Flood damage at least $2B for Mississippi River towns
Repairs and cleanup following the prolonged flooding along the Mississippi River will cost more than $2 billion, an advocacy group for river communities said Tuesday.
Flooding disrupts farm shipments on the Mississippi River
Normally this time of year, huge barges can be seen chugging up the Mississippi River, carrying millions of tons of grain to market and bringing agriculture-related products to farmers in the Midwest for the new growing season. But there’s not much barge traffic this year.
Toot! Toot! New riverboat to ride Mississippi in New Orleans
Few experiences capture old New Orleans and the Mississippi River quite like a paddlewheel riverboat coming round the muddy bend with its tooting whistle horn, towering smoke stacks and water-churning propeller.
Report: Deepen Mississippi River for bigger cargo ships
The Mississippi River should be dredged to let three southeast Louisiana ports accept the enormous cargo ships built to take advantage of the Panama Canal’s expansion, the Army Corps of Engineers says.
River flood threat cut; residents still feel effects
The threat of a swollen Mississippi River was subsiding for some Wednesday, but Vicksburg residents were still feeling the effects of the rare winter flood, even though the river will crest about 4 feet lower than once predicted.
Mississippi River mayors: Cities ready for high waters
Mayors along the Mississippi River say their cities are ready for the rare winter flood taking place in the Mississippi valley after recent storms dumped large amounts of rain.
Impacts minor as river rises in Mississippi’s Delta region
The Mississippi River was still rising Wednesday, with more than a foot to go before reaching a predicted crest Saturday at Tunica.
Forecasters: River’s crest soon, lower for spots in 3 states
Forecasters said Monday that the Mississippi River’s crest will come sooner and lower for many locations in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi. If that prediction holds, it means the unusual winter flood won’t rival the inundation of 2011.
High water in Midwest heading toward Memphis
The high water causing problems in Illinois and Missouri is heading south toward Memphis, Tennessee.
Mississippi River on the rise from rain fall up stream
The Mississippi River at Natchez is expected to rise 6.6 feet in the next two weeks, placing it just below flood level early in the spring rise season.
Lower Mississippi River back open after oil spill
The Coast Guard reopened a normally bustling stretch of the lower Mississippi River to ships and boaters Monday, two days after an oil spill closed the major inland waterway between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
Miss. River closed during search for sunken tug
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard has shut down Mississippi River traffic in southeastern Louisiana while searching for a sunken tugboat. Coast Guard Petty Officer
Towboat firm being billed for inspection
A towboat company that owns the barges that struck a Mississippi River bridge in Vicksburg will be billed $2,200 for the span’s post-accident inspection.
Barge hits Miss. River bridge; Oil cleanup ongoing
Cleanup crews with booms skimmed oily water from the Mississippi River a day after a barge with more than 80,000 gallons of oil struck a railroad bridge near Vicksburg, spreading a sheen of light crude that kept part of the waterway shut to ship traffic Monday, authorities said.
Drought bares mean side of thirsty Miss. River
Another day, another sandbar to clear on the clogged Mississippi River.
11-mile stretch of Mississippi River closed
Nearly 100 boats and barges were waiting for passage Monday along an 11-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that has been closed due to low water levels, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
New Orleans celebrates anniversary of steamboat
NEW ORLEANS — Two hundred years ago, the first steamboat meandered down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, taking more than four months to reach New Orleans. The journey was marked by Indians chasing the paddle-wheeled boat, a baby’s birth and an earthquake that made the Mississippi flow in the opposite direction for 45 miles.
Study: Mississippi River channel woes huge for economy
NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. economy faces losing billions of dollars in trade unless the Army Corps of Engineers’ budget for dredging the Mississippi River is increased to prevent the river from silting in, according to a new study commissioned by businesses that rely on the river.
Miss. braces as high water pushes past Memphis
From Tunica in the north to Natchez in the south, the river is chasing people from their homes, threatening crops in the agricultural areas of the impoverished Delta counties, shuttering casinos and bringing heartbreak.
In the Delta, a new flood brings back old fears
GREENVILLE — As the crest in the Mississippi River rolls toward the heart of the Delta, the great flood of 1927 is on a lot of minds.