FEMA cuts could worsen Mississippi River flooding and harm the ecosystem. Shifting disaster recovery costs to states may be untenable due to their financial situations. Unregulated development in ...

is declaring June 2 the first-ever National Mississippi River Day. Multiple river cities and a few states have formally recognized the day, including Wisconsin. Advocates hope that the day will ...

The Mississippi River crested in New Orleans this week, capping an anxious period for the engineers and residents who live alongside it. By Amy Graff Amy Graff is a reporter on The Times’s ...

A Pacific Northwest delegation toured the vast Mississippi River system in June 2024. Now Mississippi River users will return the favor by touring the Columbia-Snake in June. From left are Anthony ...

Communities along the freshwater Mississippi River are facing a growing threat from an intrusion of saltwater moving the wrong way up the river from the Gulf of Mexico. It has wreaked havoc on ...

JACKSON, Miss. — A federal judge issued an order on Monday allowing a government transparency lawsuit by a multistate newspaper company against the Mississippi River Commission to continue.. Congress ...

The St. Mary Levee Director preemptively closed a floodgate to protect Terrebonne and Lafourche from a swollen Mississippi River, which will reach flood levels for the first time since 2019.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - With the Mississippi River projected to rise above 15 feet at the Carrollton Gage on Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, has activated Phase II of ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing for the Mississippi River to reach some of its highest water levels in recent years in New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

A conservation organization has named the Mississippi River as the most endangered river in the country. Every year, the advocacy group American Rivers publishes a list of the 10 U.S. rivers it ...

ST. PAUL — A conservation organization has named the Mississippi River as the most endangered river in the country. Every year, the advocacy group American Rivers publishes a list of the 10 U.S ...

Officials in Vicksburg and Warren County continue to prepare for flooding from the Mississippi River. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as of Friday morning, the ...