Seven people rescued after disabled boat heads towards Lock and Dam 8 at Genoa, Mississippi River. All safe, no injuries reported.

Now the money is gone and the problems aren’t fixed—and residents fear they may permanently lose control of their water.

During the last several years drought conditions have plagued the lower Mississippi Delta region and have had a dramatic ...

Tulare Lake was drained by farmers more than a century ago, and it has reappeared only rarely when floods have reclaimed ...

Fred Newton’s epic swim down the Mississippi River earned him a world record, but not the fame and fortune he hoped.

More than 80 people were killed in the disastrous floods that roared through Central Texas on Friday. Dozens, including 10 ...

It’s a type of plan that environmentalists, scientists and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says can be a ...

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) lifted the expanded water contact advisory for a portion of the ...

Water levels in the Lower Mississippi River have dipped unusually low for a third year in a row, restricting how much grain can be transported downstream as harvest season gets underway.

The Mississippi River is experiencing low water levels this fall, driving up grain transportation prices for farmers in the Midwest. It's the third year in a row that drought has impacted the ...

River barges are an efficient way to move crops — 15 barges can hold about as much grain as 1,000 semi-trucks. But low river levels are driving up transportation costs for Midwest farmers. The ...

The Mississippi River is a superhighway for American agricultural products, but a warm fall and extreme drought conditions have contributed to its water levels dropping to record lows. Special ...