Atmospheric River Hits US: Widespread Rain and Snow Until Thursday
The second in a pair of storms will sweep into the Northwest from Tuesday night through Thursday, bringing heavy rain and ...
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Facts to know about the Mississippi River
(John Doman / Pioneer Press) Wondering how long the Mississippi River is? Or how much water flows through the river? How about where it is the widest? Take a look at these facts and make yourself ...
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On the Wisconsin-Iowa border, the Mississippi River is eroding sacred Indigenous mounds
The Effigy Mounds are one of the densest collections still existing in North America, but the Mississippi River is eating ...
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Extremely low Mississippi River levels allow 'once in a lifetime' tourist destination to reemerge again
including the Mississippi River, as the record-hot year underpinned a drying up of water flows and contributed to prolonged droughts in some places. The data for 2024 isn’t in yet, but the ...
Engineering News-Record22d
Working to Tame the Mighty Mississippi Over the Years
A floodgate system regulating the flow of water from the Mississippi into the Atchafalaya River, it prevents the Mississippi from changing course. The first three components were completed in 1963 ...
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Guest column: Plaquemines Parish has given a lot to the country The diversion gives some back.
In this guest column, New Orleans native Randy Fertel argues that the controversial Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion finally ...
Brownfield Ag News6d
Recent rains improve river traffic
Recent rain in the Midwest has helped improve the flow of the Mississippi River. Lou Dell’Orco is Chief of Operations for the ...
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Letters: Where to put a new Mississippi River bridge?
The best location for a new Mississippi River bridge for Baton Rouge would ... peak hour traffic could also be done to improve traffic flow. KENNETH A. PERRET Baton Rouge ...
The Gazette26d
Mississippi River eroding Iowa’s sacred Indigenous mounds
Today, though, the Mississippi River has significantly eroded ... and engineered alterations to the river's flow. There's now an urgent need to protect the mounds from further damage, Snow said.