Posts Tagged ‘Mississippi River’
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 ...
Mississippi flood causes billions in damage, while local representatives deny climate threat
by Brad Johnson. Cross-posted from the Wonk Room. “Flooding along the Mississippi River has set a new water level record,” according to the National Weather Service. “The massive flood churning its way down the Mississippi...
Morganza Spillway to be Opened After 38 Years
By Vickie Frantz, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer May 14, 2011; 10:11 AM ET Workers help build a temporary levee in Krotz Springs, La., Friday, May 13, 2011, in advance of possible flooding if the Morganza Spillway north of Baton Rouge is opened. Wo...
Unlucky Friday the 13th Weather through History
By Gina Cherundolo, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer May 13, 2011; 12:27 AM ET The MODIS sensor aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Charley on Friday, Aug. 13, 2004, at 12:35 p.m. EDT. Today's date (on this side ...
Mississippi River flood of 2011 already a $2 billion disaster
The Mississippi River continues to rise to heights never seen before along its course through the states of Mississippi and Louisiana. At Natchez, Mississippi, the river has already hit 59 feet, breaking the previous all-time record of 58 feet set in t...
PBS Video: All Eyes on Mississippi River Levees, Spillways as Flood Tensions Continue
Listen to the AudioCrews filled sandbags and shored up levees along the Mississippi River as enormous volumes of water surged south. Jeffrey Brown takes a closer look at the levee and floodgate system with the Association of State Floodplain Managers' ...
Mississippi Flooding Hits Memphis, Heads Toward Weary New Orleans
Low-lying areas of Memphis, Tenn., have been flooded by the rising Mississippi River, forcing evacuations, but engineers said ...
Fighting Record Floods Means Tackling Climate Change Too
The Washington Post has a story today, Floods along the Mississippi River lead to renewed calls for a change in strategy, detailing the various ways that governments are coping with increased flooding. But the discussion shouldn't just be limited to te...
As Mississippi Rises, Historian Discusses ‘Great Flood’ of 1927
A flooded power plant at Oswego, Kansas, on the Neosho River on April 23, 1927 (National Oceanic and ...
Mississippi River sets all-time flood records; 2nd major spillway opens
The Mighty Mississippi continues to wreak havoc as the river's highest flood crest in history pushes southwards near Memphis, Tennessee today. The river crested at its highest height on record over the past four days along a 70-mile stretch from New Ma...
Record floods on Mississippi River, Lake Champlain; 3rd EF-5 tornado verified
The Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois continues to fall today, with a level of 59.3', 2.5' below the all-time peak of 61.8' set on Monday night. On Monday night, the Army Corps of Engineers was forced to intentionally destroy a levee at Birds Point on the ...
Lower Mississippi River Up Next for Historical Flooding
By Kristina Pydynowski, Senior Meteorologist May 4, 2011; 7:18 AM ET Part of the 130,000 acres of farmland flooded by an intentional break in the Birds Point levee is seen on Tuesday in Mississippi Co., Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) Residents alon...
Waters still rising around evacuated Illinois town (Reuters)
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – Missouri's attorney general asked the Supreme Court on Sunday to intervene and block a proposed federal plan to protect the southern Illinois town of Cairo by blowing up a levee on the Mississippi River. State Attorney General ...
U.S. agency moves closer to blowing up levee (Reuters)
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A U.S. government agency moved a step closer on Saturday to blowing up a Mississippi River levee to control flooding after a court decision cleared the way for it to proceed. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials said they dispa...
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