A prolonged and dangerous flood event is unfolding along the Mississippi River, where heavy rain that ... with reduced loads because of increased flow speed and reduced bridge clearance.

Just last week, the Army Corps of Engineers conducted a test opening of the spillway in Norco, about 33 miles upriver from ...

Gorgeous Vintage Floodplain Maps That Look Like Modern Art Harold Fisk's maps of Mississippi River flooding over time, made in 1944, are stunningly artful data visualizations.