The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said on Monday it will spend almost $800 million to address flood mitigation, coastal storm damage protection and address supply chain resilience. About $221 million will address flooding for the Pearl River in Jackson, …
Farmers and environmentalists have been arguing for decades over proposals for a massive federal flood-control project in the south Mississippi Delta. The fight is continuing into a new presidential administration. Four conservation groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency, with …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does not object to a revised proposal for a massive flood-control project to pump water from parts of the Mississippi Delta, a regional administrator for the agency says. That’s significant because the EPA vetoed the …
DeSoto County supervisors want the Corps of Engineers to coordinate a unified flood-prevention effort. Letters from the board seek to get the Vicksburg and Memphis districts in the same boat with DeSoto and its North Mississippi neighbors to identify “escalating …
This time of year, those living on the Mighty Mississippi can’t help but fret the water’s annual, inevitable rise. Yet, it is a fear confronted year-round by those in charge of the elaborate flood-control system that has been erected along …
