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Adler Stelly on his boat in Abbeville, Louisiana on March 15, 2024. Stelly has been farming crawfish his entire life and said he's been hit hard by the drought.

Coastal Desk

The Coastal Desk's biggest news stories from 2024

Eva Tesfaye

WWNO’s Coastal Desk is taking a look back at the local and environmental news we produced this year.

Plaquemines Parish surrounds the last 70 miles of the Mississippi River, making it susceptible to saltwater intrusion from the Gulf of Mexico, something that's becoming more common as climate change plagues the region with more frequent drought.

Coastal Desk

As saltwater flows up the Mississippi River for a third year, the region looks for permanent solutions

Eva Tesfaye

A salty river is a public health crisis, contaminating drinking water for thousands in southeast Louisiana.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Col. Cullen Jones, who commands the New Orleans District, provides an update on his office's measures to address a "saltwater wedge" moving up a historically low Mississippi River during a news conference on Sept. 15, 2023.

Coastal Desk

Salt water threatens South Louisiana drinking water second year in a row amid severe drought

Halle Parker

As the Mississippi River drops to one of its lowest levels in recent history, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said salt water from the Gulf of Mexico could threaten drinking water as far north as New Orleans’ French Quarter if no action is taken.