Snowmelt, the single biggest predictor of the river's spring flood risk, won't play a big role this year as there wasn't much snow to begin with across the river basin.

In May 2011, heavy rains led to surging flood levels along the entirety of the Mississippi River basin. This eventually required the US Army Corps of Engineering to blast open floodgates in order to ...

Mayors of cities and towns along the Mississippi River are lobbying Congress for help to decrease flood risks.

Tatum said many more homes were affected by a flood in 2011 and expressed frustration ... was expected into mid-January along the Mississippi River at points downstream, from Tennessee to ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is critical as the river basin sees more ...

The risk of Mississippi River flooding in the Quad-Cities this spring is currently below normal, according to an early forecast by the National Weather Service. That could change with heavy ...

The Mississippi River is starting to recede in towns across Iowa after it crested this weekend. Some communities, like Clayton, are beginning the initial steps of cleaning up flood preparations.

NEW ORLEANS — The Mississippi River at the Carrollton gauge in New Orleans has risen above 11 feet, prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to activate Phase I flood fight procedures ...