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The Storm Prediction Center issues a high risk convective outlook, the first high risk issued in over two years, ahead of an expected severe weather outbreak across the Mississippi River valley in the United States.
2023-03-31

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

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 United States Coast Guard closes 15 miles of the Mississippi River near Natchez, Mississippi.
2011-05-16

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

Floods in Mississippi worsen, with the Army Corps of Engineers saying an area between Simmesport, Louisiana and Baton Rouge may be inundated under 20-30 feet of water. [http:--www.cbsnews.com-8301-504943_162-20061179-10391715.html "(CBS News)"]
2011-05-9

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