The Mississippi River is expected to remain in the minor flood stage through April, peaking at 37.5 feet by mid-month. After over a foot of rain fell in Memphis this past week, some rivers are in ...

A map from the USGS showed that some rivers were 23,000 percent of their normal median level or higher as of Friday morning.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- The controversy between Chicago and St. Louis over the pollution of the Mississippi River by the Illinois drainage canal turns on the old question as to how long a distance ...