The Bonnet Carre Spillway has been opened more than a dozen times since it was constructed nearly 100 years ago, but the ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers test opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway in Norco, La., as the Mississippi River nears flood ...

The Corps has not yet announced whether the agency will open the spillway, and says they are monitoring the forecast before ...

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

Coastal advocates and agencies are keeping a close eye on the Mississippi River because major flooding can kill or damage ...

A partial opening of the Bonnet Carré Spillway "seems a certainty now ... indicated a further rise in the level of the Mississippi River. The opening, which is determined by the U.S. Army ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will begin practice operations on the Bonnet Carre Spillway on ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is testing the Bonnet Carre Spillway on Monday as groups in South Mississippi plead for alternative measures.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The rising Mississippi River has reached the floodgates at the Bonnet Carre Spillway, prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin a test of the structure on Monday ...

The Mississippi River is approaching levels that could trigger a full operation for the first time in four years.

Mississippi Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann addressed a letter to Colonel Cullen Jones of the U.S. Army Corps of ...