JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – With the deadly aftermath of Texas flooding on many Americans’ minds, few alive today remember the unprecedented flooding that spanned across Mississippi and six other states.

Ninety years ago, the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers — swollen from months of rainfall — burst through levees, sending muddy water into businesses, homes and farmland across Louisiana. Families ...

The devastating Mississippi River flood of 1927 has deservedly entered the realm of legend and lore, being one of the most costly natural disasters in American history. But 10 years later, Arkansas ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Journalist Boyce Upholt talked about the 1927 flood along the lower Mississippi River and the Flood Control Act of 1928.

Nearly 100 years after one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history, Louisiana is marking the legacy of the Great Flood of 1927. Anthony Joshua delivers brutal threat for Jake Paul fight, while ...

GREENVILLE, Miss. - As the crest in the Mississippi River rolls toward the heart of the delta, the great flood of 1927 is on a lot of minds. On April 21 of that year, an engorged Mississippi River ...

Introduction -- Modern overflow -- A Northern army of relief -- Cross talk in the press -- Bessie's eclogue -- Catastrophe comes to Vaudeville -- William Faulkner and the machine age watershed -- ...

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, ...