The river spans 981 miles, starting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and flowing to Cairo, Illinois, where it empties into the Mississippi River. It forms the border for multiple states and is a ...

After more than 12 inches of rain fell over the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, the water is causing river flooding which is forecast to continue for the next two weeks. Already some rivers have ...

VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) – Rising water from the Mississippi River is putting emergency crews and neighbors in Vicksburg on alert. In early April, Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs, Jr., declared a ...

As flooding cycles on the Mississippi Delta region, more rounds of heavy rain are on the way and could spark new flooding along small streams and perhaps some rivers in the central United States.

The Mississippi River is complex and huge. Its main stem flows 2,350 miles from the headwaters at Lake Itasca in Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, touching 10 states and spreading out into many ...

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 ...