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

The Mississippi’s place at the top comes as communities along ... levees for problems. On Monday, the new Bayou Chene floodgate was closed for the first time due to high water to protect several ...

The rain in early April turned into runoff and flowed for days, into the upper portion of the lower Mississippi River Basin and its tributaries ... the river swelled along with it, causing ...

Levees were breached along ... the Mississippi for months, and this year’s harvests may be hampered due to widespread rain-related delays in planting. Flooding has always been a part of life in the ...

The Mississippi’s place at the top comes as communities along the lower river ... change and development landed the upper Mississippi at number one. The river’s continued appearances on ...

The Mississippi’s place this year at the top, announced April 16, comes as communities along the lower river ... life in the vast Mississippi River basin. The challenge: How do we respond?

A swelling of the Mississippi River’s upper basin is now making its ... the Corps will activate Stage 1 protocols: levee inspections will occur twice weekly along every 1 mile of the levee.

Another unintended consequence is that levees encourage people to move into harm’s way. The Great Flood of 1993 left areas around the Missouri and upper Mississippi Rivers above flood stage for ...

The system includes a network of levees ... Upper Mississippi River Basin Association, called this year’s act “a pretty special one.” She said it contained wins for many of the stakeholders ...