New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the ...

New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the ...

Historic flooding along the Mississippi River gives me an excuse to show another of my favorite maps, from Geological Investigation of the Alluvial Valley of the Lower Mississippi ... visible in ...

Trailer homes are submerged in Mississippi River floodwaters near Memphis, Tennessee in 2011. (Photo by Lance Murphey, Daily Memphian) American Rivers’ announcement comes as states along the lower ...

The rain in early April turned into runoff and flowed for days, into the upper portion of the lower Mississippi ... the Center for River Studies at Louisiana State University. Image Flooding ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The United States Coast Guard is investigating a vessel collision on the Lower Mississippi River that sunk a barge. According to guardsmen, around 9:20 p.m. on Sunday ...

Nungesser added that if saltwater levels were to hit New Orleans as high as they ... analyze the entire Mississippi River from top to bottom. One significant section of the Lower Mississippi ...

A vessel collision resulted in a barge breakaway and one sunken barge on the Lower Mississippi River near New Orleans on Sunday night. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a ...

Runoff from that rain is just now surging through the lowest portion of the Mississippi River and is leading to moderate to high flood levels in some areas, including Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Officials in Vicksburg and Warren County continue to prepare for flooding from the Mississippi River. According to the National Oceanic ... has increased inspections along the levees due to the high ...