A prolonged and dangerous flood event is unfolding along the Mississippi River, where heavy rain that fell this month across the Ohio and Mississippi river basins have pushed the waterway to ...

Cornelius Van de Ven, left, the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Alexandria, La., and Sen. Pat Harrison of Mississippi, right, pose next to a flood map of the Mississippi River, circa June ...

The vast Mississippi River—the second longest river in North America—swirls through a number of U.S. states and has been swelling in recent weeks. That may continue, experts say.

The Army Corps of Engineers has updated their inundation estimates for the Mississippi River and Atchafalaya River basin based upon opening the Morganza Floodway at 25 percent of capacity.

The Mississippi River is expected to hit 17 feet, the official flood stage in New Orleans, which has prompted a flood warning for the city from the National Weather Service.

A historic and unseasonable flood has brought the highest flood levels ever recorded to the Mississippi River south of St. Louis, thanks to more than 10 inches of rain that fell over a three-day ...

Mississippi Department of Transportation crews closed Mississippi 27 in Warren County Saturday morning after floodwaters reached the roadway. Crews were monitoring flood conditions along the ...

Mississippi journalist Harris Dickson wrote in a nationally syndicated, 12-part series on the flood: “Glance at a map of Father’s vast watershed. Note that our lands lie in the mouth of an ...

The Mississippi River is the nation’s most endangered river, a national conservation group says, because of federal plans to cut flood relief programs as severe weather threats grow. American ...

The Mississippi River is the nation’s most endangered river, a national conservation group says, because of federal plans to cut flood relief programs as severe weather threats grow.

In Greenville, Mississippi, the river is expected to crest at 52.5 feet on April 22. Power outages and business shutdowns are anticipated as water threatens ports and grain terminals.