These are the emerging challenges Louisiana and the nation are struggling to content with on the lower Mississippi River.

The Mississippi River is a mighty waterway. It carries hundreds of millions of tons of freight every year, is home to a ...

Maps have been around since humans could communicate through drawings to describe the location of a specific place. Some of ...

The Mississippi River is the nation’s most endangered river, a national conservation group says, because of federal plans to ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing for the Mississippi River to reach some of its highest water levels in recent years in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. According to forecasts ...

Runoff from that rain is just now surging through the lowest portion of the Mississippi River and is leading to moderate to high flood levels in some areas, including Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

As the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion flounders amid politics, some scientists say that doubts about its effectiveness can ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ran a test opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway Monday morning following weeks of rising Mississippi River waters that could prompt the floodway to be used for the ...

NEW ORLEANS — With the Mississippi River expected to rise above 15 feet at the Carrollton Gage on Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has activated Phase II flood fight procedures along ...