A Mississippi flood aid venture may hurt 90,000 acres of precious wetlands. Is it definitely worth the tradeoff?
ROLLING FORK, Miss. — Anderson Jones first remembers his dwelling flooding in 1973, when water from the close by Mississippi River blanketed his household’s 10-acre farm and surrounded the shotgun home his father constructed, leaving it an island. The household…
Mississippi River named probably the most endangered of 2025 by non-profit American Rivers
The Mississippi River is the nation’s most endangered river, a nationwide conservation group says, due to federal plans to chop flood-relief applications as extreme climate threats develop. American Rivers, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group, has for the previous 40 years…
Heavy snow, bitter chilly to hit southern Louisiana, Mississippi on Tuesday
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The Gulf Coast area is bracing for a uncommon winter storm that may deliver heavy snow, harmful chilly, and dangerous journey situations beginning early Tuesday. Snowfall is predicted to start within the early morning hours Tuesday…
Newest federal Water Assets Improvement Act addresses local weather extremes and flooding alongside the Mississippi River
A newly handed federal regulation emphasizes flood management alongside the Mississippi River—work that advocates imagine is vital because the river basin sees extra frequent and extreme excessive climate occasions because of local weather change. The Water Assets Improvement Act (WRDA)…
Picayune man dies in Pearl River County crash: Mississippi officers
PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss. (WGNO) — A person is lifeless after a crash on a Mississippi interstate. In response to the Mississippi Freeway Patrol, round 12 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 18, troopers responded to the crash scene on Interstate 59…
Maurepas Swamp’s upcoming reintroduction to the Mississippi River
On Tuesday, the state’s Coastal Safety and Restoration Authority (CPRA) formally started to reconnect the Mississippi River with the Maurepas Swamp, a degraded and submerged swamp forest straight west of Lake Pontchartrain. Levees constructed to guard higher New Orleans had…
Freeze Warning issued for elements of Southeast Louisiana and Coastal Mississippi
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A Freeze Warning is in impact till 8 a.m. Sunday for areas alongside and north of the Interstate 12 hall, excluding the Baton Rouge metro. Temperatures are anticipated to drop to close 30 levels within the…
As Mississippi River cities expertise whiplash between drought and flood, mayors look to new insurance coverage mannequin
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Early on Election Day, highways within the St. Louis space had been inundated with water. Over a number of days, intense storms battered Missouri, bringing six to 10 inches of rain—record-breaking quantities for November. The flash…
Credit score unions announce plans for largest merger in Louisiana, Mississippi historical past
Hearken to this text Mississippi-based Keesler Federal Credit score Union and Louisiana-based Jefferson Monetary Federal Credit score Union Boards of Administrators have introduced plans for the most important credit score union merger within the states’ historical past. The merger would lead to enhanced…
Mississippi River mayors conform to unify ports from the Corn Belt to the coast
Hearken to this text Mayors from 10 states alongside the Mississippi River convened in Louisiana’s capital this week to announce a cooperative settlement among the many working river’s ports. On the town for the annual Mississippi River Cities & Cities Initiative (MRCTI)…