Low Mississippi River has barges running aground, farmers’ crops piling up
Crews move pipes across the Wolf River Harbor in Downtown Memphis on Oct. 6, 2022. Near-historic low water levels on the Mississippi River have caused barge traffic to slow and rates to increase. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
During the first week of October, the river hit historic lows in Memphis, where it hovered just a few feet higher than the lowest recorded river level.
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Keely Brewer
Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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