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Mississippi River loses most of its sediment—and land building ability—before reaching the Gulf
New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the ...
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How the United States Laid Claim to the Mississippi River, One Mile at a Time
He hoped the Mississippi ... from which the river’s great wilderness would be tamed into a map. Brown and Robbins assembled teams of men to serve as chainmen and axmen and markers.
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Vessel collision on Lower Mississippi River sinks barge: U.S. Coast Guard
Due to the safety hazard, the Captain of Port temprarily closed the Lower Mississippi River Waterway from mile marker 108 to 111 above Head of Passes. At 3 p.m. on Monday, the Coast Guard reported ...
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Coast Guard responds to vessel collision that caused barge to sink near New Orleans
IT’S STI The Coast Guard is responding to a vessel collision that caused a barge to break away and another to sink on the Lower Mississippi River Sunday ... collided near mile marker 110.
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Barge sinks after vessel collision on Mississippi River near New Orleans, U.S. Coast Guard confirms
NEW ORLEANS — High river levels caused six barges to break loose, one barge to sink, and halted river traffic near New Orleans Sunday night, U.S. Coast Guard officials said. There were no ...
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Six barges break free, one sinks after collision on Mississippi River near New Orleans
The Captain of the Port temporarily closed the Lower Mississippi River Waterway from mile marker 108 to 111, above Head of Passes, due to safety hazards associated with the breakaway and the ...
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Barge Sinks in Collision on Lower Mississippi River
A vessel collision resulted in a barge breakaway and one sunken barge on the Lower Mississippi ... mile marker 110. Following the collision, six barges broke free and began drifting down river ...
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Coast Guard responds to barge collision, sinking on Lower Miss
The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a multi-vessel incident on the Lower Mississippi River late Sunday night, April 27, that resulted in a sunken barge and a temporary waterway closure near mile marker ...
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This 1,000-mile river suffered decades of oil spills. Now it’s a legal person, things could change
In the year 2000, over 5,000 barrels of crude oil spilled from a barge into the Marañón River, which runs 900 miles (1,450 kilometers) across Peru, from the snow-capped mountains of the Andes ...
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Lower Mississippi River surging as more rain heads for central US
The surge was just now working slowly downstream along the Mississippi River ... Rivers such as the Red River of the South, the Arkansas, and the lower portion of the Missouri may experience ...
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Mississippi River Flood: Map Shows Where Roads Could Be Closed 'For Days'
so it's going to take a while to get into the lower Mississippi River. "I think the weather is going to work out in the flooding's favor, at least through the weekend. There's some isolated storms ...