An urgent flood threat has emerged in Washington state where atmospheric rivers are set to deliver heavy rain beginning Sunday.

Showers and sun breaks will be the call for your Saturday. It will be breezy at times. Highs today will top out in the mid ...

I don’t know who said it first, but the Mississippi River is flooding more often, longer, and higher for the same or less rain.  There are many reasons for this.  But the main one is the US Army Corps ...

Backwater flooding happens when the Mississippi River is higher (about 43’ at Vicksburg) than the Yazoo River and blocks its ...

The infrastructure along the Mississippi River has long protected the New Orleans area from catastrophic flooding. But a list ...

The law authorizes a large-scale study of flooding on the Upper Mississippi River System, which includes the Mississippi River from its headwaters to where it meets the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois, ...

A north Mississippi casino is closed because Mississippi River flooding is partially covering its access road. Local media report the Fitz Casino in Tunica County closed Sunday at the behest of county ...

More than two feet of snow fell in the upper Mississippi Valley within the span of a week, increasing the chance of Mississippi River flooding at the Quad-Cities. But the threat has risen only to 30 ...

A new Tulane University study published in Science Advances sheds light on how floods influence the way rivers move, offering ...

Water passes peak in Memphis, flows toward Louisiana. May 10, 2011— -- As the swollen Mississippi River continues to rush downstream, flood-level water is heading directly for some Louisanna ...

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