The Mississippi River wants to change course. The struggle to stop it faces new threats

Southeast Louisiana faces several critical realities, strengthening hurricanes, rising property and flood insurance premiums, a receding coastline. Possibly the most important is the Mississippi River doing what it wants to do and shifting primarily to the Atchafalaya Basin: https://www.nola.com/news/environment/mississippi-river-changing-course/article_a8f5fcd0-14eb-4a75-956d-6da2130a563b.html#tncms-source=featured-top