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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Another Midwest Drought Is Causing Transportation Headaches on the Mississippi River
Abnormally dry conditions have caused low water levels that disrupt barge transports carrying fuel and grain. Climatologists ...
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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 ...
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Reaction from Minnesota man rescued from Mississippi River
That was Frank Lachinski’s reaction after his canoe hit a buoy on the Mississippi River around 10 a.m. Friday ... but with that current I couldn’t get there. My daughter did, but I was ...
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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There’s a new plan to plug a leak in the Mississippi River. Could it also build land?
The power of the Mississippi River comes clearly into focus far south of New Orleans ... a willingness to think more creatively to balance the competing interests, the current proposal does not ...
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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.