STORY HIGHLIGHTS Animals are on the move in flooded areas Officials are particularly worried about Atchafalaya Basin in Louisiana They tell residents not to feed, touch or impede animals (CNN) -- Please don't feed the animals. Or touch them. Or do an...

SIMMESPORT, La. — A farming community built for evacuees of Hurricane Katrina has become a haven for families driven from their homes by river flooding...

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Mississippi River floodwaters crest at higher than 56 feet in Helena, Arkansas The town's crest is higher than previous highpoint of 48.3 feet in Tiptonville, Tennessee Louisiana officials urge residents to evacuate Tennessee man lose...

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Residents in low-lying areas have been put on alert There is concern about a plan to open the Morganza Spillway The spillway has not been opened since 1973 (CNN) -- As the Mississippi River was cresting Tuesday near Memphis, Tennesse...

Low-lying areas of Memphis, Tenn., have been flooded by the rising Mississippi River, forcing evacuations, but engineers said ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Parts of the Mississippi Delta are beginning to flood, sending white-tail deer and wild pigs swimming to dry land, submerging yacht...

WINNIPEG — Widespread flooding in southern Manitoba this spring may have a beneficial effect on some aspects of the natural environment, even as it displaces people and disrupts commerce. The 2011 flood should be a boon to fish and aquatic invertebr...

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Cleaning up damage at the airport could take months, its director says Airport officials are working to help American Airlines and Cape Air return to full service Preliminary estimates show the tornado hit with winds between 1...

The Manitoba government will not place any cap on a fund to help homeowners and cities damaged by flooding even though, based on rising water levels, the costs are expected to be significant. Flooding across the province is the worst in modern memory,...

WINNIPEG — Hundreds more residents of a Manitoba reserve were on standby to leave their homes Saturday as a soggy province braced for the final battles of the year’s flood fight. A total of 166 residents are being removed from Roseau River Anishin...

REGINA — With some of his neighbours now using canoes to get to their flooded cottages at Crooked Lake, Robert Dyke is hoping the downgraded water level predictions hold and that the wind doesn't send shearing ice their way. "I've been there 15 year...

Officials worked feverishly Friday to stay on top of some of the worst flood conditions that parts of the Prairies have seen in more than 150 years. Rising waters have already forced more than 700 people in Manitoba to head to higher ground. While s...