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New Harbor Bridge: How Engineering Flaws Stalled a Megaproject

Humans have spent centuries trying to control rivers, but nature always fights back. This video explores the Old River Control Structure in Louisiana, a dam-like system built to prevent the ...
The Advocate

The Mississippi River wants to change course. The struggle to stop it faces new threats.

LETTSWORTH — The giant steel doors below Russell Beauvais’ feet are holding back water that can determine the future of south Louisiana — and far beyond. On one side of the elaborate complex in this ...
Richmond

Virginia Tech professor charts change in Louisiana flooding

Durelle Scott got a close look at the raging Mississippi River from atop a floodgate system built almost 50 years ago to keep the mighty river under control. Scott, an assistant professor of ...
The Bismarck Tribune

Red River reroutes itself in milestone for Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Project

HORACE, N.D. — Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney is confident he will never have to wear a safety vest to sandbag again. As he spoke Thursday morning to people at the Red River Control Structure, the ...