It's hard to imagine where New Orleans would be today without the spillway. But despite all the good it has done, many in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Water surged through one of the spillway’s bays as engineers pulled massive 500-pound wooden pins from a central section of the flood-control system. “The river is actually starting to touch ...

The Bonnet Carré Spillway, a flood control structure located upriver from New Orleans, was last tested earlier this month. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pulled several 500-pound wooden pins ...