The Effigy Mounds are one of the densest collections still existing in North America, but the Mississippi River is eating ...

Here are some of the impacts the rising river levels can have on the surrounding area, as well as how ... the National Weather Service: Flooding along the Mississippi River usually develops ...

The same storm responsible for dumping feet of snow on Colorado and New Mexico will continue to pummel portions of the southern Plains with localized flooding downpours and severe thunderstorms into ...

In the sparsely populated area ... a flood level we can live in,” Newsom said. But the water isn’t done yet. Forecasters had predicted a brief but sharp drop in the Mississippi River later ...

The serene backwater adjacent to the mounds is connected to the Mississippi River's main channel by ... consistent high water ...

In fact, the area has become one of the most ... there is truly no way to eradicate flooding of the Mississippi—or any other river. Photos: (2) NASA; (3) WGBH Educational Foundation.

I don’t have a choice but to deal with it,” one resident said. “I don’t have the money to move nowhere else right now.” ...

The Europeans settled the United States via waterborne transportation. Settlements, and then cities, first arose where there ...

The worst flood in the Mississippi River up until this time opens more ... floodwaters away from New Orleans and into undeveloped areas. The wetlands between New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain ...

As climate change makes extreme weather more common, flood risk is growing all over the country. Still, not enough people ...

“Just in this area alone, we counted a peak of about 350,000 birds,” he said. “... Up and down the refuge, we get millions of ...