Using FEMA data, the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk found an increase in flood-related disaster declarations from 1967 to today in the 10 mainstem Mississippi River states: Arkansas ...

The Mississippi River is part of the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin, ... "Water from parts or all of 31 states drains into the Mississippi River, and creates a drainage basin over 1,245,000 ...

Much of the Mississippi River basin is getting wetter, according to a new analysis of federal data, while rainfall events are becoming more intense. At the same time, the western half of the U.S ...

The Mississippi River is the second longest river in the U.S., ... Its 1.2 million square mile drainage basin includes 32 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces, ...

As of Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, the black carp is known to be an established population in the Mississippi watershed, which is the second-largest drainage system in North America.

The Mississippi River basin is getting wetter as climate change brings era of extreme rain, floods Data analysis shows some parts of the U.S. receive up to 8 more inches of rain each year then ...

This story is a product of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an independent reporting network based at the University of Missouri in partnership with Report for America, with major ...

The River Des Peres in St. Louis, Missouri, flows out of its banks in south St. Louis on June 4, 2019. The concrete-lined drainage ditch is prone to flooding. Climate change means communities ...

In the wake of July’s floods, the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk – a journalism partnership that includes more than 14 newsrooms, including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – asked ...

Findings showed that the eastern half of the U.S. is getting far wetter on average, with some areas – including parts of the Mississippi River Basin – now receiving up to 8 more inches of rain ...