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MISSISSIPPI RIVER – WARNING OF LOW WATER LEVELS
Published: 27 October 2022
Local correspondents have advised that the Mississippi River is currently experiencing its lowest water levels in more than a decade. This has caused upriver supply chain interruptions to barge traffic transporting grain and other cargoes, as well as groundings of ocean-going vessels traversing up and down the Lower Mississippi’s navigable channels to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Read the full advice here, including recommendations for precautions to take to prevent ships running aground.