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The political and engineering focus in the 20th century was to separate the Lower Mississippi River from its floodplain.Levees and channelization—along with substantial loss of bottomland forests to agriculture in the alluvial valley—have resulted in a loss of wildlife and fish habitat, decreased water quality, and an expansion of the hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico.
On August 17, 1969, Hurricane Camille made landfall at the tip of Louisiana before continuing to Bay St. Louis. On August 29, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. CDT, Hurricane Katrina made its final landfall just west of Bay St. Louis, at the mouth of the Pearl River , causing a 28-foot (8.5 m) storm surge .
Biloxi Parish (also spelled Beloxy Parish) was a civil parish of the Territory of Orleans, formed in January 1811 from Spanish West Florida, stretching from the Pearl River to "the river falling into the bay of Beloxi []" (the Tchoutacabouffa). [1]
Live web cameras around the Myrtle Beach area allow people to watch the beach as Hurricane Ian approaches S.C.
Fort Maurepas, later known as Old Biloxi, [1] was developed in colonial French Louisiana (New France) in April 1699 along the Gulf of Mexico (at present-day Ocean Springs, Mississippi). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Fort Maurepas was designated temporarily as the capital of Louisiana (New France) in 1699.
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