The Army Corps of Engineers tested the Bonnet Carre Spillway as Mississippi River levels rise near critical thresholds ...

and what I mean by that is that they have several mechanisms on that river to control flooding – the Morganza Spillway, of course, the Bonnet Carré Spillway, which is the issue we are ...

Built nearly 100 years ago, the Bonnet Carré Spillway is a critical flood control structure that helps keep the Mississippi River below flood stage by diverting excess water into Lake Pontchartrain.

OROVILLE, Calif. — Water started flowing over an emergency spillway at the nation’s tallest dam, on Lake Oroville, for the first time Saturday after erosion damaged the Northern California dam ...