level that would require water to be diverted into Lake ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Along a stretch of the Plaquemines Parish east bank, the Mississippi River is providing what coastal activists see as a no-cost coastal project. In recent years, the river has ...

The nation's rivers continue to dry out as the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas worsens climate change.

Hurricane Isaac caused the Mississippi River to flow backwards when it crashed ashore Tuesday. The storm surge and strong winds from Hurricane Isaac caused the ...

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