Coast Guard closes two stretches of river as Mississippi falls

Thursday, January 16, 2003

The Coast Guard on Wednesday closed two stretches of the Mississippi River as the waterway approached record low levels in some areas, contributing to groundings of at least five tows of barges since mid-Tuesday.

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