The Yazoo County Sheriff's Office asked residents in the Eastbrook subdivision on Highway 16 to leave their homes before the levee breaks on the lake. In an update, the sheriff's office said ...

Since then, every generation of settlers to the region has attempted to control the river by building levees, or protective, raised embankments, alongside it. Prior to 1882, Mississippi Delta ...

The city of Rives, Tennessee, has been placed under a state of emergency due to levee failure and flooding. Emergency services and volunteers are assisting residents to evacuate to shelters set up ...