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 ...

We compared the map in question to those published in scientific literature depicting the watershed, drainage basin and tributaries of the Mississippi River. Though there were similarities between ...

The Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program (UMRR) — the lower basin program’s counterpart upriver — launched in 1986 and is widely regarded as a success story.

The flooding can occur even though only one-third to one-half of the rain that fell in prior events is likely to fall. This week, 2-4 inches of rain are forecast over a two- to three-day period.

Long after the rains from early April ceased, flooding is just beginning along part of the lower Mississippi River. More rain will eye some of the same areas hit by flooding and new territory in ...

Flood warnings are again in effect for the lower Mississippi River basin, as annual snowmelt makes its way south. Mayors of cities and towns along the river have experienced increased flooding, ...

A first-of-its-kind project seeking to restore river ecosystems along 39 miles of the Lower Mississippi River has federal approval to move forward — if it can secure a slice of the federal bankroll.

Remnants of Hurricane Francine produced significant rains across the northern Delta and Tennessee River basin, but World Weather Inc. says water levels on the lower Mississippi river will rise for ...

Anna Wolverton, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said the flooding was “a saving grace” for communities on the middle to lower portions of the Mississippi River that have ...

Dry conditions across the Ohio River basin, which feeds the Mississippi, have worsened already low water levels at the larger river, said David Welch, a hydrologist with the Lower Mississippi ...

Mississippi River flooding was a problem in the downtown area of Alton, Ill., in summer 2019. For the remainder of this month, a new round of heavy rain will target some of the same areas of the ...