President Trump is not the first to downplay providing federal emergency relief. During the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, ...

Océan, Mississippi Watershed,” Floc’h, a French photographer, drove 13,000 miles tracking the river system that touches more ...

University of Minnesota researchers say using nature instead of concrete is best for controlling Mississippi River flooding ...

To get to the other state. At least three times this year, tornadoes have crossed the Mississippi River from Missouri into Illinois, including twice in the heart of the St. Louis region.

Started in 2020, and scheduled for completion by 2022, the Mississippi River Ship Channel Dredging Project will cost roughly $270 million, and is expected to return $7.20 for every $1 spent ...

A coalition has begun an effort to bring back Tulare Lake and its once-vast wetlands on thousands of acres of farmland in the ...

The Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts are the latest factor. But funding concerns date back to Biden’s term, when ...

The Old Chain of Rocks Bridge on June 19, 2025. It opened to traffic in 1929 and was rerouted in 1936 to carry Route 66 over ...

Invasive carp are generally not eaten in the U.S. and are not desirable for sportfishing. In fact, silver carp have a propensity to jump up to 10 feet out of the water when startled by a boat motor.

This system was built, in part, as a response to the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927. It was the most destructive flood in U.S. history, killing more than 200 people and causing hundreds of ...

Mississippi River at Wyalusing State Park Wyalusing State Park wows visitors with its spectacular views of the confluence of the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers from 500-foot bluff-top lookouts.