High water levels for the Mississippi River in New Orleans spurred increased levee inspections from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, its New Orleans District announced Monday, Feb. 24. The river ...

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

The mighty Mississippi River is on the rise in Louisiana, where it's projected to reach flood stage for the first time since 2019. "We've already triggered the flood fight," 5th Louisiana Levee ...

The system was born out of the devastation left behind by Hurricane Besty, and then destroyed and redone following Hurricane Katrina.

GULFPORT, Ill. -- The rising Mississippi River broke through a levee Tuesday, forcing authorities to rescue about a half-dozen people by helicopter, boat and four-wheeler as floodwaters moved ...

ALTON The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, in partnership with the Wood River Drainage and Levee District, ...

To John Ruskey, the Mississippi River is “a creative force” that sculpts the landscape and rejuvenates the people who ...

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

As climate change and development exacerbate the Mississippi River’s environmental problems, many communities will have to ...

High water levels for the Mississippi River in New Orleans spurred increased levee inspections from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, its New Orleans District announced Monday. The river rose above 11 ...