The blues put this town on the tourism map, but Clarksdale has leaned into its musical heritage in recent decades. Here’s how ...

For more than 80 years, residents of Mississippi’s Yazoo Backwater have been banking on a pumping project to protect their farms and homes from floods. The Trump Administration is ready to move ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Mississippi River ships and barges carry over 500 million tons of cargo through the Southwest Pass shipping channel at the river's end to reach major ports that handle 18% of U.S ...

New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the southernmost reach of the river, where it meets the Gulf.

Preparation is underway in the city of Vicksburg as the Mississippi river continues to rise.The state of emergency was issued earlier this month as water from Kentucky, Arkansas, and Tennessee head ...

Officials in Vicksburg and Warren County continue to prepare for flooding from the Mississippi River. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as of Friday morning, the ...

The Mississippi River is considered the most endangered in the U.S. due to uncertainty over the Federal Emergency Management Agency's future, according to an environmental group based in ...

A droplet of water travels 2,350 miles from the Riverhead to the Mississippi River Delta, which takes 90 days. What are the USA's top 10 most endangered rivers? 1.

The Mississippi River's endangered status stems from uncertainty surrounding FEMA's future role in floodplain protection and infrastructure maintenance. FEMA plays a crucial role in disaster ...

A conservation group on Wednesday named the Mississippi the “most endangered river of 2025,” citing threats to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which plays a key role in ...

The region is also an economic hub, responsible for a huge amount of tourism, fishing, cargo shipping, and crude oil production. Along with human life, the Mississippi River Delta is home to an ...

This Landsat satellite image from October 3, 2011, shows the Bird's Foot Delta, where the largest river in the United States empties into the Gulf of Mexico.