The trees that grow in the Mississippi River floodplain have been overwhelmed by higher water and longer-lasting floods.

When Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005 and triggered catastrophic federal floodwall breaches along the Lower 9th Ward side of ...

The US counties most susceptible to flooding, pollution, chronic illness and other factors linked to climate change have been ...

Fox 8 WVUE Meteorologist Nicondra Norwood loves serving her home region ... Lutcher High School in St. James Parish. She is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Mississippi State University with a ...

A host of parasitic diseases commonly thought to have been eradicated in the U.S. are infecting a large number of mostly poor ...

I hope to continue this work and marry it with my prior beat, putting a spotlight on the growing ways the environment affects our health.

State leaders, including Mississippi Republicans House of Representatives Speaker Jason White and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, ...

The Environment Agency said river levels would remain high across parts of the region today and were urging people to stay away from swollen rivers and not to drive through flood water.

The top four seeds in each region would receive a bye into the second round, with four first-round games per region - 5 vs. 12, 6 vs. 11, 7 vs. 10 and 8 vs. 9 - being played without fans on the ...

By 14:30 GMT water levels were seen to be falling but amber and yellow weather warnings remained in place across the region ... The flats began to flood in the early hours, with almost all ...

adding “many of the other housing funding programs aren’t available for a community that resides in a flood region.” Both directors said NRTC funding in Atlantic City has not only helped ...

Right now that storm is favored (70% chance) to continue eastward and mainly out to sea with only a brush of snow here in our region. There still remains a less favored (30% chance) that it does ...