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Water diverted at Old River flows into the Atchafalaya Basin, first entering the Red River, then continuing down the Atchafalaya River to the Gulf of Mexico, bypassing Baton Rouge and New Orleans (see diagram). The Morganza Floodway, between the Mississippi and the Atchafalaya Basin nearby downstream, is normally closed. It can be opened in an ...
The Atchafalaya Basin, or Atchafalaya Swamp (/ ə ˌ tʃ æ f ə ˈ l aɪ ə /; Louisiana French: Atchafalaya, [atʃafalaˈja]), is the largest wetland and swamp in the United States. Located in south central Louisiana , it is a combination of wetlands and river delta area where the Atchafalaya River and the Gulf of Mexico converge.
The headquarters is located 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Krotz Springs on LA 975 in Pointe Coupee Parish, 15 miles (24 km) north of I-10. The office is the site of the Sherburne ghost town , which was a logging town from the 1880s to the 1930s, and ceased to exist after the timber was exhausted.
NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center has posted a Level 2 out of 4 flash flood risk for the central Gulf Coast on Monday, including New Orleans. Download The Free Fox Weather App
The weather service in New Orleans said during a 9 p.m. briefing that water was entering homes and businesses across St. Charles Parish, getting close to that in St. John the Baptist Parish, and ...
The Atchafalaya Basin system comprises three floodways. Two of these, the West Atchafalaya Floodway and the Morganza Floodway, are at the northern end.Together with the Atchafalaya River, these floodways are designed to pass flood waters into the third component, the Lower Atchafalaya Basin Floodway, which is 833,000 acres (3,370 km 2) in size and is bounded on the north by U.S. Route 190, on ...
New Orleans and Mobile are bracing for heavy rainfall on Monday, but the real flood threat ramps up Tuesday. Widespread, heavy rain is expected to soak the Deep South, potentially leading to ...
Since Morganza never operated above 172,000 cu ft/s (4,900 m 3 /s), the flooding in the Atchafalaya Basin was considerably lower than had been anticipated during the initial estimates of 300,000 cu ft/s (8,500 m 3 /s). [39] By May 29, the Corps had also opened 330 of the 350 bays of the Bonnet Carré Spillway located near New Orleans. [40]