The predicted flow rate of the Mississippi River is just below the threshold for a partial opening of the Bonnet Carré ...

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has been distributing its funding via the Mississippi Bonnet Carré Spillway ...

At least one Mississippi official believes the Army Corps is being more cautious with spillway openings because of past ...

The Bonnet Carre Spillway has been opened more than a dozen times since it was constructed nearly 100 years ago, but the ...

Just last week, the Army Corps of Engineers conducted a test opening of the spillway in Norco, about 33 miles upriver from ...

The Mississippi River is cresting earlier and slightly lower than expected, with no immediate plans to open the Bonnet Carré ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers does not expect to open the Bonnet Carré Spillway as the Mississippi River is no longer expected to crest at a level that would require water to be diverted ...

The Mississippi River reached its highest level of the spring season in Baton Rouge on Thursday, confirming forecasts of ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the Mississippi River has to rise to 1.25 million cubic feet per second for the Bonnet Carré Spillway to open.

NEW ORLEANS — The Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) says the Mississippi River is cresting lower than forecast, meaning it won’t reach the level required to open the Bonnet Carré Spillway.

If the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opens the Bonnet Carré Spillway later this week to relieve the threat of Mississippi River flooding in and around New Orleans, at least one aspect of a century ...