Dec 10th, 2008 · In New Orleans, December brings only faux snow, so Papa Noel packs his presents on a pirogue pulled by alligators. Feux de Joie bonfires are lit along the Mississippi River to light his way to the bayous. Papa might not have a stereo on board, but if he does, you might hear a few of these Cajun carols around the Crescent City area.
Aug 1st, 2008 · One year ago Friday in Minnesota's Twin Cities, the Interstate 35 West bridge crumbled into the Mississippi River, killing 13 and injuring 140 people. Accelerated construction of a new bridge is almost complete. Tom Weber reports from Minnesota Public Radio.
Jun 23rd, 2008 · Missouri forecasters said Monday the flooded Mississippi River is about to stop rising. But that news may come too late for some towns. In rural Lincoln County, virtually all of the region's primary levees failed, causing the river to reclaim tens of thousands of acres of floodplain. Adam Allington reports from member station KWMU in St. Louis.
Jun 23rd, 2008 · For farmers living along the Mississippi River in Iowa, the flooding has been financially devastating. Thousands of acres of farmland in the Midwest are still underwater. And it couldn't have come at a worse time — prices for corn and soybeans are at record levels.
Jun 23rd, 2008 · After the huge floods in 1993, a few Midwestern states got together with the Army Corps of Engineers to draw up a plan to build higher levee walls along the Mississippi River. The plan could have helped limit the amount of flooding the region is now seeing. The final draft of the report was released in February. But it doesn't look like the federal government will fund it. The project ranks low on the Army Corps of Engineers' priority list.
Jun 21st, 2008 · The flood of 1993 was thought to be a once-in-a-lifetime event for residents of Fort Madison, Iowa. They even filled a downtown museum with artifacts of that historical Mississippi River flood. But 15 years later, history has repeated itself.
Jun 21st, 2008 · A 34-foot-high levee has spared the main part of Hannibal, Mo., the boyhood town of Mark Twain. The surging Mississippi River has swamped other parts of the state.
Jun 21st, 2008 · The town of Valmeyer, Ill., was destroyed in the 1993 floods. Instead of rebuilding back in the flood plain, locals moved the town to the top of a nearby bluff. Now folks don't have to worry about the rising Mississippi River.