Water Levels Dangerously Low On Mississippi River

NPR | Nov. 29, 2012 2:37 p.m.

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Jacob McCleland

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Mississippi River water levels are reaching near-record lows. Sections of the middle Mississippi River may become obstructed in December by rock outcrops in southern Illinois. The Army Corps of Engineers plan to remove the rock pinnacles in February, but river navigation industry leaders say that's not soon enough.