'Driest in several years': Kentucky sees drought conditions as fire season looms
Persistent dry conditions this month have hurt Kentucky crop yields, and could set the state up for a worse autumn wildfire season.
Where is the best fall foliage? Maps and forecast for fall colors.
AccuWeather is forecasting vibrant fall foliage in parts of the Northeast but especially the Midwest. Pastelok says the ...
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Low Mississippi River levels are again making it more expensive to transport crops in the Midwest
River barges are an efficient way to move crops — 15 barges can hold about as much grain as 1,000 semi-trucks. But low river ...
Mississippi River water levels are dangerously low—which is trouble for both farmers and supply chains
Climatologists say it could be part of a larger trend. For the third year in a row, extreme drought conditions in the Midwest ...
Brackish water creeping up the Mississippi River may threaten Louisiana’s drinking supply
An influx of salt water in the Mississippi River, which feeds southeastern Louisiana’s drinking water supplies, is once again creeping up the waterway. For the third ...
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Can advocates use a turtle to fight a huge Pearl River engineering project?
Armed with new protections, this turtle could be the catalyst for halting a huge and controversial engineering project ...
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A turtle and its advocates could stand in the way of a huge Pearl River engineering project
Devros is a graduate student and researcher from the University of Southern Mississippi, and he’s working to tag and ...
Blog: A humid weekend ahead. Potential coastal low next week.
After causing yesterday’s damage across the deep south, today Francine has become a rainmaker across parts of the Mid-Mississippi river valley. Satellite/Radar It is bringing some beneficial ...
Flash flood emergency for New Orleans as Francine pounds Louisiana: Updates
The storm could drive life-threatening coastal flooding, high winds, drenching rain and a few tornadoes, forecasters said.
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Francine weakens, but leaves 420,000 accounts without power and raises flood alarms
Hundreds of thousands of power outages were reported in Louisiana and Mississippi early Thursday as residents in the region braced for possible flooding as tropical storm Francine moved inland.
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Drought Shrivels the Mississippi River and Threatens to Disrupt US Food Exports
(Bloomberg) -- Drought across the central US is shrinking the Mississippi River, sending barge rates soaring and threatening to roil shipments of everything from corn to gasoline. Dry conditions ...