Snowmelt, the single biggest predictor of the river's spring flood risk, won't play a big role this year as there wasn't much snow to begin with across the river basin.

Mayors of cities and towns along the Mississippi River are lobbying Congress for help to decrease flood risks.

Dry and unfrozen soils along the Mississippi River and its tributaries in Iowa and Illinois have soaked up recent rain.

In an odd quirk of geography and politics, parts of West Tennessee are across the Mississippi River in Arkansas, a situation ...

NEW ORLEANS — The Mississippi River at the Carrollton gauge in New Orleans has risen above 11 feet, prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to activate Phase I flood fight procedures ...

The Mississippi River has been on the rise ... Rising above 11 feet triggers what the Corps calls a phase 1 flood fight, which means increased levee checks in coordination with local authorities ...

As annual snowmelt is making its way south, flood warnings are in effect for much of the lower Mississippi basin once again. Mayors of cities along the Mississippi River have experienced increased ...

Alton's flood wall design now features a reduced height with temporary paneling for extra protection, as part of the city's updated flood mitigation ...

After another winter with not much snow, there is little spring flood risk on the upper Mississippi river. Minor to moderate ...

Mississippi experienced catastrophic flooding in 2019, with its namesake river rising up to a height of 50 feet in Vicksburg, where the flood stage is 43 feet. Members of MRCTI traveled to ...