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 Other Nonprofit Media showcases select work from other nonprofit news sites around the nation. CYPREMORT POINT, La. — Thomas Olander has watched his shrimp catch shrink over the last 15 years. It ...

WDSU FIRST WARNING WEATHER YOU’RE GOING TO SEE THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI BEHIND ME RIGHT HERE. AND ACTUALLY, THAT RIVER MILE MARKER RIGHT THERE. IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, I’VE BEEN WALKING UP RIGHT TO IT ...

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 ...