Discover why New Orleans is called 'The Crescent City.' Learn how its unique shape along the Mississippi River gave it this ...

Explore the Columbia River: its map, rich history from Native Americans to pioneers, impressive length, and facts about its ...

Cities along the Mississippi River are closing their flood gates and preparing for water to continue to rise after four days of torrential downpours soaked basin states with up to 15 inches of ...

Over 100 mayors from cities along the river have created the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative. They're now working to form a compact through Congress.

Mississippi River expected to flood soon: Here's how it will affect MS Heavy rainfall in last week's deadly storms is expected to push the Mississippi River out of its banks and impact Mississippi ...

It will take days for major floodwaters to work their way south through the Mississippi. Flooding will persist through April.

Storm Track 8 is monitoring the river as News 8 keeps an eye out for road closures in the Quad Cities.

MISSISSIPPI - Flood zone changes could impact insurance rates and building rules in multiple Mississippi communities.

Minnesota might be the Land of 10,000 Lakes, but it’s the river that winds through it that put its two biggest cities on the map. It has shaped our communities and economy in ways that are still ...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency stuck a fat exclamation point on the spot, near Dayton north of the Twin Cities, on its map of the Upper Mississippi.

In Fountain City, students and staff from the Cochrane-Fountain City High School spend the day filling sandbags to combat the rising water.