Drainage Basin for the Mississippi River

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Mississippi River, FEMA

Mississippi River ‘most endangered,’ group says, citing proposed FEMA cuts

A conservation group on Wednesday named the Mississippi River the “most endangered river of 2025,” citing threats to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which plays a key role in federal flood management.

USA TODAY on MSN · 1d

Is the Mississippi River endangered? New ranking says iconic river at risk.

The river is threatened primarily by FEMA's uncertain future, said American Rivers, an environmental group based in Washington, D.C.

Des Moines Register · 1d

Mississippi named US' most endangered river as flooding grows, Trump calls for killing FEMA

Trump's call to abolish FEMA as Mississippi sees more frequent, extreme flooding, prompts group to name river the nation's most endangered waterway.

WWNO1d

A Mississippi flood relief project could harm 90,000 acres of valuable wetlands. Is it worth the tradeoff?

A project in the Yazoo Backwater Area in western Mississippi is supposed to relieve flooding in the Mississippi Delt, but it ...

The Vicksburg Post8d

USACE Vicksburg District adjusts Steele Bayou structure gates to minimize flooding in Yazoo basin

In response to rising water levels on the Mississippi River, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District ...

The New York Times7y

POLLUTION OF A RIVER SUBJECT OF CONTROVERSY.; Scientists Must Settle Disputed Question Concerning the Mississippi and the Illinois Drainage Canal.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- The controversy between Chicago and St. Louis over the pollution of the Mississippi River by the Illinois drainage canal turns on the old question as to how long a distance ...

BBC1y

The drainage basin - CCEA

The water cycle close water cycleThe system where water is constantly moving above, on or below the earth’s surface and is changing state. is also known as the hydrological cycle. Seas and ...

Chattanooga Times Free Press8d

Mississippi River cities brace for still-rising floodwaters

The river could stay above 50 feet for about two weeks, Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center senior hydrologist David Welch said Monday. The rain has stopped for now, but the basin is not ...

The Vicksburg Post7d

Officials give updated floodwater info

City and county officials are continuing to update information related to the expected floodwaters from the Mississippi River ...

United States Army11d

Corps of Engineers managing water as storm front moves through Cumberland River Basin

As storms begin to move out of the Cumberland River Basin in Tennessee and Kentucky, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...

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