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, ...

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

Scientists have documented increased rainfall in the Mississippi River Basin, as well as extreme droughts. “In April, down here, we experienced the fastest rise that I've ever seen,” Ruskey said.

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 ...

Hurricane Katrina is the deadliest flood event in the U.S. in the past 25 years. The storm crashed into the Gulf Coast and ...

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.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri River is causing new problems in a flood-battered part of northwest Missouri where the river broke through levees in March.