At least 18 people have died in what the National Weather Service (NWS) has called "catastrophic flooding" that hit the South ...

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In 1758, the French ethnographer Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz published The History of Louisiana, in which he wrote that the Mississippi River’s name meant “the ancient father of rivers.” ...

Courtesy of the Newton Family The morning of July 6, 1930, Fred Newton waded into the Mississippi River in Minneapolis ... Though Newton’s feat earned him a world record, it didn’t bring ...

ST. LOUIS – The “Mighty” Mississippi River is a true giant of American waterways, but if you’re wondering exactly how long it is, don’t expect one single, definitive answer. On Wednesday ...

Ten thousand River Commissions, with the mines of the world at their back ... Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi Native Americans told the first European explorers to expect the Mississippi ...

Nearly 30 tornadoes were confirmed after the first wave of the storm, which will extend into the weekend. Mud smeared streets ...

However, it turns out that a unique shark species, the bull shark, tends to swim outside the box—and right into the freshwater of the Mississippi River ... Course in the World Both inside ...