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 ...

In a nutshell New Orleans’ $15 billion flood protection system is sinking up to 28 millimeters per year—nearly 10 times ...

The Pearl River Bridge on U.S. 98 in Marion County is down to two-lane, head-to-head traffic. The Mississippi Department of ...

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 ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, in partnership with the Wood River Drainage and Levee District, held a ...

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

The river is expected to crest at 48 feet by next Wednesday. Warren County Emergency Management, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are closely monitoring ...

At this stage, river navigation becomes more difficult. Major flood stage is at 20 feet. At this stage, the city of New Orleans is at risk of flooding but would be protected by levees and floodwalls.

Minsky said the levee offers protection of at least 58 feet, considerably higher than Vicksburg's projected crest of 47.5 feet on April 21. "There's no need for alarm, but we have to be vigilant ...

HELENA-WEST HELENA -- Levee project funding and protections from levee slides were the chief concerns of Arkansans on Tuesday at the Corps of Engineers' annual Mississippi River Commission high ...

The Corps is funding and working on about seven major projects in Arkansas, some of which include smaller levee projects. The Corps' Memphis District has 27 active Mississippi River levee projects.