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

The risk of Mississippi River flooding in the Quad-Cities this spring is currently below normal, according to an early forecast by the National Weather Service. That could change with heavy ...

Heavy rains in Minnesota over the past several weeks are going to cause the Mississippi River to exceed its 15-foot flood stage at Lock and Dam 15 at Rock Island. Tom Philip of the National ...

LANSING, Iowa – A bridge across the Mississippi River in northeast Iowa has been closed. The Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) says the Iowa 9/Wisconsin 82 bridge in Lansing was shut down after ...

Muscatine’s Department of Public Works will conduct a flood preparedness exercise on Thursday, May 22, involving the ...

Two years ago, the Supreme Court made it easier to destroy swamps and marshes. Agricultural lobbyists want to keep it that ...

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 ...

Debris from Mississippi River flooding is washing up on barrier islands and beaches along the Mississippi Coast, forcing a popular tourist attraction to partially relocate right before the summer ...

Today is Friday, May 16, the 136th day of 2025. There are 229 days left in the year. Today in history: Advertisement Article continues below this ad On May 16, 1966, the Chinese Communist Party ...

After early signs of drought from Georgia through Virginia this spring, a slow-moving storm brought flooding rain to ... 10 times the rate of the Mississippi River. A flooded James River in ...

A "flash flood emergency ... the average atmospheric river carries an amount of water vapor roughly equivalent to the average flow of water at the mouth of the Mississippi River.