All work that may impact Mississippi River and Tributaries (MR&T) levees, which includes transport of heavy loads over the levee, disturbance of grass cover, or subsurface work within 1,500 feet ...

The US Army Corps of Engineers has launched construction on a 1,500-foot-wide underwater levee in the Mississippi River to prevent saltwater from pushing up the river amid record-low river levels ...

High water levels for the Mississippi River in New Orleans spurred increased levee inspections from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, its New Orleans District announced Monday, Feb. 24.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Wood River Drainage and Levee District said their federal-local partnership will ...

Minsky said the levee offers protection of at least 58 feet, considerably higher than Vicksburg's projected crest of 47.5 feet on April 21. "There's no need for alarm, but we have to be vigilant ...

The saltwater is threatening drinking water supplies in the New Orleans metro area. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built an underwater levee to stop the intrusion.

President Trump is not the first to downplay providing federal emergency relief. During the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, ...

University of Minnesota researchers say using nature instead of concrete is best for controlling Mississippi River flooding ...

Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority – West (SLFPA-W) Board President Scott M. Burke has been reappointed for a ...

Five years prior, the sandbag levee protecting his family home failed ... but this part of Mississippi is prone to flooding. When the Mississippi River is at flood stage, the Steele Bayou drainage ...

High water levels for the Mississippi River in New Orleans spurred increased levee inspections from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, its New Orleans District announced Monday. The river rose above 11 ...