For more than 80 years, residents of Mississippi’s Yazoo Backwater have been banking on a pumping project to protect their ...

New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the ...

Byron Hamstead with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service carries a species identification card used during the Kids in the ...

A congressional tour of the National Weather Service Quad Cities forecasting office revealed a skeleton crew trying to keep ...

An April report by a nonprofit environmental advocacy group named the Mississippi River as the most endangered in the United States.

The risk of Mississippi River flooding in the Quad-Cities this spring ... which Gunkel said the area's rivers should be able to handle under current conditions. Gunkel noted the wild card is ...

THE CURRENT TEMPERATURE IN GULFPORT ... flood fight procedures due to water levels along the Mississippi River dropping. This year's flood fight began Feb. 24 when the Mississippi River rose ...

To estimate the degree to which climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the flooding, the researchers analyzed historical data in the central Mississippi River valley alongside ...

The spillway diverts river water into Lake Pontchartrain to prevent the Mississippi from flooding the metro area. Click here to report a typo. Get breaking news from your neighborhood ...

Severe flooding in Mississippi’s Yazoo Backwater Area ... (Imani Khayyam for the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk) Johnson and others’ warnings about the current Yazoo Pumps plan echo concerns ...

Current weather forecasts show the river ... opening the Bonnet CarrŽ Spillway in Norco, La., as the Mississippi River nears flood stage, Monday, April 21, 2025. The test was for possible later ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ran a test opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway Monday morning following weeks of rising Mississippi ... 2020. Current weather forecasts show the river hitting ...