We compared the map in question to those published in scientific literature depicting the watershed, drainage basin and tributaries of the Mississippi River.

A map shared on X, TikTok, Facebook and Threads, among other platforms, in August 2024 claimed to show the Mississippi River and its tributaries.

Snowmelt, the single biggest predictor of the river's spring flood risk, won't play a big role this year as there wasn't much snow to begin with across the river basin.

It will take days for major floodwaters to work their way south through the Mississippi. Flooding will persist through April.

BOOTHVILLE, La. – Just off the Mississippi River in southeast Louisiana, an 18-wheeler trailer filled with white cylinders whirred as workers prepared to turn the machine off for the day.

The report from the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association analyzed 30 years of data, finding that while water quality is generally improving, there are new problems emerging.

Throughout the Mississippi River watershed, wetlands store floodwater, improve drinking water quality, and serve as homes for millions of birds and other animals.

The Mississippi River basin has seen both droughts and increased rainfall and flooding in past years. Last spring's flood on the upper river, when waters crested to the third-highest level on ...

River flooding is anticipated to persist at least through this week in the following states: Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio.

Tons of grains and crops are shipped down the Mississippi River every year. What will happen if increasingly persistent droughts shrink America’s longest river?

Unless thunderstorms dump rain on the Midwest in the coming months, there's little chance of spring flooding on the upper Mississippi River this year, forecasters say.