Baton Rouge has sat on the bank of the Mississippi River for centuries, but many in the community feel that the Red Stick ...

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

Officers responded to a call of a man on the bridge, who jumped over the guard rail into the Mississippi River.

Communities along the freshwater Mississippi River are facing a growing threat ... a desalination facility that could serve the greater New Orleans region." With an estimated $9 billion in annual ...

The storm carried a life-threatening storm surge that briefly reversed the flow of the Mississippi River ... New Orleans. The storm knocked out all eight transmission lines that deliver power to ...

Cities from the headwaters to the mouth of the Mississippi could ... Given its position near the end of the Mississippi River, New Orleans is no stranger to the devastating impacts of extreme ...

Just off the Mississippi River in ... around 64 miles upstream from the mouth of the river—usually far enough south to block saltwater from reaching New Orleans, but too far upriver to save ...

Plans for a new crossing over the Mississippi River in Iberville Parish are moving forward into ... The bridge, with three possible locations, will serve local traffic in the greater Baton Rouge area ...

At Vicksburg, Mississippi, north of New Orleans, the river flowed at a rate about 50% slower and at a stage height about 95% lower than normal during late September and early October between 2013 ...