Parts of the lower Mississippi Valley saw rain Monday. Spotty thunderstorms are possible in the lower Mississippi Valley on Tuesday and in southeast Louisiana on Wednesday and Thursday.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Thousands of people across Louisiana and Mississippi are waking up without electricity Wednesday, May 7.

A prolonged flood event is beginning to unfold along the lower Mississippi River, a consequence of the widespread heavy rainfall that drenched the river basin in early April. Experts predict the ...

This map shows the areas included in the Army Corps of Engineers' $25 million, five-year Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Study. (Army Corps of Engineers) ...

Drought deepens in the South: Where it’s worst and when it might improve The northern Gulf Coast region has been the hardest hit, especially Louisiana.

Voter turnout in this year's election came out higher than early vote counters predicted, but still far lower than in some of the previous presidential elections over the last 20 years.

Where the Mississippi River ends, the compounding threats of drought and climate change put pressure on communities that feel forgotten.

The Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program (UMRR) — the lower basin program’s counterpart upriver — launched in 1986 and is widely regarded as a success story.

The U.S. Supreme Court denied a request to speed up Louisiana's congressional map redrawing after a lower court found the map likely violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voters' power.

After ruling in Alabama’s case, the Supreme Court dismissed Louisiana’s high court appeal and sent the case back to the Fifth Circuit. However, when the appeals court declined to act on the state’s ...