Latest Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Atchafalaya River nears crest in Morgan City

As the swollen Atchafalaya River neared its crest in Morgan City on Tuesday, residents farther upriver were returning ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Residents return to flooded houses

Residents in this tiny enclave of homes and fishing camps returned Monday for the first time since evacuating ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Danger lurks in the air after floodwaters recede

As floodwaters drop, the threat of mosquito-borne diseases will rise — people returning home should remember that even ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Flood warning lifted for New Orleans

The Mississippi River at New Orleans fell below its flood stage Friday morning and a flood warning was ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Mississippi River opens to southbound traffic

The Coast Guard has reopened a stretch of the Mississippi River to southbound vessels several days after three ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

High water closes New Orleans rail bridge

Flood damage closed a rail bridge just west of New Orleans, delaying freight and forcing Amtrak to shuttle ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Receding waters reveal damage

The Mississippi River crest has passed through the South, but the misery caused by flooding is far from ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Fickle Miss. flooding frustrates some residents

The Mississippi River's fickle flooding is testing the patience of residents, some of whom were returning to their ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Mandatory evacuation set for Butte LaRose

Residents of Butte LaRose are facing a mandatory evacuation as backwater from the swollen Atchafalaya River creeps toward ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Corps to repair breached Mo. levee by March 1

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it is working to have a temporary fix on the Birds ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Mississippi crests in Vicksburg lower than feared

Eddie Simmons was relieved to hear that the Mississippi River crested slightly lower than expected north of him ...

Associated Press

Miss. sees 1st death from overflowing river

A man died Thursday after being pulled from the floodwaters overflowing from the Mississippi River, becoming what is ...

Associated Press

Giver and taker, ‘Mighty Mississippi’ never tamed

Abraham Lincoln called it "the Father of Waters"; 18th-century English novelist Frederick Marryat deemed it a "vile sewer" ...

Associated Press

Officials say floodwaters to linger into June

The Army Corps of Engineers and local officials are warning Vicksburg residents that they should not think that ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Jindal: Flood chasing bears, snakes away from river

Gov. Bobby Jindal said Tuesday that officials are warning residents to be on the lookout for wildlife fleeing ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Levees, floodwalls require round-the-clock watch

All along the swollen Mississippi River, hundreds of thousands of lives depend on a small army of engineers, ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Mississippians waiting for river to reach crest

The Mississippi River is now forecast to crest a half-foot lower and a day later than first expected ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Town worries as Morganza spillway opens

Phones at the police department in the little southern Louisiana town of Krotz Springs rang nonstop Saturday as ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Barges hit bridge at Baton Rouge

A highway bridge over the Mississippi River that was struck by two runaway barges has been re-opened after ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Engineers to open Morganza spillway, avert disaster

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is saying federal officials have been given approval to open a Louisiana spillway as ...

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