A map shared on X, TikTok, Facebook and Threads, among other platforms, in August 2024 claimed to show the Mississippi River and its tributaries. One popular example was shared to X (archived) on Aug.

American Rivers said in its 40th annual report identifying endangered waterways that the health of the Mississippi River and the safety of Americans are at risk. Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s ...

Those who have lived in Memphis for any period of time know the river is essential to the city's development, but how well acquainted are you with the river? The Mississippi, which flows over 2,000 ...

The infrastructure along the Mississippi River has long protected the New Orleans area from catastrophic flooding. But a list ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Leaders from towns and cities all along the Mississippi River want the next administration to prioritize protecting the flow of water that moves goods through the country ...

Many acres of wetlands across the vast Mississippi River basin would lose federal protection under a the new rule.

A new round of heavy rain will target some of the same areas of the central United States that were swamped by flooding multiple times earlier in April, AccuWeather meteorologists say. Historic ...

The bike trail runs 3,000 miles along the river between Minnesota and Louisiana. Most states marked the route with signs, but Wisconsin never did.

Thomas Jefferson imagined the waterway as the heart of his “empire of liberty” as he dispatched surveyors to measure a land already occupied by Native Americans Louisiana Purchase State Park in Holly ...

The Mississippi is America's most endangered river, a national environmental group says, with more extreme and devastating flooding occurring as President Donald Trump calls to dismantle the federal ...