Mississippi man lifeless following St. Tammany Parish crash
ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. (WGNO) — A Mississippi man is lifeless following a crash that occurred in St. Tammany Parish on Saturday, July 12. Based on the Louisiana State Police, troopers with Troop L started investigating the crash, which occurred…
Monitoring the sediment carried by the muddy Mississippi
Mississippi River ships and barges carry over 500 million tons of cargo by way of the Southwest Cross transport channel on the river’s finish to succeed in main ports that deal with 18% of U.S. waterborne commerce. For nearly 100…
Via a brand new Mississippi River channel, Mom Nature exhibits the land-building energy of sediment diversions
As politicians argue over simply how a lot land the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion might construct alongside a quickly sinking coast, geologist Alex Kolker repeatedly makes the 65-mile drive down from New Orleans to doc Neptune Move, the most important new…
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…