Opening spillway diverts water away from Baton Rouge and New Orleans, oil refineries, chemical plants. Water diverted from the Mississippi River spills through a bay in the Morganza Spillway in ...
MORGAN CITY, La. Gov. BobbyJindal said he expects the Morganza spillway to open sometime Saturday in an effort to reduce the flow rate and river levels. Jindal announced the decision to open the ...
LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. (AP) -- Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is saying federal officials have been given approval to open a Louisiana spillway as early as Saturday to avert a Mississippi River disaster in ...
NEW ORLEANS, May 13 (Reuters) - Authorities will start opening a key spillway by early Saturday evening to relieve the swollen Mississippi River and avoid flooding Louisiana's two largest cities ...
The opening of the Morganza spillway diverted water from Baton Rouge and New Orleans, and the numerous oil refineries and chemical plants along the lower reaches of the Mississippi. Shifting the water ...
The opening of the Morganza spillway diverted water from Baton Rouge and New Orleans, and the numerous oil refineries and chemical plants along the lower reaches of the Mississippi. Shifting the water ...