For more than 80 years, residents of Mississippi’s Yazoo Backwater have been banking on a pumping project to protect their ...

Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes in central Mississippi. Flood waters in central Mississippi have peaked and will soon recede, officials said on Monday. Officials projected on ...

After rapidly overflowing its banks and pouring into homes and businesses along its upper reaches, the Mississippi River has crested in much of the Upper Midwest, easing fears of a record disaster ...

JACKSON, Miss. — The rental home that Suzannah Thames owns in Mississippi's capital city was filled with dirty, snake-infested flood water when the Pearl River overflowed its banks in 2020.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency Saturday ahead of expected flooding from the Pearl River. The river is projected to crest at 36 feet by early Monday morning.

Severe weather continues to sweep across the country as heavy rains bring floods to Mississippi, tornadoes touch down in the Twin Cities and fires burn in the West. Gov. Tate Reeves declared a ...

The summer of big flash floods strikes again. Up to a foot of rain fell across parts of central Mississippi on Wednesday, leading to life-threatening situations and numerous rescues. The intense ...

Flooding along the Mississippi River continues to cause road closures in Tunica weeks after severe storms swept through the Mid-South. The seating chart at Pope Francis’ funeral won’t ...

Residents near the Pearl River in Mississippi prepared for flooding this weekend as the mayor of the capital, Jackson, warned people to evacuate “as soon as possible” if they hadn’t already.

The Register identified four years of particularly bad flooding along the Mississippi over the past 30 years to compare with this year: 1993, 2001, 2008 and 2019. The chart below shows at a glance ...

Video above: Flooding fears lead to move-out in MississippiCity officials in Jackson, Mississippi, are "cautiously optimistic" Monday as the Pearl River appears to be cresting after record-setting ...

COAHOMA COUNTY, Miss. — The powerful storm that killed two in southwest Mississippi also caused flash flooding and some evacuations elsewhere in the state. People in Lula, in Coahoma County ...