Flooding Concerns Along Missouri River

Flooding last year along much of the Missouri River’s 2,300 miles battered the river’s levee system, flooding towns and farmland and causing multiple closures to the nation’s interstate highway system. The forecast this year isn’t much better. The Missouri begins in southwestern Montana where the Gallatin, Madison, and Jefferson rivers converge near Three Forks before gathering water from 10 states and parts of  two Canadian provinces to become the “Big Muddy” North America’s longest river.