New Orleans celebrates July 4 with music, hot dogs, patriotic colors and of course, fireworks. On Thursday, find celebrations ...

The Fourth of July comes with fireworks shows and revelry across the New Orleans metro. The big picture: It's a busy weekend ...

New Orleans and nearby parishes prepare for a vibrant Independence Day weekend with ESSENCE Fest, riverfront fireworks, ...

The Mississippi River has claimed countless lives over the years, and it kills indiscriminately, and many of its victims are never found. Here's more.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing for the Mississippi River to reach some of its highest water levels in recent years in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. According to forecasts, the river ...

US Army Corps of Engineers crews use dredges and pipes to move silt onto an underwater sill along the bottom of the Mississippi River September 22, about 20 miles downriver from New Orleans.

A Tulane University study this year found that water losses from the main Mississippi River channel from New Orleans to the Gulf have increased by 25% since 2004 due in part to bank failures.

Mississippi River levels are rising in New Orleans, and restrictions are in effect to prevent damage to the earthen levee system that protects the region. Why it matters: The river is expected to ...

New Orleans' Achilles heel: the Mississippi River levee system? But the New Orleans levee system has an Achilles' heel, one that may make it vulnerable to a mere Category 1 hurricane storm surge.

Louisiana's $2B Mississippi River bridge project faces new delays amid unresolved environmental and design issues.

As drought tightens its grip in the Central US and water levels on the Mississippi River plummet to near-record lows, a surge of saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico is pushing upstream, polluting ...