A viral video captured by New Orleans native Earl Weber shows a dramatic close call as a towboat desperately pushes 24 barges out of harm's way on the Mississippi River near Woldenberg Park on ...

For rivers and streams in watersheds across the country, the Mississippi River is the ultimate downhill, creating the fifth largest river by volume in ... An assist is what you call it when the ...

Crews were out on the Mississippi ... on board the boat were safely brought ashore by the marine rescue task force. The salvage company says the boat hit a wing dam in the river.