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Fargo was back in business Wednesday, as shops reopened and residents began the unpleasant process of cleaning muck and hauling waterlogged furniture from homes swamped by the retreating Red River.
Seeking to avoid a Hurricane Katrina-like leadership failure, President Barack Obama assured the nation Saturday he was keeping close watch on the Midwest floods and putting the government's full weight behind efforts to prevent disaster.
A heroic effort by hundreds of townspeople, volunteers and National Guardsmen to hold back the Mississippi River failed Friday — undone by a burrowing muskrat.
CLARKSVILLE, Mo. - With humans having worked themselves beyond exhaustion in the fight to save this historic riverfront town from the Mississippi’s floodwaters, the battle is now largely up to machines.
CLARKSVILLE, Mo. - Treasure lies in the dark river, clothed in iridescent greens and yellows, slipping smoothly down the main channel, bumping up into the flooded bottomlands, gliding, prowling, lurking.
EAST HANNIBAL, Ill. - In a move that local officials say threatens hundreds of homes and tens of thousands of acres of crops, the Norfolk Southern Railroad has refused to raise a bridge that residents fear could create a giant logjam on the Mississippi River and send floodwaters pouring over a fragile levee.
CLARKSVILLE, Mo. - Mayor Jo Anne Smiley surveyed the bustling effort to save her tiny historic town from the rapidly rising Mississippi River, took a deep breath and ran down her mental checklist.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Friday he was pleased with the federal response to the massive Midwest flooding, though he acknowledged the disaster is nowhere near the scale of Katrina — the catastrophic 2005 hurricane that strained the public's trust in elected officials.
For the second time in 15 years, Keith Aubuchon found himself packing his belongings and evacuating his home to escape a "100-year" flood of the Mississippi River. He returned and remodeled his house after the flood of 1993. This time, he doesn't know if it will be worth coming back.
Experts: Term '100-year' flood misleads publicWhen a massive flood hit the �Midwest 15 years ago and was pronounced �a "100-year" flood, some figured they'd never see another major disaster, and dropped their flood insurance.�
Global Warming Is a Cause of This Year's Extreme Weather?It's almost a point of pride with climatologists. Whenever someplace is hit with a heat wave, drought, killer storm or other extreme weather, scientists trip over themselves to absolve global warming.
Mo. sandbag levee fails, forcing evacuationsA makeshift sandbag barrier holding back water from the Mississippi River has failed at Winfield, Mo., and authorities say they've evacuated most of the town.
Levee breaks, threatening eastern Mo. homesA corner of an earthen levee broke Friday, releasing Mississippi River waters that officials predicted would "ultimately inundate" part of a Lincoln County town.
Soggy, smelly sandbag disposal a tough taskWhen Mayor Jo Anne Smiley looks down Washington Street at the soggy fortress of sandbags protecting her town, she knows it's a view she will have to get used to.
Swollen Mississippi defeats another leveeThe swollen Mississippi River burst another levee Tuesday, submerging farmland and threatening a residential area whose occupants had already moved out in anticipation of a flood.
As Mississippi River crests, levees holdLevees held on the Mississippi River on Monday in the worst Midwest floods in 15 years as residents tackled a slow, smelly and costly recovery from multibillion-dollar losses.
Flood victims: FEMA is doing a heckuva jobNearly three years after Hurricane Katrina turned FEMA into a punchline, many homeowners and politicians in the flood-stricken Midwest say the agency is doing a heckuva job - and they mean it.
Midwest worshippers thankful river is crestingThe faithful gathered for church services Sunday in towns hard-hit by flooding along the Mississippi River, and many found comfort in word that the river apparently was hitting its high point.
Worst flooding over, but now time to clean upThe worst Midwest flooding in 15 years eased on Saturday after the swollen Mississippi River crested in St. Louis, but the cleanup and counting the costs were only beginning.
Inventor says he's built a better sandbagThe inventor of a plastic-based levee protection system took his product to a Missouri town this week, where the competition was also being tested. Msnbc.com's Mike Stuckey has the story.
Clarksville breathes tentative sigh of reliefLatest report from msnbc.com team on the scene of the Mississippi River flooding.
Small towns fight to contain Mississippi RiverFor the second time in 15 years, Keith Aubuchon found himself packing his belongings and evacuating his home to escape a "100-year" flood of the Mississippi River.
Midwest flood victims feel misled by fedsJuli Parks didn't worry when water began creeping up the levee that shields this town of about 750 from the Mississippi River - not even when volunteers began piling on sandbags.
IN Clarskville, Mo., it's pumps vs. the riverMike Stuckey's latest report from Clarksville focuses on the pumping power that is so far keeping the historic town dry.
Pigs' journey through floodwaters ends on leveeLuck ran out for about a dozen pigs who escaped their flooded farm, swam through raging floodwaters and scrambled atop a sandbag levee in southeastern Iowa.
Small towns suffer big losses as rivers riseAs floodwaters take aim at the tiny towns lining the Mississippi River, the heartland ethic of neighbors helping neighbors is proving to be a potent force against the rising water.
The lone upside of flooding: great catfishingWhile the Mississippi's rising waters are rough on those who live on its shores, they are good� for the common channel catfish, and those who make their living catching them.
More levees breached along the MississippiMidwestern floodwaters breached a second levee along Mississippi River in Adams County, Ill., on Wednesday.
Who's afraid of the flood? Not HannibalHannibal, Mo., is braced for record flooding later this week. But the confident air here is in sharp contrast to the apprehension felt in many communities along the Mississippi River.
Illinois residents raise a ruckus over rail bridgeOfficials in East Hannibal, Ill., fear that the Norfolk Southern Railroad's refusal to raise a bridge on the Mississippi River puts their homes and farms at risk. Msnbc.com's Mike Stuckey reports. Who's in the right? Is the railroad being reasonable?
Helicopter in rooftop rescue as levee breaksThe rising Mississippi River on Tuesday interrupted travel on two bridges between Iowa and Illinois and flooded thousands of acres of farmland after a levee failure that led to a helicopter rescue.
Midwest floods leave Red Cross in the redThe American Red Cross has run out of money as it struggles to meet the needs of tens of thousands of Midwestern flood victims, agency officials said.
Flood victims worry: What's in the water?The floodwaters that deluged much of Iowa have done more than knock out drinking water and destroy homes. They have also spread a noxious brew of sewage, farm chemicals and fuel that could sicken anyone who wades in.
Red Cross Disaster Fund Is Depleted - washingtonpost.comThe American Red Cross said yesterday that it has depleted its national disaster relief fund and is taking out loans to pay for shelters, food and other relief services across seven Midwestern states battered by floods.
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