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 ...

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

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 ...

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

The journey featured Bettis and her seven youngest children: twins Graham and Gatlin (who turned 15 on the river), Gates (13), Lillye (12), Grisham (10), Galax (9), and Opye (who turned 7 during the ...

A prolonged and dangerous flood event is unfolding along the Mississippi River, where heavy rain that fell this month across the Ohio and Mississippi river basins have pushed the waterway to critical ...

Water levels on portions of the Mississippi and lower Ohio rivers have dropped low enough to significantly hinder shipping across the inland waterway system. This marks the third year in four that ...

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 ...