Hundreds of Barges Stalled as Floods Hinder Midwest Supplies June 10, 2019 Hundreds of barges are stalled on the Mississippi River, clogging the main circulatory system for a farm-belt economy battered by...
Unending Midwest Rains Add to Wettest 12 Months Ever in U.S. May 28, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan The rain across the Midwest and Great Plains that’s closed refineries, flooded streets and snarled Mississippi River traffic shows no...
Unceasing Midwest Rains Add to Wettest 12 Months Ever for U.S. May 24, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan The rain across the Midwest and Great Plains that’s closed refineries, flooded streets and snarled Mississippi River traffic shows no...
Storm-and-Twister Threat Moves Into Arkansas-Missouri Farm Belt May 21, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan The heavy rain, high winds and hail that swept across the southern Great Plains is now headed to Arkansas and...
Tornadoes and Baseball-Sized Hail Threaten Texas, Oklahoma May 20, 2019 A powerful spring storm is bearing down on Texas and Oklahoma, bringing tornadoes, flash floods and baseball-sized hail, the National...
Mississippi River Barge Shipping Resumes After Floods, but Rains to Return May 17, 2019 By Karl Plume and Rod Nickel The upper Mississippi River fully reopened to boat and barge traffic this week for the first time since November as...
Mississippi River Reaches Record Level in Northern Illinois May 6, 2019 By Gabriella Borter The Mississippi River has reached record high levels in the area of Rock Island, Illinois, as melting heavy snowpack coupled...
Drones, Supercomputers and Sonar Deployed Against Floods April 22, 2019 By Arian Sainz and Jeff Martin About the photo: In this March 21, file photo, Whitney Flynn, a physical scientist at the National Water Center in...
Extreme Storm Bringing Heavy Snow and Howling Winds to U.S. April 10, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan About the photo: A woman takes a selfie in front of Cloud Gate, known as the Bean, during a snow...
Record U.S. Flood Threat to Last Through Spring March 22, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan The deluge that devastated so much of the Midwest over the last week could be a preview for one of...