Dubbed “The Great Flood of 2019” by The New York Times, the Lower Missouri River Basin experienced its third severe flood event over a 30-year period that ravaged communities and infrastructure across ...

Major diversion project features, including the inlet structure and Wild Rice River control structure, are in the final construction stages. Work is 30% complete on the Red River control structure, ...

LETTSWORTH — The giant steel doors below Russell Beauvais’ feet are holding back water that can determine the future of south Louisiana — and far beyond. On one side of the elaborate complex in this ...

Baton Rouge and New Orleans exist because of the Mississippi River, and huge swaths of the region's and nation's economy have always depended upon it. But the big river didn't always flow where it ...

Near the mouth of the Mississippi River, there are few large swamp forests. Coastal erosion has also made it harder for vegetation to thrive. But in an offshoot of the river deep in Plaquemines Parish ...