Historic low flows turned the Mississippi River into a construction area in 2023, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged huge quantities of sand to keep the channel open for barge traffic.

Forecasters announced Tuesday that the Mississippi River has now crested along much of its path in the Upper Midwest, easing flood fears. ... It can vary from location to location; ...

An intrusion of salt water moving up the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico is threatening local drinking water supplies. A federal emergency has been declared in Orleans, Jefferson ...

A man walking along the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, stops to look at a shipwreck revealed by the low water level on October 17, 2022.

As a wedge of salt water creeps up the Mississippi River, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is considering an unusual tactic: Using the massive Old River Control Structure to ...

That's especially true for Lake Pepin, the largest lake on the Mississippi River. Located between Wisconsin and Minnesota, this natural widening of the river forms a massive body of water that's a ...

Storm surge and strong winds from Hurricane Ida stopped the flow of the Mississippi River near New Orleans on Sunday and actually caused it to reverse – something the US Geological Survey says ...

The location of a long awaited new Mississippi River bridge aimed at easing traffic congestion won’t be clear until the third quarter of 2025 — late summer or early fall of 2025 — state ...

Even if the diverted river water was valued at just a penny per gallon, the cost to fill both lakes would total at least $134.8 billion, or 6.7 times the cost of the response to the basin-wide ...

Storm surge and strong winds from Hurricane Ida stopped the flow of the Mississippi River near New Orleans on Sunday and actually caused it to reverse – something the US Geological Survey says ...