The Mississippi River is the nation’s most endangered river, a national conservation group says, because of federal plans to cut flood aid.

Runoff from that rain is just now surging through the lowest portion of the Mississippi River and is leading to moderate to high flood levels in some areas, including Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The U.S. Army Corps says on April 14, flood fight was reactivated and then on April 22, the current period of Phase II was initiated when the river exceeded 15 feet at the Carrollton Gage.

As severe thunderstorms and rain hit much of the central part of the United States, flash flooding threatened parts of Texas and Oklahoma and areas along the Mississippi River. Flood warnings ...

A conservation organization has named the Mississippi River as the most endangered river in the country. Every year, the advocacy group American Rivers publishes a list of the 10 U.S. rivers it ...

NEW ORLEANS — With the Mississippi River expected to rise above 15 feet at the Carrollton Gage on Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has activated Phase II flood fight procedures along ...

This is just below the flood stage of 17 feet, and far from a record, but it’s the highest water level in New Orleans since 2020, and comes amid a four-year drought in the Mississippi River Basin.

The St. Mary Levee Director preemptively closed a floodgate to protect Terrebonne and Lafourche from a swollen Mississippi River, which will reach flood levels for the first time since 2019.