Flood control along the Mississippi River ... levees constrain the river to protect communities and valuable farmland from flooding — and some levee districts have raised those levees higher ...

A first-of-its-kind project seeking to restore river ecosystems along 39 miles of the Lower Mississippi River has federal ...

Another flood the following year convinces the federal government to grant monies to build a continuous levee system. The worst flood in the Mississippi River up until this time opens more than ...

Flood control along the Mississippi River ... levees constrain the river to protect communities and valuable farmland from flooding — and some levee districts have raised those levees higher ...

City crews began clearing the Mad Creek Levee from the Washington Street bridge several weeks ago and have continued clearing toward the junction of Mad Creek with the Mississippi River ...

April 10 (UPI) --A Mississippi county on Wednesday warned of a levee break on a lake ... Service also warned of some flooding ...

Credit: Tegan Wendland, Mississippi River ... levees constrain the river to protect communities and valuable farmland from flooding — and some levee districts have raised those levees higher ...