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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Mississippi flooding
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/09
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In Pictures: Mississippi River floods
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In Pictures: New Orleans five years after Katrina
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Tropical storm Lee threatens flooding in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi
Tropical Storm Lee now has winds approaching 60 miles per hour. Louisiana has heavy rain, and authorities warn of flooding in Alabama and Mississippi as well. States of emergency have been declared.
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How Mississippi River floods could save Louisiana's sinking coasts
Before the current levee system was built, Mississippi River floods helped replenish Louisiana coastal wetlands with silt. Now that silt goes into the Gulf and the coastline is disappearing. But scientists have a plan, and the great flood of 2011 could help them bring it about.
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Morganza spillway: Flooding farmland to save New Orleans
The US Army of Corps of Engineers has opened the Morganza spillway to prevent the surging Mississippi from endangering New Orleans. But farms and natural habitat will be flooded as a result.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Mississippi flooding
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/09
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In Pictures: Mississippi River floods
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On a mission to restore the Louisiana bayou
Retired dairy farmers, they were no strangers to muck as they helped revive the marsh of Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf oil spill.
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In Pictures: New Orleans five years after Katrina
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Gulf oil spill's tar balls latest trouble for Lake Pontchartrain
Tar balls from the Gulf oil spill were first spotted entering New Orleans' Lake Pontchartrain on Sunday, and have disrupted the lake's rebounding fishing industry.
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Oil skimmer testing halted by bad weather in Gulf of Mexico
Oil skimmer testing in the Gulf of Mexico for the super tanker ship has been hampered by recent bad weather.
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Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans now has tar balls, oily sheen
Lake Pontchartrain, which has until now been free of oil from the BP spill, is now home to tar balls and an oil sheen.
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Tar balls now found in Louisiana's Lake Pontchartrain
Tar balls and oil sheen from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill have now made their way into Lake Pontchartrain, the northern boundary of New Orleans.
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Hurricane season bears down on BP Gulf oil spill
The season’s first tropical weather system is disrupting cleanup efforts and has raised the anxiety level along the Gulf Coast. Where's the emergency storm plan, some officials are asking?
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Raining oil in Louisiana? Not likely.
Raining oil in Louisiana: A YouTube video claims that oil is falling from the sky in a New Orleans suburb. Here's why this is almost certainly not true.
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BP oil spill: Louisianans want more from Obama ... but more what?
With Obama in Louisiana Friday to assess the response to the BP oil spill, residents have strong views about what needs to happen next. But their ideas can conflict, and expectations are low.
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Gulf oil spill: Why booms, in short supply, may not save the day
Prices jump for oil-containment booms, as communities scramble to protect their coastlines from the approaching slick from the Gulf oil spill. Moreover, booms are effective only in certain conditions, experts say.
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One place in Louisiana people are praising BP
BP has been roundly criticized by federal and state officials for its oil spill cleanup efforts. But one local official points to signs of progress and cooperation.
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Distrust hampers BP effort to enlist fishermen in oil spill flight
The BP plan is to pay fishermen to deploy booms from their own boats. Fisherman want to help combat the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but a liability form is causing widespread confusion.
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Will much of New Orleans be underwater by 2100?
Sea-level rise and sinking land mean the Mississippi River Delta's habitable land will shrink, a new study finds.
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How New Orleans weathered Gustav
From levee-buttressing heroics to beefed-up security, the Crescent City charts a post-hurricane course.
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