MS River At A Record Low

Hank Burdine with the Mississippi Levee Commission says the river is at its lowest point since 1941. Despite the low levels of water, barges are still traveling throughout the river at a reduced capacity, but the ability of this form of transportation to continue might be in jeopardy. According to the Greenville gauge, the river is expected to get even lower in the near future.

“The river is planned and scheduled to go lower based on the forecast that we have. Now, how much lower? We may get down to about six feet,” Burdine said on Monday’s edition of MidDays with Gerard Gibert. “What does that mean? We’re going to have some more areas that are going to be closed until they can go in there and open them. Our river traffic will continue, but the lower it gets, the more problems we have.”

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