Mississippi River Flooding by Alex Rozier Mississippi sits at the lower end of one of the world’s largest river basins, one that funnels water from 41 percent of the contiguous U.S. This year, above-average rainfalls across the country combined with snow melt in the parts of the Midwest produced surges in communities along the Mississippi … Continue reading Flooding in Mississippi: In many parts of the state, water is at historic levels but solutions are elusive