The break, known as Neptune Pass, has grown so large it is comparable to the 10th-largest river in North America and the ...

New Orleans and the Mississippi River is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet ...

Mississippi River levels are rising in New Orleans, and restrictions are in effect to prevent damage to the earthen levee ...

A Frenchman visiting the Mississippi River near what would become New Orleans writes, "This last summer I examined better than I had yet done all the lands in the vicinity of this river.

Storms in parts of the South and Midwest have caused the river to swell. The Corps is eyeing it, though current projections ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The Mississippi River at the Carrollton Gage in New Orleans has climbed above 11 feet once again, prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District ...

NEW ORLEANS — Folks who are hoping to head to Lincoln Beach this summer will have to wait longer. Plans to partially reopen the beach have been delayed until next year, according to NOLA.com.

Projections are showing the river cresting in New Orleans around April 25, lasting around five days. A river flow rate of 1.25 million cubic feet per second triggers a Bonnet Carre opening ...