Crews working to finish fixing levees busted in last year’s deluge are getting some help from the weather. “Between the flows in the river today and the conditions in our reservoirs, we are in much better shape than we were ...

Tagged with: Missouri flooding Missouri River Missouri River flooding Missouri River levee repairs

The nation’s two largest rivers top a new listing of the most endangered waterways, according to a report released Tuesday. The Washington, D.C.-based conservation organization American Rivers released its list of the 10 most endangered rivers in the United States. ...

Tagged with: American Rivers endangered rivers Mississippi River flooding Missouri River Missouri River flooding Upper Mississippi River

Flooding remains a concern in several states along the Missouri River, even though the weather has been kind so far this spring, according to the National Weather Service. The agency said the flood risk is high in eastern South Dakota, ...

Tagged with: Midwest flooding Missouri River Missouri River flood risk Missouri River flooding Missouri River levels Missouri River Recovery Program

Like a slow-motion, underwater cattle drive, wildlife officials in a half-dozen aluminum boats used pulses of electricity and sound on a recent gray morning to herd schools of Asian carp toward 1,000-foot-long nets. The ongoing roundup on wind-rippled Kentucky Lake, ...

Tagged with: Asian carp carp population fish populations fishing industry Golden Lake invasive carp Kentucky Lake Missouri River

Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri are joining forces for a study that will look for ways the states can limit flooding along the Missouri River and give them information about how wetter weather patterns could require changes in the way ...

Tagged with: Missouri flooding Missouri River Missouri River flooding multi-state flood effort U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

The amount of water being released into the lower Missouri River is being reduced ahead of winter, so flooded areas along the river will get some relief. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the amount of water being released ...

Tagged with: flooding Missouri flooding Missouri River MO flooding U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

After a year that has seen some of the worst flooding ever in parts of the Midwest, concern is already rising that the spring of 2020 may bring more high water to places that still haven’t fully recovered. Flooding ravaged ...

Tagged with: flooding. Midwest flooding Mississippi River Missouri River National Weather Service river watchers

The amount of water flowing down the lower Missouri River this year is approaching the record set during the historic 2011 flood, and another round of flooding is expected this week after unusually heavy rains upstream, federal officials said. Heavy ...

Tagged with: flooding Missouri Missouri River U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

An official with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said last week a study is needed to consider changes to flood-control measures along the Missouri River south of Sioux City, Iowa. Speaking after a U.S. Senate field hearing in North ...

Tagged with: flooding Iowa Missouri River Sioux City U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

The surging Missouri River is being filled with more than twice the normal amount of water from an upstream reservoir so more flooding is likely, and the heavy releases may continue for months. The flooding could be particularly bad in ...

Tagged with: flooding Mississippi River Missouri River Nebraska South Dakota U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

If severe flooding does occur, it could create hardships for some property owners, but it might also help the city win its argument with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Tagged with: Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA flood flood maps Missouri River