Maps have been around since humans could communicate through drawings to describe the location of a specific place. Some of ...

American Rivers, a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization, has issued an annual list of U.S. rivers it views as most at-risk for the past 40 years. The Mississippi River is the nation’s ...

The remarkable success of the movie “Sinners” has sparked a renewed interest in how the two communities wrestled with life ...

AccuWeather meteorologists are also closely watching new rounds of rain for the central United States for possible ... slowly downstream along the Mississippi River below the Ohio River confluence.

FEMA is especially important for coordinating flooding responses along the Mississippi River because it touches so many states on its journey to the Gulf, said Kelly McGinnis, executive director ...

The Mississippi ... River tributary in 2019 that hit Iowa and several other Midwestern states, causing $20 billion in damage and killing a dozen people. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily ...

State Hwy. 35 along the Mississippi River is taken over by floodwaters April ... and oversees preparedness efforts, like its flood maps that predict risks in different areas.

Officials are one step closer to creating a trail connecting the Mississippi ... connect the Rock River to the American Discovery Trail. ADT connects routes across the United States from coast ...

A new round of heavy rain will target some of the same areas of the central United States that were swamped ... through the lowest portion of the Mississippi River and will lead to moderate ...

Increased flooding and inadequate disaster response put this river, which runs 2,350 miles across 10 states, at the top of this year's list. "The Mississippi ... that brought us here and urge ...

(WSIL) -- Authorities in Cape Girardeau responded to a report of a body found in the Mississippi ... Illinois State Police tells us this man fell into the river after a pursuit.