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Mississippi River levels rising after record rainfall in the Mid-South
South, the river levels of the Mississippi continue to rise. Action News 5’s Tarvarious Haywood reports that the river, prior ...
7 Dead as Storm Soaks Central U.S., Raising Rivers and Flood Fears
Nearly 30 tornadoes were confirmed after the first wave of the storm, which will extend into the weekend. Mud smeared streets ...
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The 70 Million-Year-Old History of the Mississippi River
Though his etymology was off—the Ojibwe words that gave us Mississippi (Misi-ziibi) actually mean “long river”—the idea has proven durable. “Ol’ Man River” buoyed Show Boat ...
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Driftless River Initiative could turn University of Wisconsin-La Crosse library into the place to go for Mississippi River history
More: Mississippi River runoff is not just a ... There are river maps from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, some of which show how it flowed before the implementation of the locks and dams ...
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Mississippi River mayors lobby for more government funding for flooding, mitigation
“Everything that has to do with the river affects Vicksburg,” said Mayor George Flaggs Jr., co-chair of the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative (MRCTI), a nonprofit organization ...
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The Mississippi River Commission and the Army Corps of Engineers
Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover and Vice Chairman of the Red Cross James Fieser. Ten thousand River Commissions, with the mines of the world at their back, can not tame that lawless stream ...