Interstate 10 westbound briefly closed as authorities worked to recover a body after witnesses reported seeing a person take his own life.

The project is expected to replenish around 45,000 acres of wetlands over the next 50 years, protecting Louisiana residents ...

NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the Bonnet Carré Spillway Friday after heavy rains caused the Mississippi River to rise six inches in 24 hours, surpassing flood stage.

The Bonnet Carre Spillway has been opened more than a dozen times since it was constructed nearly 100 years ago, but the protection it offers New Orleans’ levee system comes at a cost ...

The Bonnet Carre Spillway has been opened more than a dozen times since it was constructed nearly 100 years ago, but the protection it offers New Orleans' levee system comes at a cost: The rush of ...

With the Mississippi River rising and heavy rainfall upstream, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct a test opening of the Bonnet Carré Spillway on Monday, April 21 at 10 a.m. The test ...

Above: Extracting a needle--very carefully--from the Bonnet Carré Spillway during its opening on January 10, 2016. Each of the 350 concrete bays holds 20 needles. Image credit: Bob Henson.

The lower part of the photo shows the Bonnet Carré Spillway, which had just been opened to divert excess water from the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain. I was returning from the American ...

Dozens of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel spent Saturday in preparation mode, testing cranes and inspecting the Bonnet Carré Spillway.Sunday’s opening was the first time in nearly five ...

WEBVTT STORMS, I WILL LET YOU KNOW OURCHANCES FOR THAT IN JUST A FEWMINUTES.CAMILLE: U.S. ARMY CORPS OFENGINEER CREWS SPENT THE MORNINGOPENING UP GATES IN PART OF THEBONNET CARRE SPILLWAY IN NORCO ...

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 ...