Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U..S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided against opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway — welcome news for South Mississippi as ...

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 into Lake ...

With the Mississippi River now forecast to crest at 16.5 feet in New Orleans on March 4, a half-foot below official flood stage, the Army Corps of Engineers does not foresee a need to open either the ...

A partial opening of the Bonnet Carré Spillway "seems a certainty now," Louisiana State Climatologist Jay Grymes said in emailed comments Thursday, as recent forecasts indicated a further rise in the ...