Mississippi River levels are low this fall season—for the third year in a row. “The timing couldn’t be worse,” says Jon Davis, chief meteorologist at Everstream Analytics. “October is a critical month ...

MEMPHIS, Tennessee -- The Mississippi River has hit its lowest-ever recorded water level in Memphis, Tennessee. And the level is forecast to fall even lower because of the drought in the mid-South and ...

The Mississippi River is again facing low water levels — pushing up barge rates and making it more expensive for farmers to ...

Drought on the lower Mississippi River has pushed barge rates up 31% and slashed southbound shipments 79%, threatening U.S.

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 ...

HILLSBORO — Residents in some Jefferson County towns along the Mississippi River have been dealing with water shortages and bad-tasting water because of the low levels along the river. The Jefferson ...

A caustic discharge from Atalco’s alumina refinery in Louisiana has exceeded federal limits, renewing scrutiny over repeated ...

Much of the eastern half of the nation will be free of rain during the last official days of summer, with the exception of a coastal storm that will douse a zone of the Atlantic Seaboard. Coastal ...

A barge and tugboat moving upriver from the downtown area of St. Louis, Missouri along the Mississippi River. Data centers don’t just represent a critical issue for the St. Louis region. Anything ...

Southeast Louisiana is abnormally dry. The top and bottom of the Mississippi River has had high streamflows this month, but about a quarter of gauges throughout the basin show below-normal flow.