Floodway

The Corps has been making preparations since last week to blow a 2-mile-wide hole in the levee and activate the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway, which is 35 miles long and as much as 12 miles wide.

Levee Blast Still on Track Joe Barrett 2011

Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz said he has genuine concerns about the spring, but said he is somewhat buoyed by the recent expansion of the Red River Floodway, which is ready for the one in 700 year flood.

CBC | Top Stories News 2010

Earlier this week the Red River Floodway, which is intended to stabilize the river levels in Winnipeg, was partly opened and is now functioning fully.

CBC | Top Stories News 2009

The Morganza Floodway, which lies north of Baton Rouge, La., was designed to divert floodwaters from the Mississippi River to the Atchafalaya Basin, a vast swamp and major oil field that cuts through south Louisiana to the Gulf of Mexico.

Louisiana Warns Opening Floodway Threatens Oil, Gas Production Ryan Dezember 2011

The Mississippi River is expected to crest at 47.5 feet in Baton Rouge, La., on May 22, above the record of 47.28 feet set in 1927, if the Morganza Floodway isn't opened.

Corrections & Amplifications 2011

Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. of the federal district court in Cape Girardeau, Mo., ruled Friday that the river commission, a combination of Army Corps and civilian engineers charged by Congress with flood- and navigation-control improvements, has the right to activate the decades-old Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway.

Missouri Fights Levee Ruling Joe Barrett 2011

Last week, the Corps blew a nearly two-mile hole in a levee in Missouri to activate the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway, flooding more than 130,000 acres of farmland.

Threat From Flooded River Flows South Mike Esterl 2011

That would divert some floodwater into a channel 35 miles long and as much as 12 miles wide known as the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway.

Missouri Tries to Block Levee Blast Joe Barrett 2011

The probability of opening the Morganza Floodway, one of four such structures built along the Mississippi after the record floods of 1927, is high,'' a Corps spokesman said, and an announcement could be made by Thursday.

Threat From Flooded River Flows South Mike Esterl 2011

The Army Corps of Engineers is close to opening the Morganza Floodway to relieve pressure on the levees downstream that protect the Baton Rouge and New Orleans areas.

Refiners Scramble as Floodwaters Rise Ben Lefebvre 2011