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The Atlantic Wire
Dashiell Bennett, Aug 16, 2012
Ship traffic on the Mississippi River was briefly shut down yesterday and salt from the Gulf of Mexico is threatening the drinking water upriver as the severe drought has pushed water levels far below their usual depths.
According to The Associated Press, the Army Corps of Engineers built an underwater barrier in Louisiana yesterday—temporarily stopping ships from moving past New Orleans—to try and halt the encroaching salt water, which is no longer being held back by the force of the mighty Mississippi. (Which might actually be good for the Gulf, but that's another story.) Further upstream in Vicksburg and Memphis and into Illinois, water levels have dipped to all-time lows. One year ago the river was hit with record flooding, which raised water levels to new heights, but also deposited tons of soil on the river bed, actually making the river shallower. NBC's John Yang says that in Tunica, Mississippi, the river is currently 10-12 feet below "normal" water levels and 57 feet below last year's flood peak.
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