State claims Missouri River level reaching record lows
Saturday, August 23, 2003
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri River has dipped to its lowest recorded summer levels since the 1950s, when the once free-flowing waterway was restrained with a series of reservoirs constructed in upstream states, Missouri officials said.
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