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How bad are this year's Mississippi River floods?
The Week via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMississippi River floodwater. Illustrated | Gettyimages The mighty Mississippi River, the longest waterway in North America and the fourth-largest in the...
Here's how the locks and dams on the Mississippi River work, and why they exist
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 5 months agoGet on a boat on the upper Mississippi River, and you'll eventually come upon a looming concrete...
Surge of high water to escalate flooding concerns on rivers across north-central US
AccuWeather via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe upper portion of the Mississippi River, as well as the Red River and others in the north-central...
Midwest grain harvests loom. Will a low Mississippi River stall farmers' deliveries again?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoMississippi water levels have been falling since June. That’s worrying farmers and the barge...
Week of heavy snowfall wallops Midwest, could bring drought relief
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 3 months agoSeveral winter storms have barreled through the Midwest since the start of the year, bringing deep snow and bitter cold. In Iowa, where treacherous roads caused hundreds of accidents, snowpack ...
Nonstop dredging kept the Mississippi River open this year, but moving mountains of sand creates its...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 5 months agoHistoric low flows turned the Mississippi River into a construction area in 2023, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged huge quantities of sand to keep the channel open for barge traffic.