Heavy, wet snow that pounded upper Wisconsin and Minnesota is expected to cause flooding this spring along the upper ... story is a product of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an ...

acting executive director of the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association, which hosted the summit. Conservationists and some residents think that exceedingly high levees along the Mississippi are a ...

but much of the map is dominated by the massive catchment area for the Mississippi River, including the Upper and Lower Mississippi River Basins, along with Missouri River Basin and the Arkansas ...

The board hopes to set this levee back in the future. People have lived along the Mississippi ... a special series from the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk. The Mississippi River basin ...

Floods on the Mississippi River are getting more frequent and more severe. But scientists warn that the infrastructure meant to protect towns and farms against flood waters is making the problem ...

"Levees along the Upper Mississippi River were originally intended to protect riverfront communities from 100-year floods," Howard Learner, executive director of the Environmental Law & Policy ...

QUINCY — Federal legislation expected to be introduced this week could significantly impact levee districts along the Upper Mississippi River. Rep. Mary Miller sponsors the Upper Mississippi ...

At least 21 levees along the Mississippi River above St ... each with as many as 15 barges — were stuck on the upper Mississippi River. About 25,000 people in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, were forced ...

Related: Deadly Storm Threatens Northeast, Central U.S. With Snow Floods Among the main concerns were 19 levees along the Mississippi River and its tributaries that were being monitored by federal ...

LOUIS — Complaints about regional flood risks and longstanding levee ... boat on the river. The meeting was one in a series along the Mississippi. The commission helps oversee basin-wide river ...

The Coast Guard has interrupted shipping along the major artery for moving grain from farms in the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico over fears that the bulging Mississippi River could strain levees ...