University of Minnesota researchers say using nature instead of concrete is best for controlling Mississippi River flooding in Minnesota and the upper Midwest.

In 2019, an unrelenting flood swamped more than half a million acres in the Mississippi Delta's Yazoo Backwater. It took more than six months to recede. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd reports on a pumping ...

In 2019, an unrelenting flood swamped more than half a million acres in the Mississippi Delta’s Yazoo Backwater. It destroyed nearly 700 homes, wiped out an entire planting season for some farms ...

In 2019, when the Mississippi River stayed high for months, the water crept up and up until Jones’ home was destroyed. The flood swamped his septic tank and forced sewage back into the house.

For more than 80 years, residents of Mississippi’s Yazoo Backwater have been banking on a pumping project to protect their farms and homes from floods. The Trump Administration is ready to move ...

When the Mississippi River is at flood stage, the Steele Bayou drainage gates stay closed to keep the river from backing up onto farms and homes. But when the gates are closed, rainwater has no way to ...

When the Mississippi River is at flood stage, the Steele Bayou drainage gates stay closed to keep the river from backing up onto farms and homes. But when the gates are closed, rainwater has no way to ...

Floods have always scoured the Mississippi Delta, but the Yazoo Backwater can experience them for long periods of time. A system of levees, along with the Steele Bayou Drainage Structure, is designed ...

But when the gates are closed, rainwater has no way to escape the Yazoo Backwater. In 2019, when the Mississippi River stayed high for months, the water crept up and up until Jones’ home was ...