April 10 (UPI) --A Mississippi county on Wednesday warned of a levee break on a lake, warning subdivision residents to evacuate immediately. The evacuation comes as several more inches of rain are ...

and the consequences of a levee break grew ever more dangerous. When levees broke, the Mississippi River Commission and the Army Corps of Engineers blamed flooding on substandard building techniques.

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 river ...

five-year study on the lower Mississippi. Included in that study is the Morganza Spillway on the river's west bank. The precautions announced Monday include patrolling levees twice weekly until ...

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The George S. Walker train ferry transports a train across the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to the Anchorage railroad ...

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.

(Photo Credit: Elise Plunk/ Louisiana Illuminator) High water levels for the Mississippi River in New Orleans spurred increased levee inspections from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, its New ...