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Atchafalaya River Cresting in Morgan City and Backwater Flooding Impacts

by Wilma SubraMay 30, 2011for the Louisiana Environmental Action Network and the Lower Mississippi RIVERKEEPER As a result of the Mississippi River flood of 2011, the Atchafalaya River at Morgan City crested on May 30, 2011. The Atchafalaya River flood waters were a result of Mississippi River floodwaters being diverted into the Atchafalaya River at the Old River Control Complex north east of Simmesport, Louisiana and into the Atchafalaya Basin by the Morganza Spillway east of Melville, Louisiana.…
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Natural, Man Made and Technology Based Disasters in the Mississippi River System in Louisiana – 2008

The Mississippi River transports 41% of the drainage from the 48 contiguous states through the state of Louisiana. Thirty percent of the Mississippi River flow is diverted to the Atchafalaya River through the Old river Control Complex. October 2008 by, Wilma Subra Technical Advisor to LEAN Subra Company New Iberia, LA Paul Orr Communications Director Louisiana Environmental Action Network Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper   The Mississippi River transports 41% of the drainage from the 48 contiguous states through the state of Louisiana.…
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