The Upper Mississippi River levels are rising. As residents along parts of the river are forced to evacuate, others are working to sandbag and keep the flood waters away. USDA meteorologist Brad ...

Dry and unfrozen soils along the Mississippi River and its tributaries in Iowa and Illinois have soaked up recent rain.

After another winter with not much snow, there's little spring flood risk on the upper Mississippi River, according to forecasters with the National Weather Service. Minor to moderate flooding ...

Heavy snow melt forced the closure of several locks on the upper Mississippi River...but high water levels and flooding are starting to ease which is allowing locks to reopen and barge traffic to ...

Here's what this outlook tells us. The spring flood risk continues to be below normal for the Mississippi River and near to below normal for tributary rivers across the region. Here are the key ...

NEW ORLEANS — The Mississippi River at the Carrollton gauge in New Orleans has risen above 11 feet, prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to activate Phase I flood fight procedures ...

The Mississippi River has been on the rise ... as part of construction of the vast levee system along the river following the great flood of 1927, which severely inundated Louisiana communities.

Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover and Vice Chairman of the Red Cross James Fieser. Ten thousand River Commissions, with the mines of the world at their back, can not tame that lawless stream ...

Mississippi experienced catastrophic flooding in 2019, with its namesake river rising up to a height of 50 feet in Vicksburg, where the flood stage is 43 feet. Members of MRCTI traveled to ...

has been postponed due to anticipated flooding on the Mississippi River. The annual bi-state fireworks show was scheduled for July 3 at LeClaire Park in Davenport and Schwiebert Park in Rock Island.

Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is critical as the river basin sees more frequent and severe extreme ...

Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover and Vice Chairman of the Red Cross James Fieser. Ten thousand River Commissions, with the mines of the world at their back, can not tame that lawless stream ...