U researchers are working with communities to help residents, farmers and local governments find more natural solutions to ...

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

The weather service issues flood warnings when it expects moderate and major flooding — and it has done so all along the Mississippi River in the Upper Midwest this week. It uses a handful of ...

What To Know. Communities in Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana are bracing for flooding expected to persist throughout the month. In Vicksburg, Mississippi, the river is projected to crest at 48 ...

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

In Vicksburg, Mississippi, this is the longest continuous stretch above flood stage since 1927. The Mississippi River at the Quad Cities saw its longest stretch above major flood stage ever recorded.

There are no Mississippi River flood warnings in the lower basin yet. Forecasters say the likelihood of downstream flooding is low, because the Missouri and Ohio rivers are not flooding.

Mississippi River flood impacts in, near Greenville, MS. The Mississippi River is expected to crest at 52.5 feet on the Greenville gauge on April 15. Flood stage is 48 feet.

As of Friday morning, 32 gauged locations along the Mississippi River are in, or forecast to be in, a major flood stage across four states -- Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois.

Mississippi River flood impacts in, near Natchez, MS. The Mississippi River at Natchez is predicted to crest at 54 feet on the Natchez gauge on April 22. Flood stage is 48 feet.

For a century and a half, Columbus, Ky., fought the Mississippi River to a draw, much like the towns of the Midwest and South that have been inundated during the flooding of recent months. But in ...