Oct 19, 2022 06:09 PM
(This post was last modified: Oct 19, 2022 06:20 PM by C C.)
https://www.newsweek.com/mississippi-riv...ht-1752723
EXCERPTS: The Mississippi River is the latest body of water in North America to be hit by ongoing drought.
The second-longest river in the United States, the Mississippi flows 2,350 miles from Lake Itasca, Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. As the water levels continue to recede, Tower Rock, an island in the middle of the Mississippi River, has become accessible by foot for the first time in living memory, CNN reported.
People are able to walk to the island when water levels are below 1.5 feet at the Chester, Illinois, river gauge, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation. Levels have now dropped to around zero.
The island is usually only accessible by boat due to it being surrounded by water. Missouri resident Jeff Miget told CNN that people can walk to the island now without getting their feet wet or muddy.
It is not the first incident to occur recently that points to the river's receding water levels. The sunken remains of a 19th-century trading ship were discovered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana recently, as the water levels drop.
[...] Louisiana state climatologist Barry D. Keim told Newsweek that there will always be some water in the Mississippi river. "It would take one hell of a drought, probably for decades, to totally dry up the Mississippi River. That's just not going to happen," he said.
[...] The situation with parts of the Mississippi River is not the same as Lake Mead, and others reaching a dead pool due to drought. "We're just having weird little anomaly right now that this is, this is really a one-year issue," he said... (MORE - missing details)
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Video of walking access to Tower Rock: https://youtu.be/zKA8-bbCYVE
(video) Mississippi River drying up in some areas: https://youtu.be/IZYLKRuR1no
EXCERPTS: The Mississippi River is the latest body of water in North America to be hit by ongoing drought.
The second-longest river in the United States, the Mississippi flows 2,350 miles from Lake Itasca, Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. As the water levels continue to recede, Tower Rock, an island in the middle of the Mississippi River, has become accessible by foot for the first time in living memory, CNN reported.
People are able to walk to the island when water levels are below 1.5 feet at the Chester, Illinois, river gauge, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation. Levels have now dropped to around zero.
The island is usually only accessible by boat due to it being surrounded by water. Missouri resident Jeff Miget told CNN that people can walk to the island now without getting their feet wet or muddy.
It is not the first incident to occur recently that points to the river's receding water levels. The sunken remains of a 19th-century trading ship were discovered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana recently, as the water levels drop.
[...] Louisiana state climatologist Barry D. Keim told Newsweek that there will always be some water in the Mississippi river. "It would take one hell of a drought, probably for decades, to totally dry up the Mississippi River. That's just not going to happen," he said.
[...] The situation with parts of the Mississippi River is not the same as Lake Mead, and others reaching a dead pool due to drought. "We're just having weird little anomaly right now that this is, this is really a one-year issue," he said... (MORE - missing details)
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Video of walking access to Tower Rock: https://youtu.be/zKA8-bbCYVE
(video) Mississippi River drying up in some areas: https://youtu.be/IZYLKRuR1no