This is the first of a two-part story.  “This state ain’t nothing but a big Jackson,” Central District Public Service ...

The group American Rivers says the Mississippi faces threats including increased flooding and inadequate disaster prevention ...

The Mississippi River is considered the most endangered in the U.S. due to uncertainty over the Federal Emergency Management Agency's future.

Trump's call to abolish FEMA as Mississippi sees more frequent, extreme flooding, prompts group to name river the nation's most endangered waterway.

The Mississippi River is the nation’s most endangered river, a national conservation group says, because of federal plans to ...

The list calls attention to the threats rivers face and prioritizes those for which the public can influence policies that affect their well-being.

More than 30million Americans are living in areas with unsafe drinking water, researchers from the Society for Risk Analysis warn in a first-of-its-kind study published thsi week.

After prolonged heavy rainfall upriver, Mississippi River nears flood stage in New Orleans. Corps begins levee checks and ...

“Tornadic storms and supercells erupt in the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys,” CIRA said. There were almost two dozen tornado warnings from Arkansas to Indiana on Wednesday night, according to the ...

The interactive map below shows the percentage of adults ... making it the only county with a rate below 10%. Humphreys County, Mississippi, was close behind at 11%. Three additional counties ...

(AP Photo/Etienne Laurent, File) In this photo provided by the California Department of Water Resources, forecasting chief Sean de Guzman, second from right, and engineers work the measurement phase ...