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)…
Mississippi River mayors conform to unify ports from Louisiana as much as Minnesota
Baton Rouge, La. — Mayors from 10 states alongside the Mississippi River convened in Louisiana’s capital this week to announce a cooperative settlement between the working river’s ports. On the town for the annual Mississippi River Cities & Cities Initiative…
Local weather-weary Mississippi River delegation lobbies for assist in D.C.
Washington, D.C. — Mayors from 10 states alongside the Mississippi River gathered in D.C. final week to foyer for funding to guard and restore one of many world’s most necessary working rivers. The convening was a part of the annual…