Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) declared March 16-22, 2025, as Flood Insurance Awareness Week in Mississippi. According to the Mississippi Insurance Department (MID), more than 1 million properties in ...

Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover and Vice Chairman of the Red Cross James Fieser. Ten thousand River Commissions, with the mines of the world at their back, can not tame that lawless stream ...

NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday that the Mississippi River has risen above 11 feet in New Orleans, prompting the corps to activate Phase 1 of its flood fight procedures.