Backwater flooding happens when the Mississippi River is higher (about 43’ at Vicksburg) than the Yazoo River and blocks its discharge.  It takes less rain to raise and keep the Mississippi above 43’ ...

The infrastructure along the Mississippi River has long protected the New Orleans area from catastrophic flooding. But a list of concerns are converging, particularly involving the Mississippi Gulf ...

Wakpádaŋ (Falls Creek) or Bassett Creek is the first creek that connects with the Mississippi River above St. Anthony Falls.

A historic photo shows Dogtown flooding before the levee in the 1940s ...

Hunter-gatherers at Poverty Point may have built its massive earthworks not under the command of chiefs, but as part of a ...

As a storm was bearing down on the southern Plains, heavy snowfall was expected in the northern Plains and Great Lakes ...

When my son told me he was ready to deer hunt, I took him at his word and brought him to deer camp in Louisiana.

Camp tradition demanded a young buck for Thanksgiving dinner, but our Mississippi Delta hunt started without much promise ...

Lawmakers from both parties say they support congressional reviews of U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of ...

Emerging from their holiday food comas and shuffling toward the nation’s airports and highways, some Americans may discover ...