TRITON was run on ORNL’s supercomputers to simulate massive widespread flooding in spring 2019 in the Missouri River Basin, the largest river basin in the United States, covering all or portions of 10 ...

University of Minnesota researchers say using nature instead of concrete is best for controlling Mississippi River flooding in Minnesota and the upper Midwest.

The seven states that share the Colorado River are floating a new concept for how water could be shared in the future, marking forward progress after a long standoff between the Upper Basin and ...

The convergence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers near St. Louis fuels the region's infamous summer humidity and spring ...

Beau Schilling (Akaska, SD) and Brady Gere (Pierre, SD) took second place, also with a full 15-fish limit, totaling 50 lbs 6 oz. Their weights built steadily: 15-05 on Day 1, 16-02 on Day 2, and an ...

Certain rivers are not only bodies of water. They are written in history, defined in culture, and are enshrined in religious texts for some people. They connect countries, mark the lives of millions, ...

The Southwest and Rocky Mountain states are reviewing a plan that could split Colorado River water based on actual flows, not storage.

The Niobrara River in Nebraska breached the Spencer Dam on March 14, sending a wall of water downstream and into the Gavins Point reservoir near Yankton, South Dakota.

When Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to continue to draw down the Missouri basin dams to float barges this winter on the Mississippi River, many North Dakotans ...

Gavins Point Dam (Credit: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) “Abnormally dry” or drought conditions are present across 73% of the Missouri River Basin, with drought conditions likely to persist or worsen ...

A view of the Missouri River Basin (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the river was known to flood.

The 2024 calendar year runoff forecast for the upper Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, is 24.6 MAF, 96% of average and 3.6 MAF higher than last month’s forecast.