The Army Corps of Engineers is taking steps to help Louisiana deal with rising rivers. The Bonnet Carre Spillway was opened on Sunday. The Morganza Spillway could be opened by midweek.
KENNER, La. (AP) — State police have closed Interstate 10 westbound near the Bonnet Carre Spillway as they investigate a fatal accident.
Traffic is being diverted Friday morning to Interstate 310 South.
Trooper Melissa Matey says two people died in the three vehicle accident...
The final open bays of the Bonnet Carre Spillway that dumps Mississippi River water into Lake Pontchartrain were closed this morning by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Amtrak is using buses at the Louisiana end of the City of New Orleans' twice daily route and freight trains are delayed because flood damage has closed a train bridge just west of New Orleans.
The Army Corps of Engineers says 16 of 125 bays are now open on the Morganza spillway upriver from Baton Rouge, sending water from the Mississippi River into the Atchafalaya River at a rate of 108,000 cubic feet per second.
KPEL's Jeremy Lawrence visits with Senator David Vitter about the potential flooding issues dealing with the Morganza and Bonnet Carre Spillways, and also how he's pressing President Obama concerning the drilling industry.
The waters of the Mississippi River continue to rise and the Army Corps of Engineers began the opening of the Bonnet Carre spillway this morning as a way to alleviate ever rising waters.
Governor Bobby Jindal says the additional rain in the Lower Ohio River Valley has emergency officials in Louisiana preparing for even higher Mississippi River water levels than previously estimated.