The Mississippi River is at a historic low, exposing new land that used to be covered by water. Satellite images show how thin ... the waters from dropping lower, but not enough to replenish ...

This image shows the rainfall return period due ... The surge was just now working slowly downstream along the Mississippi River below the Ohio River confluence. Many locations from the shores ...

Water lines on the Hernando DeSoto Bridge, which crosses the Mississippi River in Memphis.Credit...Lucy Garrett for The New York Times On the Lower Mississippi — the portion that flows south ...

North of New Roads and Morganza, a roughly 60-year-old collection of dams, channels, locks and guide levees has kept the Mississippi River from jumping its course and taking the steeper ...

Runoff from that rain is just now surging through the lowest portion of the Mississippi River and is leading to moderate to high flood levels in some areas, including Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The Mississippi River at Moonwalk Park in New Orleans is around 18 feet lower than normal, exposing rocks that haven’t been seen in a long time. River pilots say it’s a problem. “Right now ...

A stunning high-resolution satellite image of the Mississippi River that was taken over a period of about three weeks has been posted online by the European Space Agency (ESA). The roughly 2,300 ...

Historic drought in the west and water diversion for human use are causing stretches of the Colorado and Mississippi Rivers to run dry. The Colorado River's declining flows can be seen at Lake ...

JACKSON, Miss. — Plummeting water levels in the lower Mississippi River are projected to drop even further in the weeks ahead, a projection shows, dampening the region's economic activity and ...

Congress has authorized the creation of a $40 million ecological restoration program for the lower Mississippi River — the first federal program of its kind for the 1,000-mile swath of river ...