Of all the levees, gates and walls keeping the Mississippi River in place across the length of America’s spine, Old River ...

Residents along the river gathered in La Crosse Aug. 4 to discuss the effects of federal funding cuts on their community and ...

Because we can’t put all the Mississippi River floodplain back into some type of preserve or park.” The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is evaluating “nonstructural mitigation” measures to blunt the ...

More than 30 years ago, floods swept across Iowa from the Mississippi River to the Missouri River, destroying homes, businesses and lives. Here are some of the key events and images from the great ...

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.

From the top of a Mississippi River barge, Adam Thomas surveys his farmland and the 40-foot earthen levee meant to keep water off his fields. But there’s one problem: This barge is not in the river.

The Mississippi ambles for about 27 miles in a sinuous S-shape just north of its confluence with the Ohio River. Remo said when it floods Dogtooth Bend, the river “is trying to take a shortcut.” ...