The Mississippi River was in a flood stage early Monday and over the weekend, the Wolf River reached its fourth-highest water level in history.

At least 19 people have died since the storms developed Wednesday, according to authorities and media reports.

And among members of the Ojibwe, Dakota and Chitimacha tribes, who still live on portions of ancestral lands in the Mississippi Valley, a spiritual connection to the river remains strong.

Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover and Vice Chairman of the Red Cross James Fieser. Ten thousand River Commissions, with the mines of the world at their back, can not tame that lawless stream ...

Southeast Missouri faces potential major flooding as rivers rise, with the Black, Current, St. Francis, and Mississippi rivers all projected to crest at various flood stages in the coming days.