There’s a new plan to plug a leak in the Mississippi River. Could it also build land?
It went from capturing around 6% of the river’s flow to roughly 16%, the Corps says. So much of the Mississippi was being diverted that it slowed the current in the main channel, causing ...
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Mississippi River flooding starts, worst yet to come
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The Mississippi River is headed for major flooding ... about five feet higher than its current ...
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Reaction from Minnesota man rescued from Mississippi River
That was Frank Lachinski’s reaction after his canoe hit a buoy on the Mississippi River around 10 a.m. Friday ... but with that current I couldn’t get there. My daughter did, but I was ...
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Cape Girardeau Fire Department personnel help canoers after mishap in Mississippi River
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to a report that a canoe hit a buoy and dumped the two passengers in the Mississippi ... there because of the river’s current but said his daughter ...
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Iconic Sturgeon of Great Lakes, Mississippi River Take Step Toward Endangered Species Protection
Sturgeon in Lake Michigan and the upper Mississippi River basin may be threatened ... with limited natural recovery of most remaining spawning populations. Although many current restoration ...
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VIDEO: Cape Girardeau crews rescue man, woman canoeing down Mississippi River
(KFVS) - Crews rushed to the Mississippi River in Cape Girardeau for a rescue ... According to the Cape Girardeau Fire Department, the current was so strong that the canoe hit a buoy and the ...
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As Climate Threats to Agriculture Mount, Could the Mississippi River Delta Be the Next California?
The United States is the fifth-largest rice exporter in the world, and Arkansas is the country’s top producer, with other Mississippi River valley ... small farms in the current agricultural ...
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Brackish water creeping up the Mississippi River may threaten Louisiana’s drinking supply
as the mighty flow of the Mississippi River has ebbed under dry conditions. Communities rely on the Mississippi’s volume and current to push salt water from the Gulf of Mexico back out to sea.
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There’s a new plan to plug a leak in the Mississippi River. Could it also build land?
The power of the Mississippi River comes clearly into focus far south of New Orleans ... a willingness to think more creatively to balance the competing interests, the current proposal does not ...
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Brackish water creeping up the Mississippi River may threaten Louisiana's drinking supply
as the mighty flow of the Mississippi River has ebbed under dry conditions. Communities rely on the Mississippi's volume and current to push salt water from the Gulf of Mexico back out to sea.
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Another Midwest Drought Is Causing Transportation Headaches on the Mississippi River
Abnormally dry conditions have caused low water levels that disrupt barge transports carrying fuel and grain. Climatologists ...