A map shared on X, TikTok, Facebook and Threads, among other platforms, in August 2024 claimed to show the Mississippi River ...

Context: The map is an artistic rendering depicting attributes of the Mississippi River watershed — not ... from every point ...

Tropical Storm Francine is expected to become a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico before making landfall over Louisiana.

Salt water is moving upriver from the Gulf of Mexico. Drought in the central United States has weakened the mighty river’s ...

The system, which is currently churning more than 545 miles south of Louisiana’s Cameron Parish, is forecast to become “Francine” on Monday. It will be the Atlantic hurricane season’s sixth named ...

Potential Cyclone Six over the Gulf of Mexico continues to strengthen and could become the next hurricane of the season. See the formation chances: ...

Francine is expected to become a Category 1 or Category 2 hurricane, with top sustained winds blowing as high as 90 to 100 ...

Flooding rainfall, strong winds and dangerous storm surge are all possible this week along the western Gulf Coast. Tropical storm watches are in place early this week from portions of Mexico’s ...

No direct impacts from tropical systems *but* onshore flow will increase again this week with rough seas & surf = a high rip ...

Francine made landfall over the Louisiana coast as a Category 2 hurricane early Wednesday evening before quickly weakening to ...

Levels could reach 4 to 7 feet from Port Fourchon to the mouth of the Mississippi River, and 3 to 5 feet from Cameron to Intracoastal City near Vermilion Bay. Places along the Gulf coast from the ...