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Bonnet Carre Spillway saves New Orleans, punishes everyone and everything else
The Bonnet Carre Spillway has been opened more than a dozen times since it was constructed nearly 100 years ago, but the ...
Flooding to continue on lower Mississippi River as new flash flood threat emerges
As flooding cycles on the Mississippi Delta region, more rounds of heavy rain are on the way and could spark new flooding ...
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Century-old Bonnet Carre Spillway protects New Orleans, but at a cost. Here's how it works.
It's hard to imagine where New Orleans would be today without the spillway. But despite all the good it has done, many in South Louisiana have a complicated relationship with the long-standing ...
National Affairs Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Cameron McWhirter covers national affairs for The Wall Street Journal from Atlanta. Before joining the Journal, he reported ...
University of Minnesota professor, students work to identify plastics in Mississippi River
Ebtehaj works at the University of Minnesota's lab on the river at St. Anthony Falls. For the past four years, he and his ...