Water levels on portions of the Mississippi and lower Ohio rivers have dropped low enough to significantly hinder shipping across the inland waterway system. This marks the third year in four that ...

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 ...

Farmers rely on the Mississippi River to ship grain and bring them imported fertilizer and other critical inputs. But another year of low river levels means barge travel will be more expensive. The ...

It’s not just that sea levels are rising. Scientists believe fossil fuel extraction and river engineering are also factors ...

Barges float in the Mississippi River as a portion of the riverbed is exposed, Sept. 15, 2023, in St. Louis. A long stretch of hot, dry weather left the Mississippi River so low that barge companies ...

Next month Mississippi River barges packing necessities the likes of coal, farm products and petroleum could instead be parked along the river's banks, NBC News reported. A drought that has gripped ...

Rain is expected to develop over a large portion of the south-central United States this week, signaling the end of the current stretch of warm, dry weather. The change in pattern will raise the risk ...