The forecaster said flood warnings remained in place because of the potential for some of the rainfall from recent days to be flowing through river systems.
Opening the spillway will redirect floodwaters from the Mississippi River through the Atchafalaya River Basin, which runs between Baton Rouge and Lafayette south toward Morgan City.
It will also reduce flood risk in the area by increasing the volume of water that can safely flow through the river.
You might have to drive through a river during the rainy season.
Ramble through romantic river valleys, hike among fragrant pines, bag Alpine peaks or simply go for a walk by the lake or through the dunes.
At the Ishasha border crossing, Melchisedek said they had to swim through a river to cross over into Uganda since it was impossible to use the guarded border.
On the eve of Thanksgiving, several days before the World Trade Center line reopened, Mr. Lejda and a colleague walked through the river tube, he said, hanging up speed limit signs in the tunnels, since the train operators would be without the lighted signals that usually signal when and where to slow down.
River dwelling tribes that number less than a thousand strong worry that when the diversion is through, the river will no longer be navigable and may see some Xingu tributaries dry out for good, impacting their way of life and a key route to the city of Altamira nearby.
The 14km long River Wandle flows through south London, starting at Croydon it passes through Sutton and Merton before joining River Thames at Wandsworth.
BBC: NEWS | UK | England | London | Toxic spill in river kills fish
"Jump out now, " Ashley urged, as the raft maneuvered effortlessly through the roiling river.
WSJ: Merrill Markoe on a Dark and Lonely Road Trip | Traveler's Tale
Thousands of barrels of thick, black oil flowing like a river through a suburban Arkansas community.
FORBES: Why the Arkansas Pipeline Spill Won't Hurt Exxon Mobil's Reputation
The highway and rail project is slicing through the Mzymta River watershed, felling hundreds of mature trees.
His first feat: diverting the powerful river through four mammoth tunnels drilled into the solid rock of Black Canyon.
This will eventually wash through to the river, as will nitrogen applied to those fields in the form of fertilisers.
We scrambled on and found ourselves on flat rocks at the place where the small river through the forest disappeared over the edge.
The colonel has expensive hobbies: he is building a river through the Sahara, and wants to start work on a railway connecting the country's coastal towns.
ECONOMIST: Qaddafi says farewell, Arabia, and sets his sights on Africa | The
Under the proposal examined by Parsons Brinckerhoff, the No. 7 train would cross the river through two new tunnels and connect with the existing commuter rail station in Secaucus.
While McCaw stews on what he could have done with his cellular gem, he has spent the ensuing years steering three seemingly disjointed communications ventures through his Eagle River holding company.
Preservation and conservation of cultural heritage is another major concern as major World Heritage sites such as Mohenjodaro stand in the path of the floodwaters descending through the Indus River Valley.
"What we've found is that some of what we do to the land - we plough the fields and we add fertiliser - doesn't go through to the river for decades, " said Dr Howden.
Also nearby is its water-park sister, Aquatica, and the worlds-away Discovery Cove, where a limited number of guests enjoy a day of lounging on a private beach, swimming with the dolphins and floating along the lazy river through the bird aviary.
The raindrops blown a couple of miles west of our ranch would land in creeks that percolated through the Columbia River system into the Pacific, whereas the water in Feely Creek, our creek, was blessed with the task of traveling a thousand miles more, all the way down to the bayous of Louisiana before spilling through the loamy delta into the Gulf of Mexico.
Labour remains cheap, and the Mekong River running through Cambodia allows the country to benefit from schemes to develop the entire river basin.
We made it down a hill, through 6 inches of mud, crawled across a ledge, across a river and through a scary tunnel to get to the other side.
CNN: Pay to play a border crosser in bizarre tourist attraction
Jackson Hole Whitewater organises half day excursions on the class III Snake River with some big rapids through the limestone cliffs of Snake River Canyon.
Mr. VINCENT SANTOS (Resident, San Francisco): (Through translator) The river is responsible for everything.
Perth is a lifestyle city, with a long coastline and the Swan river running through it.
The diverted water then joins the river again through a channel known as a tailrace.
He felt his way to the Meng river running through his village, stumbling and falling, hundreds of times.
应用推荐