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It’s never been easier to bring out your inner sailor by captaining this houseboat down the mighty Mississippi
A wedge of saltwater is forcing its way up the drought-stricken Mississippi River, threatening drinking water supplies.
A rare winter flood that brought record or near-milestone crests along the Mississippi River and its tributaries, claiming at least 25 lives in Missouri and Illinois, had largely subsided in the region as of Monday. However, the Illinois River continued to rise in some Illinois stretches.
The Mississippi River floods more often than it used to, and at higher levels. Richard Knaup thinks he knows why.
Imagine a lifeless, oxygen-deprived area in the Gulf of Mexico the size of New Jersey (as much as 8,500 square miles): that’s the record breaking forecast for this year’s dead zone.
Persistent drought conditions in the upper Midwest are threatening the nation’s waterways, with the mighty Mississippi River so low that barge traffic has been affected and may be forced to halt.
