Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Warren County, Vicksburg takes on water

Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said at least five neighborhoods have taken on water in the county and ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Jindal: Morganza spillway opening likely this weekend

Gov. Bobby Jindal said the Army Corps of Engineers is likely to open the Morganza spillway Saturday night ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

U.S. economy could face big bill if traffic stopped on river

If the lower portion of the flooding Mississippi River is closed to ships, the U.S. economy could face ...

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Mississippi River threatens catfish industry

Catfish farming in Mississippi faces grave danger from flooding.

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Slow migration unfolds in flood’s path

A slow migration is unfolding here with people and animals seeking higher ground to escape the flooding from ...

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Body found in Memphis floodwaters

Memphis police have found a body that washed up along the bank of the swollen Wolf River after ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Unease in Miss. Delta as flood spreads

Officials in a small town are trying to assure its 500 residents they are doing what they can ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

River tops abandoned Lake Providence levee

The Mississippi River has topped a levee north of Lake Providence in extreme northeast Louisiana, flooding croplands as ...

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Fears grips Mississippi River communities

The dump trucks start rolling about 7 a.m., hauling dirt up a gravel road to the levee at ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Jindal: Get ready to get out of flood’s way

Ripples of fear rose Tuesday along the normally placid bayous of the Atchafalaya basin, the corridor through which ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Mississippi Delta braces for historic flood

The bulging Mississippi River rolled into the fertile Mississippi Delta on Tuesday, threatening to swamp antebellum mansions, wash ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

More evacuations in Memphis as Mississippi rises

The swollen Mississippi River has swamped houses in Memphis and threatens to consume many more, but its rise ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Miss. Delta farmers fear backwater flooding

Ed Jordan's family has worked these fertile fields for four generations. They've survived droughts, tornados and, yes, even ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Corps opens Bonnet Carre spillway

As residents in parts of Louisiana along the swollen Mississippi River started preparing for possible evacuations, the Army ...

Associated Press

Memphis braces for mighty Mississippi’s wrath

Plastic bottles and tree limbs slowly drifted on the surface of the brown water near Henry Allen's driveway, ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Concordia among 22 parishes in federal flood disaster area

The Federal Emergency Management Agency says President Barack Obama has declared a flood disaster in 22 Louisiana parishes, ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Morganza flooding inevitable, similar to 1973

State officials say areas near the Morganza Spillway will get floods comparable to those of 1973, whether or ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Miss. casino, schools close due to rising water

Issaquena County Emergency Management Director Chris Hamlin says he and local law officers have been going door-to-door urging ...

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Univ. of Iowa sends flood barriers to Louisiana

The University of Iowa is sending flood barriers to Louisiana to help communities guard against flooding.

Flood of 2011-Regional Coverage

Memphis giving door-to-door flood warning

Police officers went door to door Friday urging Memphis residents to leave nearly 1,000 homes expected to be ...

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