The seeds of America's most destructive flood were planted the previous summer, but it shifted into higher gear this week in ...

In mid-April 1927, 98 years ago this week, another deluge of torrential rain tipped the Mississippi River basin into a historic flood that remains among the most destructive in U.S. history.

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It's hard to imagine where New Orleans would be today without the spillway. But despite all the good it has done, many in South Louisiana have a complicated relationship with the long-standing ...

In a nation as dynamic as the United States, history is more than just tales from the past; it's a mirror reflecting our ...

On New Year’s Day, the Mississippi itself went above flood stage at ... could not dictate to a great river; they could only accommodate its awesome power. Since 1927, the lower Mississippi ...

The Army Corps of Engineers tested the Bonnet Carre Spillway as Mississippi River levels rise near critical thresholds ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The rising Mississippi River has reached the ... The Bonnet Carre Spillway was constructed following the Great Flood of 1927 and spans a mile and a half.

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