Climatologists say it could be part of a larger trend. For the third year in a row, extreme drought conditions in the Midwest ...

Even the Mighty Mississippi River is not immune as water levels have dropped significantly due to the drought, disrupting ...

A map of the Mississippi River basin and the river’s major tributaries. (Annie Ropeik, Ag & Water Desk/Data via U.S.

A map shared on X, TikTok, Facebook and Threads, among other platforms, in August 2024 claimed to show the Mississippi River ...

Drought across the central US is shrinking the Mississippi River, sending barge rates soaring and threatening to roil ...

Boaters, bike riders and drivers need to pay attention as Rock Island starts sprucing up Lake Potter in Rock Island. The U.S.

Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek says the cash cattle market put in a low last week and futures were sharply higher so ...

The nearly $3 billion project broke ground last year, but has since ended up in limbo. Gov. Jeff Landry's administration has ...

Here are 10 facts about the Mississippi you may not know. 1. The Mississippi River Is the Third-Largest River Basin in the World Encompassing more than 1.2 million square miles, the Mississippi ...

only for drought conditions to reemerge in recent weeks along the Ohio River basin, which typically supplies more water to the Mississippi than any other major tributary. Water levels have been ...

Drought across the central U.S. is shrinking the Mississippi River, sending barge rates soaring and threatening to roil ...

Dry conditions across the Ohio River basin, which feeds the Mississippi, have worsened already-low water levels at the large ...