Hurricane Katrina remains a defining event for many along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. “Katrina was probably ... of all properties in the county have a flood risk over the next 30 years.

Anderson Jones first remembers his home flooding in 1973, when water from the nearby Mississippi River blanketed ... s Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences specializing in wetland ...

We have a problem. We live on an Island, and the sea is rising. Sea-level rise increases the height of storm waves, and thus ...

The Mississippi River is the nation’s most ... provides funds for recovery and oversees preparedness efforts, like its flood maps that predict risks in different areas. And it’s doing so ...

For example, imagine two homes in the same coastal flood zone. One sits 12 feet above the Base Flood Elevation (BFE) on a hill, while the other rests in a low-lying area prone to inundation.

American Rivers, a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization, named the Mississippi River the ... oversees preparedness efforts, like its flood maps that predict risks in different areas.

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - In late July, Louisiana State University researchers found a hypoxic “dead zone” east of the Mississippi River, due south of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. A hypoxic dead ...

Climate Central's Coastal Risk Finder projects 100-year coastal flood zones to expand as rising seas amplify risks, especially in the Northeast and Florida Florida homes represent roughly one ...