Mike Smith
Journalist| The New Orleans Advocate at The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
Environmental reporter/editor for @NOLAnews. Ex Jerusalem, Lagos, etc for @AFP. Author of Boko Haram: Inside Nigeria's Unholy War. Runner
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1 week ago |
nola.com | Mike Smith
A mammoth break in the Mississippi River’s banks far south of New Orleans is building substantial amounts of new land in a heavily eroded part of the coast, a new study finds, adding to the debate over whether and how it should be plugged. The break, known as Neptune Pass, has grown so large it is comparable to the 10th-largest river in North America and the 100th-largest in the world, the new study by coastal scientist Alex Kolker and his collaborators finds.
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1 week ago |
nola.com | Mike Smith
The Mississippi River's rapid rise in the coming days is expected to lead to precautions undertaken by the Army Corps of Engineers and local officials, including preparations for a possible Bonnet Carre Spillway opening, though projections so far indicate it won't be necessary. Storms in parts of the South and Midwest have caused the river to swell, and those waters are making their way to Louisiana.
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2 weeks ago |
nola.com | Mike Smith
Gov. Jeff Landry's administration has ordered a 90-day pause on work on Louisiana's biggest-ever coastal project, the controversial Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, arguing the state cannot afford the more than $3 billion plan and stressing that it must be smaller in scale.
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1 month ago |
nola.com | Mike Smith |James Finn |Bob Warren |Lara Nicholson
The threat of severe weather has left New Orleans Mardi Gras traditions at risk, with parades being shortened or canceled, warnings issued over flying debris and officials urging extreme caution on the eve of the region's biggest celebration. The threat of storms and dangerously high winds has forced Zulu and Rex to plan to roll with streamlined processions and much earlier start times – if they are allowed to go ahead at all.
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1 month ago |
theadvocate.com | Mike Smith
Mardi Gras is going to be a rough one weather-wise for the New Orleans and Baton Rouge areas, with the threat of dangerously high winds arriving early and thunderstorms in the afternoon, including the possibility of a few tornadoes and even hail, the National Weather Service says. The severe weather has already led Jefferson Parish to cancel its two Mardi Gras day parades.
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