A map shared on X, TikTok, Facebook and Threads, among other platforms, in August 2024 claimed to show the Mississippi River and its tributaries. One popular example was shared to X (archived) on Aug.

A prolonged and dangerous flood event is unfolding along the Mississippi River, where heavy rain that fell this month across the Ohio and Mississippi river basins have pushed the waterway to critical ...

A geologist's vibrant maps reveal how the Mississippi River has wandered across its valley, making it look like a colorful, winding serpent. These maps, created by Harold Fisk in 1944, document the ...

A barge traverses the Mississippi River in southern Louisiana on June 7. (La’Shance Perry/The Lens with aerial support provided by SouthWings) Buy Photo Upstream flooding along the upper Mississippi ...

As a wedge of salt water creeps up the Mississippi River, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is considering an unusual tactic: Using the massive Old River Control Structure to reduce the amount of water ...

THE PUBLIC SAFE. A LITTLE RAIN TONIGHT, AND IT MAY HAVE COME AT THE TAIL END OF THE FESTIVITIES GOING ON AT THE SAINT TAMMANY PARISH FAIR. BUT THERE ARE MORE DAYS TO COME. SO WE START WITH THE RIVER ...

Get on a boat on the upper Mississippi River, and you'll eventually come upon a looming concrete structure stretching across the river's main channel. It's called a lock and dam, and it's a distinct ...

A prolonged and dangerous flood event is unfolding along the Mississippi River, where heavy rain that fell this month across the Ohio and Mississippi river basins have pushed the waterway to critical ...