It will take days for major floodwaters to work their way south through the Mississippi. Flooding will persist through April.

Mississippi skies are clear and sunny now, but a threat looms after last week's storms: Likely flooding of the Mississippi River and some tributaries.

The shipping crisis on the Mississippi River might finally be coming to an end. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been dredging the river 24 hours a day, 7 days a week since July, ever since ...