It will take days for major floodwaters to work their way south through the Mississippi. Flooding will persist through April.

The Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, a journalism collaborative based at the University of Missouri School of Journalism in partnership with Report for America, publishes an examination of how ...

The Yazoo Pumps project purports to reduce flooding while protecting farmers and minimizing environmental harm. But concerns over wetland degradation have stymied past, smaller versions of the project ...

The river is now forecast to crest in Cairo, Illinois, at up to 54 feet on Thursday, April 10 — just over major flood stage — ...

Cities along the Mississippi River are closing their flood gates and preparing for water to continue to rise after four days ...

heavy rain has fallen on the Merrimec River basin just south of St. Louis and is leading to significant flooding. It may take two to three weeks for the surge of water to cycle to the Mississippi ...

The river could stay above 50 feet for about two weeks, Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center senior hydrologist David Welch said Monday. The rain has stopped for now, but the basin is not yet ...