In total, the federal government footed the bill for the $39.46 million project via various congressional appropriations. The ...

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

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

“Over here on this side of the levee is a totally wild landscape in which we’re a visitor,” said Ruskey, digging his toes into a sandbar in the middle of the river. To him, the Mississippi is “a ...

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 ...

Flooding has caused an average of more than 125 deaths per year in the United States over the past few decades, according to ...

In Kerr County, which has been the most impacted, at least 43 people are dead and 27 children remain missing tonight after ...

A final wet test was conducted in May at the London Avenue Canal. Only seven Mississippi River levee projects remain unfinished — down from 22 when Jones joined the New Orleans District.

A final wet test was conducted in May at the London Avenue Canal. Only seven Mississippi River levee projects remain unfinished — down from 22 when Lidet joined the New Orleans District.