Zoom in: The river is expected to crest Thursday in New Orleans at 16.8 feet, just below minor flood stage at 17 feet, the ...

Rising water from the Mississippi River is putting emergency crews and neighbors in Vicksburg on alert. In early April, ...

According to officials, the Mississippi River flooding is expected to reach flood stage for the first time since 2019. Courtesy photo of City of Tallulah ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Army Corps of Engineers has initiated its Phase 1 flood fight, as the Mississippi River rises to somewhat normal late-spring levels. Weather watchers say the prognosis is ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin daily levee patrols from Baton Rouge to Venice as the Mississippi River is ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The body of a missing person was found near the Mississippi River levee on Thursday. According to the Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff’s Office, at around 6 p ...

Officials in Vicksburg and Warren County continue to prepare for flooding from the Mississippi ... Corps' Levee Safety program. Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs Jr. issued a State of Emergency earlier ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Mississippi River is rising fast, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has launched phase one of its annual “flood fight” to ensure the region’s levee system holds firm.

From New Orleans to Morgan City, Louisiana is stepping up levee patrols and flood control efforts as the Mississippi River continues to rise.