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Low water and shoaling have slowed cargo movements on the middle Mississippi River, below the confluence with the Missouri River at St. Louis, Mo., just as the Corps prepares to… Read More

The Corps of Engineers’ Northwestern Division reported October 5 that September precipitation was well below normal in the Missouri River Basin.  As a result, September runoff in the upper basin… Read More

A farmer-owned cooperative broke ground for a new $11 million barge loading and unloading terminal along the Missouri River on September 9 at Mile 680.5 near Blencoe, Iowa, between Council… Read More

The outlook for major flooding on the Missouri River system has eased significantly since early spring, even though recent localized heavy rainfalls have resulted in minor to moderate flooding in… Read More

Five conservation groups have sued the Corps of Engineers, blaming the use of river training structures like wing dikes and bendway weirs for what they claim is an increased risk… Read More

Although Upper Midwest soils are still wet, and some tributaries are still experiencing high water, moderate precipitation this spring has eased flood fears on the Missouri River and led the… Read More

The entire Upper Mississippi River was in either moderate or minor flood states on April 2. The National Weather Service (NWS) had earlier issued a flood warning for the Mississippi… Read More

The record floods of 2019 left Upper Midwest soils so super-saturated that even a modest increase in winter precipitation and runoff could threaten another record flood season on the Missouri… Read More