The levee bonfires in Louisiana’s River Parishes will light up on Christmas Eve, continuing a tradition dating back centuries ...

Papa Noel is coming down the Mississippi River for Christmas, but he’s not the only one traveling a long distance for ...

GARYVILLE, La. — Louisiana has long relied on a vast levee system to rein in the Mississippi River and protect surrounding communities from flooding. But cutting off the natural flow of the ...

During some of December’s darkest nights, residents of Ascension, St. John the Baptist and St. James parishes illuminate the night sky with towering bonfires along the Mississippi River Levee. The ...

Levees built to protect greater New Orleans had cut off the Maurepas Swamp from the fresh water supplied by the Mississippi River and the Pontchartrain Basin, starving the swamp of nutrients ...

Standing on the Mississippi River levee with both spans of the Crescent City Connection towering 200 feet overhead, Cole Frischhertz swipes his finger across the screen of his smartphone.

Besides the major breaches on the Industrial Canal, miles of levees along the MR-GO have been totally eroded, and St. Bernard Parish between the outlet and the Mississippi River has completely ...

Workers shore up a temporary levee across Main Street in Grafton, Ill., on May 29, 2019. The Mississippi River at Grafton reached its second highest crest ever at 35.17 feet nine days later.

GARYVILLE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has long relied on a vast levee system to rein in the Mississippi River and protect ...

To Save a Dying Swamp, Louisiana Aims to Restore the Mississippi River's Natural Flow GARYVILLE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has long relied on a vast levee system to rein in the Mississippi River and ...

GARYVILLE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has long relied on a vast levee system to rein in the Mississippi River and protect surrounding communities from flooding. But cutting off the natural flow of the ...