Posts Tagged ‘floodwater’
Record flooding to linger in Mississippi city
STORY HIGHLIGHTS The Mississippi River crests at Vicksburg hours earlier than anticipated It hits its expected peak of 57.1 feet Forecasters predict the crest will hold through at least Saturday Officials urge residents to be vigilant Vicksburg, Miss...
Farm Runoff in Mississippi River Floodwater Fuels Dead Zone in Gulf
A dead zone -- already the size of the state of New Jersey -- is growing in the ...
Vicksburg, Mississippi, waits for record river levels, snake advisory issued in Louisiana
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Record water levels could last more than a month, Louisiana governor says Coast Guard reopens a section of the Mississippi River A snake advisory is issued in Louisiana Some Arkansas residents can now fish from their porches Vicksbur...
New Orleans trembles at the power of the Mississippi | Jim Gabour
Assurances that the Mississippi will stop rising at 'flood level' are drowned out by the rush of water pouring through spillwaysNew Orleans has already been inundated in one manner these last weeks, in the waves of dramatic visual images of disaster th...
As Flood’s Path Widens, A Treasured Local Market Goes Under
YAZOO CITY, Miss. - At the far end of this sleepy town with Magnolia-lined streets, Hines Grocery has served up heaping plates of smoked pork...
Manitoba floods farms to avoid "catastrophic" breach
Share this By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Manitoba opened its dike on the swollen Assiniboine River on Saturday, starting a slow creep of water across rich farmland to avert a potentially catastrophic, unplanned breach in the Cana...
Key Louisiana spillway to open Saturday, putting towns in harm’s way
Rolling down the river STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: Mississippi officials close boating activity in 14 counties hit by flooding Army Corps of Engineers is expected to open the spillway once river flows hit a trigger The Morganza Spillway has not been ope...
‘It’s Getting Scary’ As Floods Spread In Poverty-Stricken Mississippi Delta
RENA LARA, Miss. -- Officials in a small town are trying to assure its 500 residents they are doing what they can to shore up...
Manitoba delays deliberate flood of vast area
Share this By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Manitoba has pushed back the timing of a planned break in its Assiniboine River dike to Thursday afternoon as residents scrambled to protect themselves from a deliberate flood of a vast ar...
Flood waters set sights on Louisiana oil refineries (AFP)
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) – Record flooding along the Mississippi River threatens to inundate at least two Louisiana refineries and hundreds of oil and gas wells, officials warned. "This is a very serious flood," Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal t...
Queensland: Grantham to be moved to higher ground
AAP Most residents of the flood devastated Queensland town of Grantham will move to higher ground under a land swap plan. About 70 to 80 per cent of residents are expected to move to a new 378 hectare site the Lockyer Valley Council has acquired for t...
North Dakota set for Red River crest; rural areas awash (Reuters)
GRAND FORKS, North Dakota (Reuters) – The Red River was spreading out in a record swath across broad stretches of rural North Dakota and Minnesota on Tuesday and swelling toward a near-record crest in Grand Forks expected within three days. The Red ...
Ohio, parts of Midwest brace for more flooding (AP)
AP - Towns throughout Ohio and parts of the Midwest braced for more flooding Tuesday, a day after storms and tornadoes damaged buildings and homes in Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky.
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