Port authorities have been sprouting up along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers as communities attempt to make the most out of navigation. Levi Woods, Freight and Waterways Administrator for the Missouri Department of Transportation, said Missouri’s port...
Flood worries in western and northwestern Missouri have calmed since heavy rainfall in Iowa caused the Missouri River to rise. The Army Corps of Engineers is monitoring river gauges along the Missouri River basin. Emergency Management Specialist Mike Dulin said the...
Excess runoff from previous storms and the remnants of Hurricane Beryl are causing levels on the Missouri and Mississippi rivers to reach flood stage resulting in Flood Warnings. Mississippi River levels from the Iowa border down to near Bowling Green are in moderate...
The “mighty Mississippi” and the “mighty Missouri” are both on the rise. A flood warning is now in effect for the entire length of the Missouri River in the Show-Me State, from north of the Iowa border all the way to where it flows into the...
This week’s severe storms and flooding are at least hammering away at Missouri’s long-running drought. The latest drought monitor map released Thursday shows that nearly 70% of Missouri is no longer experiencing any drought conditions at all. Last week, just over 56%...
