The system was born out of the devastation left behind by Hurricane Besty, and then destroyed and redone following Hurricane Katrina.

From DeSoto County Civic Center construction to "money machines" at Memphis supermarkets, here's a look back at what was ...

There has been a river of tears since the EF3 tornado hit the St. Louis area on May 16. Tears are still being shed by the ...

Most of the year, less than 10% of the river’s sediment reaches the critical Bird’s Foot Delta, according to scientists.

By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Delaney Dryfoos, The Lens The Mississippi River is the nation’s most ...

An April report by a nonprofit environmental advocacy group named the Mississippi River as the most endangered in the United ...

Citing engineering and funding challenges, the city will wait to expand the levee project until after the flood expected this ...

GULFPORT, Ill. -- The rising Mississippi River broke through a levee Tuesday, forcing authorities to rescue about a half-dozen people by helicopter, boat and four-wheeler as floodwaters moved ...

Environmentalists have come out against a potential bridge corridor that would bisect and partially destroy a primeval ...