The Mississippi River, a vital transportation highway, is drying up. And industries don’t have many alternatives. WSJ’s Cameron McWhirter explains how this happened and what it means for U.S ...

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The data that Burdis and Jankowski are looking at is much newer, dating back about 30 years, but it shows a similar trend.

In February 1951, a sudden drop in the icy Mississippi River left several barges stranded at Marquette Cement plant docks.

Flood predictions for the Mississippi ... up there. I don’t see us really getting a chance to peck at that record. This is because we are looking at summer convective-driven flooding. We do have ...

Iowa’s state climatologist says he’s concerned about river levels across the region. Justin Glisan tells Brownfield he’s been tracking the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. “They still continue to be ...