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 ...

President Trump is not the first to downplay providing federal emergency relief. During the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, ...

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 ...

State Hwy. 35 along the Mississippi River is taken over by floodwaters Thursday, April 27, 2023 in downtown Fountain City, Wis .The river is expected to reach the highest flood level in 20 years ...

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.

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.

Vicksburg is forecast to reach flood stage Sunday. Minsky's 5th Louisiana Levee District includes about 350 miles of levees in East Carroll, Madison, Tensas, Concordia and Avoyelles parishes.

In mid-April 1927, 98 years ago this week, another deluge of torrential rain tipped the Mississippi River basin into a historic flood that remains among the most destructive in U.S. history.

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.