In 2019, an unrelenting flood swamped more than half a million acres in the Mississippi Delta's Yazoo Backwater. It took more than six months to recede. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd reports on a pumping ...

Historic lows for the Mississippi River at Vicksburg are -7 feet on Feb. 3, 1940; -6.8 feet on Nov. 1, 1939; and -5.8 feet on Jan. 6, 1964, according to the NWS.

VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) – Rising water from the Mississippi River is putting emergency crews and neighbors in Vicksburg on alert. In early April, Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs, Jr., declared a ...

The next statement will be issued Thursday morning at 945 AM CDT. && ...FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY, JULY 07... * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * ...

According to the city of Natchez officials, due to an emergency near the Mississippi River Bridge, traffic headed westbound ...

The drought conditions continue to take a toll on the Mississippi River. On Washington Street in Vicksburg, just off the river, business has dropped lately.“It has, but it always slows down during the ...

Barges idle while waiting for passage in the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Miss., on Oct. 4, 2022. The unusually low water level in the lower Mississippi River is causing barges to get stuck ...

I recently had the pleasure of visiting the backyard bluff gardens of Paul and Donna Ingram, perched high above the winding ...