Faced with a Mississippi River cresting at some of the highest levels since the 1927 flood, the Army Corps of Engineers opened the Morganza spillway late Saturday afternoon (May 14). Water flowing ...

It rained on southern Louisiana Thursday night, May 12 — and that made fears along the lower Mississippi River rise as high as the Big Muddy’s already dangerously swollen levels. The Mississippi grew ...

Opening spillway diverts water away from Baton Rouge and New Orleans, oil refineries, chemical plants. Water diverted from the Mississippi River spills through a bay in the Morganza Spillway in ...

The final gate on the Morganza Spillway isbeing closed Thursday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. At the height of the threat of flooding from the MississippiRiver, 17 gates were open to divert ...

HOUSTON, May 13 (Reuters) - A decision by the Mississippi River Commission to open the Morganza Spillway to divert flood waters away from New Orleans is expected by Saturday, the Port of New Orleans ...

2011-05-22T09:24:14-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/8c4/20110522092454001.jpgLieutenant General Russell Honore, commander of Joint Task Force Katrina, says the ...

11 of the 125 floodgates have been opened and the Corps plans to open more. May 16, 2011 -- The Army Corps of Engineers opened two additional gates at the Mississippi River's Morganza Spillway today, ...

LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. (AP) -- Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is saying federal officials have been given approval to open a Louisiana spillway as early as Saturday to avert a Mississippi River disaster in ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - From frequent spillway openings a few years ago to drought conditions in 2023, the Mississippi River has been a story of dramatic contrast. Congress has ordered the U.S. Army ...

The Morganza spillway is part of a system of locks and levees built following the great flood of 1927, which killed hundreds and left many more without homes. When the Morganza opened Saturday, it was ...