Mississippi water levels to reach crisis point early 2013

North America

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Traffic along a key navigation channel on the Mississippi River could come to an effective halt by Jan. 3 or 4 due to drought conditions, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers advised earlier this week. The advisory presents a more urgent situation than earlier forecasts, which said the area near Thebes, Ill., south of St. Louis, would be affected by the middle of January. The Corps is conducting rock pinnacle removal work on the site. The water level had gotten so low tha...

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