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13 Creatures Lurking Beneath the Mississippi River
Animal Planet HQ 13 Creatures Lurking Beneath the Mississippi River Posted: March 3, 2025 | Last updated: March 4, 2025 Dive into the mysterious depths of the Mississippi River as we unveil ...
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River flooding to persist for days, weeks following ‘1-in-1,000-year' rain event
As waters recede along small streams and secondary rivers, flooding is just getting underway along the largest rivers and ...
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A history of ecology, commerce and recreation on the Mississippi River
Their river was much shallower than the Mississippi that runs through the ... the zoo was closed in the 1930s and the animals moved to Como Park. Even boating on the river became unpleasant.
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On This Date: The Great Mississippi River Flood Of 1927 Ramped Up
In mid-April 1927, 98 years ago this week, another deluge of torrential rain tipped the Mississippi River basin into a historic flood that remains among the most destructive in U.S. history.
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Mississippi River cities brace for still-rising floodwaters
The river could stay above 50 feet for about two weeks, Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center senior hydrologist David Welch said Monday. The rain has stopped for now, but the basin is not yet ...
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Civil War-Era Relics Found in Drought-Hit Mississippi River: 'Almost Gave Me a Heart Attack,' Collector Says
Intense drought conditions are causing water levels of the 2,300-mile-long Mississippi River to drop Tracey Harrington McCoy is a celebrity news writer at PEOPLE Digital. She has been working at ...
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The 70 Million-Year-Old History of the Mississippi River
In 1758, the French ethnographer Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz published The History of Louisiana, in which he wrote that the Mississippi River’s name meant “the ancient father of rivers.” ...