Army Corps of Engineers

A series of virtual roundtable discussions are underway regarding the Waters of the United States definition. But the input might not change much about what comes next.

Two years ago, parts of the Missouri River and its tributaries reached record crests, and many levees failed. Now there’s a rare effort to build a levee higher to better defend one southwest Iowa town.

Segment 1: Embankments necessary for flood managment can also have adverse affects.Levees offer a sense of security but little regulation on their…

It will probably be another week before the Missouri River at Parkville, Missouri, is back in its banks. The latest National Weather Service map predicts…

Segment 1: Response and recovery to flooding in the Midwest.We hear regional reactions to the devastating flood waters now making their way through…

Segment 1: Twenty-five years after the "Great Flood of 1993," is Kansas City any safer?Like most cities in the Missouri River basin, the danger of…

Along with another day of rain in the Kansas City area, water levels continue to rise across Missouri, causing flooding and dozens of road closures. While…

Kansas City's Woodswether Terminal on the Missouri River has seen the last of its barge traffic for the year. Port KC reopened the public port in 2015 (it…

This spring, there's new life on the Missouri River - and it's more than buds on trees or fish in the water. Barge traffic may be on the verge of a…

Twenty years ago this summer, monsoon-like rains, unseasonably heavy snowfall and unusual air pressure patterns combined to cause massive flooding across…

In 2011, the Army Corps of Engineers faced infrastructure issues, farmland destruction and reservoir management challenges as it dealt with the aftermath…