PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La. (WGNO) — The Army Corps of Engineers is getting ready to fight a saltwater intrusion making its way up the Mississippi River. Dry conditions in states upstream have lowered the ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed the underwater sill built to prevent salt water from moving up the Mississippi River and threatening New Orleans’ water supply. The Corps built the sill ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Saltwater intrusion typically happens every year closer to the mouth of the Mississippi River. Some years, it can creep too far upstream when the river is low, which is what’s ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Friday that it will build an underwater sill to keep salt water from moving up the Mississippi River, the fourth-straight year in which the structure has been ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Salt water inching up the ...

Missouri is almost completely in drought and Iowa is almost drought-free. The top and bottom of the Mississippi River has had high streamflows this month, but about a quarter of gauges throughout the ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WKRG) — An Ocean Springs man’s great snapper snagged a saltwater fishing record for July, according to the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources. A record for conventional tackle ...

Army Corps fights saltwater intrusion in Mississippi River once again News Sep 19, 2025 / 10:09 PM CDT The Army Corps of Engineers is getting ready to fight a saltwater intrusion making its way up the ...

Southeast Louisiana is abnormally dry. The top and bottom of the Mississippi River has had high streamflows this month, but about a quarter of gauges throughout the basin show below-normal flow.

Barges float in the Mississippi River as a portion of the riverbed is exposed, Sept. 15, 2023, in St. Louis. A long stretch of hot, dry weather left the Mississippi River so low that barge companies ...