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 ...

The so-called mega-study launched in 2023 was intended to last five years and address a wide range of issues key to shipping, ...

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

I'm Travis Mackel. 20 years ago when Hurricane Katrina hit, the bulk of the damage done when 3 major levee systems all failed. The industrial canal levee failed. The London Avenue Canal levee ...

ST. LOUIS - The outlook for commodities and the barge industry were front and center June 5 during a virtual FreightWeekSTL ...

FEMA cuts could worsen Mississippi River flooding and harm the ecosystem ... but they often require additional infrastructure like levees to protect buildings and people from flooding.

The river was expected to crest Monday morning at 37.5 to 38 feet, according to the Mississippi Emergency ... hydroplaning in Grenada County and a levee breach in Leake County.

Mississippi River ships and barges carry over 500 million ... For almost 100 years, levees and other human-made flood control structures have lined the banks of the river, obstructing its land ...

A new era emerging along the lower Mississippi River will pose serious challenges ... shape took form with the construction of the vast levee system and control structures that hold it in place.

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 ...