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The Mississippi River crested above flood stage on Monday, April 28 in Vicksburg. The National Weather Service (NWS) expects the water level to hold for several ...
Two additional WMAs, Sunflower and Twin Oaks, are expected to close if backwater flooding continues to rise. The Mississippi River is above flood stage on Mississippi's western border and ...
Major flooding is expected on the Mississippi River at New Orleans ... Major openings of the river in 2011 and 2019 resulted in federal disaster declarations along the Mississippi Coast.
The Mississippi River feeds the Atchafalaya River ... Those levels once posed a serious concern for Terrebonne Parish, flooding areas like Gibson in 2011 and 2016, Terrebonne Parish Levee Director ...
FEMA's potential elimination threatens flood protection and infrastructure along the Mississippi River, said American Rivers, an environmental group based in Washington, D.C. The top 10 endangered ...
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.
Trailer homes are submerged in Mississippi River floodwaters near Memphis, Tennessee in 2011. With budget losses to both FEMA and the Army Corps, grant programs to address riverine flooding could ...
Three state wildlife management areas and one national wildlife refuge have hunting closures in place due to flooding. Two ...