A Tulane University study this year found that water losses from the main Mississippi River channel from New Orleans to the Gulf have increased by 25% since 2004 due in part to bank failures.

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She talks with Army Corp, who are racing to alleviate the issue. A saltwater wedge in the Mississippi River is moving toward New Orleans much slower than expected, officials said Thursday.

A salty Mississippi River mouth is a wakeup for New Orleans Sediment and mixed river water are seen as a tanker ship moves upriver in Plaquemines Parish, La. Saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico has ...

New Orleans is a water city. The city is built on a delta between a river and a lake, with muddy soil beneath us and ever-present humidity hanging in the air, and its moisture is part of our identity.

Ms. Cantrell, the mayor of New Orleans, also sought to ease people’s fears. “The most important thing for residents at this time is to stay informed and remain calm,” she said in a statement.

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. The river rose above 11 ...

At Vicksburg, Mississippi, north of New Orleans, the river flowed at a rate about 50% slower and at a stage height about 95% lower than normal during late September and early October between 2013 ...

Drought farther up the Mississippi and its tributaries is why the river has remained so low, Corps spokesperson Matt Roe said in an email. The river is deeper than the Gulf of Mexico almost to Natchez ...

As the flood-swollen Mississippi River rises across the South into Louisiana, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has opened the Bonnet Carré spillway north of New Orleans in a precautionary move to ...