Signed into law Jan. 4, this year’s package includes studies on increased flooding in the upper basin, flood mitigation ...

Maj. Gen. Kimberly A. Peeples, commander of the Mississippi Valley Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, officially ...

Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is ...

A Frenchman visiting the Mississippi River near what would become ... and high water tables—has begun. Construction starts on a four-foot-high earthen levee (from the French word lever, "to ...

Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is critical.

Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is ...

North of St. Louis, for example, levees constrain the river ... on commercial operators that use the Mississippi River and other inland waterways, adding up to about $125 million per year in recent ...

In 2019, the spillway was opened twice for a record 121 days to prevent the Mississippi River from overwhelming the levees. This prolonged diversion flooded the Sound with polluted river water ...