The "Mighty" Mississippi River is a true giant of American waterways, but if you're wondering exactly how long it is, don't ...

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

High water levels for the Mississippi River in New Orleans spurred increased levee inspections from the U.S. Army Corps of ...

“While atmospheric rivers can vary greatly in size and strength, the average atmospheric river carries an amount of water ...

The Mississippi River has been on the rise ... A spillway opening can be triggered to keep river flow below 1.25 million cubic feet per second, which the Corps says tends to correlate to 17 ...

(John Doman / Pioneer Press) Wondering how long the Mississippi River is? Or how much water flows through the river? How about where it is the widest? Take a look at these facts and make yourself ...

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 ...

It’s “Weather Wednesday” — a time where 17 News meteorologists talk about the weather together and help you understand a bit more about ...

At 2,350 miles long, the Mississippi River is an aquatic superhighway and drains 40% of the continental U.S. Carried along in the vast water flow is an ever-present sidecar of sediment ...

Currently, Viking offers 10 different itineraries on the Mississippi. The Mississippi River flows south from its source in northern Minnesota's Lake Itasca through and along 10 states, including ...

The Hatchie-Loosahatchie Mississippi River Ecosystem Restoration ... which hampers a river’s natural meandering flow through a floodplain. “When you look at that floodplain, it is a dynamic ...