Researchers say drought, sea level rise, severe storms and dredging are partly to blame for the increased in frequency and ...

The largest fish ever caught in the Mississippi was a 131-pound blue catfish caught by Eugene Cronley on April 7, 2022, near ...

The Mississippi ... the ports along the river below St. Louis may be closed due to high water," and that tugboats will have to move with reduced loads because of increased flow speed and reduced ...

The Mississippi River was up to 80 miles wide in some areas of the floodplain due to over 140 breaches ... levee breaches reduced the flow of the river by the time it reached New Orleans.

(Staff Photo by David Grunfeld, The Times-Picayune) The spillway, located in St. Charles Parish, opens when the river flow rate hits ... a record amount of time. The Mississippi Sound Coalition ...

NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is conducting a test opening of the Bonnet Carré Spillway in Norco as the Mississippi River ... forecasted flow rate is just over that, so we ...

The spillway, located in St. Charles Parish, opens when the river flow rate hits 1.25 million ... to be opened twice for a record amount of time. The Mississippi Sound Coalition, representing ...

Alongside the Mississippi, officials are also monitoring the Atchafalaya River, which branches off from the Mississippi north of Baton Rouge and flows through ... in amount of time anticipated ...

35 along the Mississippi River is taken over by floodwaters April 27 ... recovery and oversees preparedness efforts, like its flood maps that predict risks in different areas.

President Trump has repeatedly described the U.S.-Canada border as an "artificially drawn line." But experts say just because ...