Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La. (WGNO) — The Army Corps of Engineers is getting ready to fight a saltwater intrusion making its way up the ...

TAKING A LIVE LOOK AT THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI AS A SALT WATER WEDGE IS NOW SLOWLY CREEPING UP THE RIVER. SO TO COMBAT THE IMPACTS HERE, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS BUILDING AN UNDERWATER SEAL THERE ...

New modeling is deepening understanding of why saltwater intrusion up the Mississippi River has worsened in recent years, pointing to a previously underestimated factor as the primary cause and ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Saltwater from the Gulf is once again creeping up the Mississippi River, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing to build an underwater barrier to slow it down. Due ...

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 saltwater wedge is continuing to creep up the Mississippi River, but it isn’t expected to reach New Orleans or threaten its water supply. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said that, thanks to a ...

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.

New Orleans, LA has issued an emergency declaration amid a possible water crisis in the Louisiana city. NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has signed an emergency declaration over an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Army Corps of Engineers is getting ready to fight a saltwater intrusion making its way up the Mississippi River.

NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will build an underwater sill in the Mississippi River to stop saltwater from creeping farther upriver from the Gulf of Mexico. The Corps says ...

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 ...

Saltwater from the Gulf is once again creeping up the Mississippi River, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing to build an underwater barrier to slow it down.