NEW ORLEANS, La. — When Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana as a Category 4 storm on Sunday, it temporarily reversed the flow of the Mississippi River. Ricky Boyette, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of ...

Missouri is almost completely in drought and Iowa is almost drought-free. The top and bottom of the Mississippi River has had high streamflows this month, but about a quarter of gauges throughout the ...

The saltwater wedge is continuing to creep up the Mississippi River, but it isn’t expected to reach New Orleans or threaten its water supply. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said that, thanks to a ...

The Mississippi River is flowing at its lowest level in at least a decade, and until rain relieves a worsening drought in the region, it's becoming increasingly difficult to maintain water levels high ...

Rivers can surprisingly flow backward due to tides, heavy rains, or human engineering. The Chicago River's flow was reversed ...