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Water gauges across a nearly 400-mile expanse of the Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio River to Jackson, Mississippi, are at or below a critical level, according to data from NOAA and ...

Drought conditions along the Mississippi River sent the Army Corps of Engineers scrambling recently to dredge a channel to keep barges flowing. WVXU spoke with the Central Ohio River Business ...

And now the Ohio River -- which provides about 60% of the Lower Mississippi River’s water -- is seeing closures at multiple locations due to groundings and dredging work. More ...

OHIO RIVER.—This noble tributary of the Mississippi, rises on the borders of Lake Erie, at an elevation of 13,000 feet above the level of the sea, and nearly 700 above the level of the lake.

The Ohio River – where it meets the Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois, and serves as its largest tributary – dropped almost 10 feet in the last two weeks of August.

Water levels on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers are falling for a second straight year, raising the prospect of shipping problems along the all-important US freight routes. In Cairo, Illinois ...

The Ohio River Way organization is now working with federal ... far upstream from the confluence with the Mississippi, the river may be carrying upwards of 2 million gallons past the city ...

VICKSBURG, Miss.—Sections of the Mississippi River are approaching low water levels not seen in more than three decades, disrupting a vital supply lane for agriculture, oil and building ...

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