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Hurricane warnings are issued to multiple locations in Louisiana and Mississippi as Hurricane Sally approaches from the Gulf of Mexico with sustained winds of 50 mph. Flood watches are still in effect in Florida's west coast, including Tampa.
2020-09-13

A black American political candidate "was dragged and set on fire" during his murder in the U.S. state of Mississippi, say his family. The corpse of Marco McMillian was found bruised and burned near a levee on the Mississippi River.
2013-03-5

Travel on the Mississippi River is closed for five miles near the US city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana due to flooding.
2011-05-20

The United States Coast Guard reopens a section of the Mississippi River to shipping that was closed on Tuesday as a result of the 2011 Mississippi River floods.
2011-05-18

The Morganza Spillway on the Mississippi River has been opened for the first time in 37 years, deliberately flooding 3,000 square miles of rural Louisiana to save most of Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
2011-05-15

The Morganza Spillway on the Mississippi River is opened for the second time in its history, deliberately flooding 3,000 sqmi of rural Louisiana and placing a nuclear power plant at risk to save most of Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
2011-05-14

Flooding along the Mississippi River in the United States threatens $2-4 billion estimated damages.
2011-05-12

Mississippi River flooding worsens, with the Army Corps of Engineers saying an area between Simmesport, Louisiana and Baton Rouge will be submerged 20-30 feet, and 13% of US oil refinery output disrupted. [http:--www.businessweek.com-news-2011-05-10-mississippi-flooding-threatens-crops-refineries-and-homes.html "(Business Week)"]
2011-05-10

The flood is expected to peak at 48 feet on Tuesday just below the record of 48 feet 7 set in 1927 with the Mississippi River three miles road at Memphis, Tennessee.
2011-05-8

The United States Coast Guard closes a section of the Mississippi River near Caruthersville, Missouri due to heavy flooding.
2011-05-6