The mouth of the Mississippi River, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico south of New Orleans, Louisiana, is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above.

Thomas Olander, on his boat in Cypremort Point, Louisiana, shows off the nets his family uses to catch shrimp in Vermilion Bay. (La’Shance Perry/The Lens) Buy Photo CYPREMORT POINT, La. — Thomas ...

You could call it “Dead Zone East,” a 1,634-square-mile area of Gulf of Mexico bottom waters with dangerously low levels of oxygen on the east side of the Mississippi River. It's a bit larger than the ...

From the deck of his expansive marina near the mouth of the Mississippi River, Rene Cross says he hopes he doesn’t have to deal with it all again. The corroded washing machines and ice makers, the ...

While many states have embraced new health care system in 1999. Mississippians have poor health status compared to residents of other states, and Mississippi is as yellow as a daffodil floating on a ...

COLUMBUS HALL IN CHALMETTE IN ORLEANS PARISH. THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, TAKING NEW ACTION AGAINST THE RISING MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE CORPS HAS ACTIVATED ITS ONE FLOOD FIGHT PROCEDURES AFTER WATER ...

The Mississippi River runs from Lake Itasca in Minnesota all the way south to the Gulf of Mexico. It's an important economic and transportation route — but it's also a great spot to unwind and commune ...

The National Hurricane Center's 8 am Wednesday advisory reported that Category 1 Hurricane Francine is 195 miles southwest of Morgan City Louisiana and 260 miles east-northeast of Mouth of the Rio ...

Minnesota DNR water quality specialist Rob Burdis drills into 50 cm of ice Jan. 22 on Peterson Lake, which is part of the Mississippi River, near Kellogg, Minnesota. The hole allows access to one of ...

A Louisiana native formally took command of the Army Corps of Engineers' New Orleans district on Friday, assuming a crucial job at a challenging moment while declaring he still bleeds purple and gold ...