Snowmelt, the single biggest predictor of the river's spring flood risk, won't play a big role this year as there wasn't much snow to begin with across the river basin.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has uncharacteristically been working with nature instead of bulldozing it into submission.

Dry and unfrozen soils along the Mississippi River and its tributaries in Iowa and Illinois have soaked up recent rain.

The Mississippi River has been on the rise ... Rising above 11 feet triggers what the Corps calls a phase 1 flood fight, which means increased levee checks in coordination with local authorities ...

The Upper Mississippi, Illinois and Missouri Rivers Association (UMIMRA) held its annual meeting this week in Burlington, ...

NEW ORLEANS — The Mississippi River at the Carrollton gauge in New Orleans has risen above 11 feet, prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to activate Phase I flood fight procedures ...

Mississippi experienced catastrophic flooding in 2019, with its namesake river rising up to a height of 50 feet in Vicksburg, where the flood stage is 43 feet. Members of MRCTI traveled to ...

Here's what this outlook tells us. The spring flood risk continues to be below normal for the Mississippi River and near to below normal for tributary rivers across the region. Here are the key ...

After another winter with not much snow, there is little spring flood risk on the upper Mississippi river. Minor to moderate ...