Fred Newton’s epic swim down the Mississippi River earned him a world record, but not the fame and fortune he hoped.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing for the Mississippi River to reach some of its highest water levels in recent years in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. According to forecasts, the river ...

US Army Corps of Engineers crews use dredges and pipes to move silt onto an underwater sill along the bottom of the Mississippi River September 22, about 20 miles downriver from New Orleans.

A Tulane University study this year found that water losses from the main Mississippi River channel from New Orleans to the Gulf have increased by 25% since 2004 due in part to bank failures.

Sibylle Peretti has been celebrated around the world for opalescent glass vignettes of plant and animal life mixed with ...

Discover why New Orleans is called 'The Crescent City.' Learn how its unique shape along the Mississippi River gave it this ...

Mississippi River levels are rising in New Orleans, and restrictions are in effect to prevent damage to the earthen levee system that protects the region. Why it matters: The river is expected to ...

Updated Oct. 11, 2023 at 7:50 a.m. As salt water moves up the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico, residents across the greater New Orleans area have been left with many questions.

New Orleans' Achilles heel: the Mississippi River levee system? But the New Orleans levee system has an Achilles' heel, one that may make it vulnerable to a mere Category 1 hurricane storm surge.

A saltwater wedge in the Mississippi River is moving toward New Orleans much slower than expected, officials said Thursday. The Army Corps of Engineers previously estimated that New Orleans was ...

Water level at the Carrollton gage on the Mississippi River at New Orleans during 2013 (solid black line) and during 2012 (dashed black line.) The river is currently 9' higher than it was in 2012.