The government approved the building up pumps for Mississippi Delta flood control in 1941. More than eight decades later, a ...

The Corps of Engineers released a revised study on potential flood controls for the of the Pearl River that runs through ...

Rivers are Earth's arteries. Water, sediment and nutrients self-organize into diverse, dynamic channels as they journey from ...

Flash flooding is a common occurrence in Memphis and across the Mid-South, especially in the spring and summer months. Heavy downpours can quickly cause water to pond on roadways, sometimes even ...

During the last several years drought conditions have plagued the lower Mississippi Delta region and have had a dramatic ...

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

MLGW pumps about 150 million gallons of water each day from the Memphis aquifer. Over a year, that adds up to just under 55 billion gallons. So, what happened in Texas is nearly two years’ worth of ...

Using Fredericksburg as a proxy for the region, the average July rainfall over the last about 40 years is 2.2 inches. But ...

The costliest storm in U.S. history, Hurricane Katrina caused nearly 1,400 deaths and an estimated $200 billion in damages.

I thought of that scene recently while watching a video of a similar section of the river. In one, sunbathers are lazing in a ...

Why do some rivers split? UCSB scientists found the answer—and it could change how we restore and manage waterways.

More than 30 years ago, floods swept across Iowa from the Mississippi River to the Missouri River, destroying homes, ...