With the deadly aftermath of Texas flooding on many Americans’ minds, few alive today remember the unprecedented flooding that spanned across Mississippi and six ...

The government approved the building up pumps for Mississippi Delta flood control in 1941. More than eight decades later, a ...

Air and water pollution, downstream flooding and coastal land loss are among the environmental pressures that are putting the health and future of the waterway — and the communities that depend on it ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released in early July a revised study on potential flood controls for the part of the Pearl ...

Chronic flooding has forced people in southern Illinois to return farmland to the Mississippi’s floodplain, and to reflect on what it means to live with the river. Here & Now 's Chris Bentley reports.

A surge of 911 calls came in between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m. yesterday, according to Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez. But the ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a revised study on potential flood controls for the part of the Pearl River in Mississippi that runs along Jackson ...

Flash flooding is a common occurrence in Memphis and across the Mid-South, especially in the spring and summer months. Heavy downpours can quickly cause water to pond on roadways, sometimes even ...

Hurricane Katrina is the deadliest flood event in the U.S. in the past 25 years. The storm crashed into the Gulf Coast and ...

Flooding has caused an average of more than 125 deaths per year in the United States over the past few decades, according to ...

MLGW pumps about 150 million gallons of water each day from the Memphis aquifer. Over a year, that adds up to just under 55 billion gallons. So, what happened in Texas is nearly two years’ worth of ...