Missouri River

Atchison police say a body recovered from the Missouri River during the weekend was that of a 53-year-old St. Joseph man.

MoDOT Project Manager Melissa Wilbers says "three to eight-hour backups are possible" when MoDOT begins a massive refurbishment of the I-70 Rocheport bridge.

About 15.5 million people, 1.4 million acres of farmland, and $23.8 billion in residential property are now threatened by flooding in the Missouri River Basin. The flooding this year made that apparent, after at least 60 levees were overtopped or breached across Missouri and Kansas.

Water levels are rising again along the Missouri River after recent rains, putting communities already fatigued by the weeks-long flood fight at risk.

Roads are beginning to reopen around Missouri as floodwaters recede across much of the state.

Hundreds of homes have flooded in several Midwestern states after rivers breached at least a dozen levees following heavy rain and snowmelt in the region, authorities said Monday while warning that the flooding was expected to linger.

A woman is recovering from hypothermia after spending more than a half-hour in the Missouri River, clinging to tree roots until rescues arrived.

Authorities say a body has been found in the Missouri River near a Kansas City casino.

Army officials say the body of a missing Marine who drowned near Fort Leonard Wood has been recovered.

Authorities say a fleeing man has been arrested after attempting to swim across the Missouri River.