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.

That power would be unleashed during the great Mississippi River flood of 1927. Raised on his family's plantation in Natchez, Mississippi, Butler went to Tulane University and its law school ...

The Mississippi River Commission remained confident ... One year later, the Great Flood of 1927 would prove just how wrong they were.

While death toll estimates vary considerably, the 1927 “Great Mississippi Flood” was undoubtedly the worst river flood in American history. Over 27,000 square miles of the country were buried ...

Flash flood emergencies ... parts of the Great Lakes while heavy rain is falling to the south in parts of the Ohio Valley and thunderstorms are rumbling in the Mississippi Valley.

The risk of Mississippi River flooding in the Quad-Cities this spring is currently below normal, according to an early forecast by the National Weather Service. That could change with heavy ...

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 ...