Longtime river pilot Mark Delesdernier will be honored with the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award, when LeBoeuf Bros. Towing christens a new tugboat in his honor on Saturday.

Gov. Tony Evers signed a proclamation declaring June 2 National Mississippi River Day in Wisconsin, saying the river helps connect the state to the global economy.

In May 1844, storms led to immense flooding on the Mississippi, which was then an almost completely wild river. With no levees or floodwalls to retain it, the river swelled as wide as 15 miles in some ...

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 ...

The Mississippi River has always flooded, but experts say floods are becoming more frequent, erratic and severe due to climate change. Here is what West Tennessee residents need to know.

The Mississippi River is the nation’s most endangered river, a national conservation group says, because of federal plans to cut flood relief programs as severe weather threats grow. American ...

A conservation group on Wednesday named the Mississippi the “most endangered river of 2025,” citing threats to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which plays a key role in ...

The Mississippi River is the nation’s most endangered river, a national conservation group says, because of federal plans to cut flood relief programs as severe weather threats grow. American ...

The Mississippi River is the nation’s most endangered river, a national conservation group says, because of federal plans to cut flood relief programs as severe weather threats grow.

Trump's call to abolish FEMA as Mississippi sees more frequent, extreme flooding, prompts group to name river the nation's most endangered waterway.

Water levels were cresting on the Mississippi River at Osceola, Arkansas, at midweek. However, a crest just above major flood stage (40 feet) is not forecast until late this month at Baton Rouge ...

In Greenville, Mississippi, the river is expected to crest at 52.5 feet on April 22. Power outages and business shutdowns are anticipated as water threatens ports and grain terminals.