There’s a new plan to plug a leak in the Mississippi River. Could it also build land?
It went from capturing around 6% of the river’s flow to roughly 16%, the Corps says. So much of the Mississippi was being diverted that it slowed the current in the main channel, causing ...
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Low Mississippi River levels are again making it more expensive to transport crops in the Midwest
River barges are an efficient way to move crops — 15 barges can hold about as much grain as 1,000 semi-trucks. But low river ...
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Mississippi River flooding starts, worst yet to come
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The Mississippi River is headed for major flooding ... about five feet higher than its current ...
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The Latest: Tropical Storm Francine likely to become hurricane Tuesday
BATON ROUGE, La. (WWSB) - The latest update from the National Hurricane Center shows Tropical Storm Francine continuing her ...
Tropical Storm Francine forces evacuations along Gulf Coast, Louisiana under hurricane warning
Flooding rainfall, strong winds and dangerous storm surge are all possible this week along the western Gulf Coast. Tropical storm watches are in place early this week from portions of Mexico’s ...
Francine weakens to a tropical storm after making landfall in Louisiana as Category 2 hurricane
Francine made landfall in Terrebonne Parish as a Category 2 hurricane but weakened as it moved across land and was downgraded ...
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Brackish water creeping up the Mississippi River may threaten Louisiana's drinking supply
as the mighty flow of the Mississippi River has ebbed under dry conditions. Communities rely on the Mississippi's volume and current to push salt water from the Gulf of Mexico back out to sea.
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Brackish water creeping up the Mississippi River may threaten Louisiana’s drinking supply
as the mighty flow of the Mississippi River has ebbed under dry conditions. Communities rely on the Mississippi’s volume and current to push salt water from the Gulf of Mexico back out to sea.