Low water in the Mississippi River has allowed a "wedge" of saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico to work its way up to mile marker 43, just above the Plaquemines Parish community of Jesuit Bend ...

Nearly 100 boats and barges were waiting for passage Monday along an 11-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that has been ... is replacing eight navigation markers. He says 40 northbound vessels ...

(AP) — Nearly 100 boats and barges were waiting for passage Monday along an 11-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that has been ... replacing eight navigation markers. He says 40 northbound ...

(Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard said it has restricted traffic on the Mississippi River near ... A safety zone was established from river mile marker 104 to 106 after the towing vessel Maverick ...

(AP) – The U.S. Coast Guard says 97 boats and barges are waiting for passage along an 11-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that has ... eight navigation markers. He says 40 northbound ...

Nearly 100 boats and barges were waiting for passage Monday along an 11-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that has been ... is replacing eight navigation markers. He says 40 northbound vessels ...

when the reservoirs up the Missouri River, as scheduled every year, stop releasing water into the Mississippi. "'Right now we have a problem, but we're managing it,' Busse said. 'What happens when ...